Bierofka came through the Bayern Munich youth system and made it to the reserve squad but never played for the senior team.

In June 2007, Bierofka returned to 1860 Munich with the club committing to a deferred payment of €400,000.

[2] Bierofka has played three internationals for Germany and scored one goal – on 18 May 2002, in the 6–2 win against Austria in a friendly match.

[8] Under Bierofka's coaching 1860 Munich won its first three matches against Eintracht Braunschweig, FC St. Pauli and SC Paderborn and thereby avoided relegation from the 2.

[9] After this permit expired he took over the second team again and was replaced by interim coach Denis Bushuev for the last match of the season against FSV Frankfurt.

[13] In May 2020, Bierofka signed a contract to become head coach at Wacker Innsbruck from the 2020-21 season.