Simon Rolfes

Simon Rolfes (born 21 January 1982) is a German professional football official and a former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the managing director of sport for Bayer Leverkusen.

Simon Rolfes

Rolfes in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-01-21) 21 January 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth	Ibbenbüren, West Germany
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Bayer Leverkusen (managing director of sport)
Youth career
1986–1999	TuS Recke
1999–2000	Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2004	Werder Bremen II	100	(18)
2002–2004	Werder Bremen	0	(0)
2003	→ SSV Reutlingen (loan)	13	(0)
2004–2005	Alemannia Aachen	28	(3)
2005–2015	Bayer Leverkusen	288	(41)
2010	→ Bayer Leverkusen II	1	(0)
Total		430	(62)
International career
2002	Germany U21	1	(0)
2004–2005	Germany B	3	(0)
2007–2011	Germany	26	(2)
Managerial career
2018	Bayer Leverkusen (academy manager)
2018–2022	Bayer Leverkusen (sporting director)
2022–	Bayer Leverkusen (managing director of sport)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			DFB-Pokal		DFB-Ligapokal		Europe1		Total		Ref.
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Werder Bremen II	2000–01	Regionalliga Nord	26	5	1	0	—		—		27	5	[2][3]
	2001–02		31	7	2	1	—		—		33	8	[4][4]
	2002–03		17	2	1	0	—		—		18	2	[5][6]
	2003–04		26	4	—		—		—		26	4	[7]
	Total		100	18	4	1	0	0	0	0	104	19	—
Werder Bremen	2002–03	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	[6]
SSV Reutlingen	2002–03	2. Bundesliga	13	0	0	0	—		—		13	0	[6]
Alemannia Aachen	2004–05	2. Bundesliga	28	3	2	0	—		7	0	37	3	[8]
Bayer Leverkusen	2005–06	Bundesliga	32	7	2	0	1	0	2	0	37	7	[6]
	2006–07		34	3	2	1	1	0	12	0	49	4	[6]
	2007–08		34	8	1	0	—		12	1	47	8	[9]
	2008–09		33	3	6	1	—		—		39	4	[10]
	2009–10		11	4	2	0	—		—		13	4	[11]
	2010–11		28	5	1	0	—		7	0	36	1	[12]
	2011–12		31	3	1	0	—		8	0	40	3	[1]
	2012–13		30	3	3	1	—		7	0	40	4	[13]
	2013–14		31	4	4	0	—		8	3	43	7	[14]
	2014–15		24	1	3	0	—		6	0	33	1	[15]
	Total		288	41	25	3	2	0	62	4	377	48	—
Bayer Leverkusen II	2010–11	Regionalliga West	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
Career total			430	62	31	4	2	0	70	4	533	70	—

• 1.^ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup/Europa League.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany	2007	7	0
	2008	10	1
	2009	4	0
	2011	5	1
Total		26	2

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rolfes goal.

List of international goals scored by Simon Rolfes

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 September 2008	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	3–0	6–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	11 November 2011	Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine	Ukraine	2–3	3–3	Friendly