Otto Maier (footballer)

Otto Karl Christian Maier Zeuner (2 September 1877 – 6 October 1965) was a German footballer who played as a midfielder for FC Barcelona.

[2] He arrived in Barcelona as a corporate representative of the Hartmann company (which still exists, celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2018) with the mission of launching an innovative factory of sanitary dressings.

[2] As the years passed, he equipped it with the latest innovations (generators, electro-motors, autoclave boilers...), which allowed him to approach new markets, such as the manufacture of surgical furniture and orthopedic articles.

[5] In the following season, however, Maier contributed in Barça's first-ever title, the 1901–02 Copa Macaya, in which he played his last match for the club on 9 March 1902 also against Hispania AC in a 1–0 victory.

[2] Otto Maier died in Barcelona on 6 October 1965, at the age of 88, at his home on Avenida General Miter, a victim of heart failure.