Olaf Bodden
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Olaf Bodden (Born 4 may 1968 Kalkar, West Germany) is a former German soccer player.
He played from 1989 - 1998 in the Bundesliga
1989 - 1991 Bororussia Mönschengladbach
1991 - 1994 Hansa Rostock
1994 - 1998 TSV 1860 München
With the TSV 1860 Munich he scored 25 goals in 67 matches and is presently the record goal scorer of Hansa Rostock in the Bundesliga.
In 1996, he had to take a few moths off playing because he fell ill with glandular fever. At the end of 1997 he had to quit his career as a professional soccer player. He was diagnosed with ME/CFS.
Der müde stürmer is a documentairy that aired in 2000. The documentairy made by Tom Theunissen features Olaf Boddens struggle with ME.
In 2009, he occasionally appeared as Trainer of the Traditionsmannschaft of TSV 1860.
