Georg Niedermeier (born 26 February 1986) is a German footballer who currently plays as a defender for New Zealand Taranaki Premiership club New Plymouth Rangers.

He came through the Bayern Munich's youth academy before joining VfB Stuttgart on loan in January 2009 and officially signing for them in February 2010 for €4 million.

He was nominated for the squad of FC Bayern Munich for Bundesliga games against Hamburger SV and Borussia Dortmund in August 2008, and later against Olympique Lyonnais in the UEFA Champions League.

[9] On 1 March 2009, Niedermeier made his Stuttgart (and Bundesliga) debut as part of the starting XI, resulting in a 2–0 win against rival Karlsruher SC.

[13] In the 2009–10 season, Niedermeier scored his first goal of his Bundesliga career with a header, in a 1–1 draw at Signal Iduna Park against Borussia Dortmund on 28 August 2009.

[14] However, he found himself behind the pecking order in the first team, due to competitions from Serdar Tasci, Khalid Boulahrouz and Matthieu Delpierre.

[18] He made four more starts throughout March, including another UEFA Champions League appearance against FC Barcelona in the round of 16 second leg in Camp Nou.

[3][22] He helped the side progress to the UEFA Europa League Group Stage after beating Molde and Slovan Bratislava in the qualifying round.

[27] Following multiple changes in coaching positions, Stuttgart's performance in the first half of the season was disappointing, collecting only 12 points and sitting last in the league.

[40] Niedermeier then captained the side for the first time in his career, as he helped Stuttgart win 2–1 against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on 16 March 2012.

[44] Playing his first game of the Europa League group stage of the season, Niedermeier scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw against Steaua București.

[45] In a follow–up match against Werder Bremen on 23 September 2012, he played in a striker role after coming on for Shinji Okazaki and set up a goal for Cacau to make it 2–2, which was the final result.

[52] In the DFB-Pokal Final against Bayern Munich, Niedermeier was part of the starting XI, as VfB Stuttgart lost 3–2.

VfB Stuttgart ended the season on 12th place, but would be able to qualify for the Europe-League once again due to their final achievement in the DFB-Pokal.

However at the start of the 2014–15 season, Niedermeier found himself under new Coach Armin Veh behind the pecking order, which saw him placed on the substitute bench, as well as, his own injury concern.

[73] On 29 November 2015, Niedermeier made his first appearance of the season against Borussia Dortmund, starting the whole game, and scored his first own goal of his career, in a 4–1 loss.

[78] After serving a one match suspension, Niedermeier returned to the starting line–up against Bayern Munich on 9 April 2016, which he scored his second own goal, in a 3–1 loss.

[86] However, he picked up a long lasting back injury in a training session in early October forcing him to watch most of the first and after a short comeback in January even the second half of the season from the stands.

Ahead of the 2017–18 season, however, Freiburg turned into a challenge for Niedermeier as Club politics changed massively when his move to later Bundesliga-side Union Berlin couldn't be finalized.

[89] Due to his salary and the fact that young players surprised the year before, Niedermeier was cut of the team in order to force a move.

[92] In 2018 Niedermeier moved to Australia joining A-League powerhouse Melbourne Victory and European veterans Keisuke Honda, Olá Toivonen and Raul Baena after passing his medical on 24 July 2018.

[97] Although he returned to the first team on three separate occasions, coming on as a late substitute, Niedermeier was sent–off in the 15th minute following a second bookable offence, in a 1–1 draw against rivals, Melbourne City on 23 February 2019.

[98] Niedermeier helped Melbourne Victory finishing third in the regular season allowing them to take part in the 2018–19 Finals series.

[99] It was once again Niedermeier scoring the opening goal in the elimination final home win against Wellington Phoenix at AAMI Park on 3 May 2019, but two weeks later Melbourne Victory pulled short against later Champions Sydney FC at Jubilee Oval.