He enjoyed the best goalscoring form of his career here, which earned him a move to English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2009, where he made just ten appearances before returning to Austria.

The tall striker joined Bayern Munich's reserve team from Austrian side SV Langenrohr in July 2005, and signed a professional contract with the club one year later, eventually making two Bundesliga appearances as a late substitute, during 2006–07.

In July 2007, he signed a two-year contract with another team in the division, SpVgg Greuther Fürth, but the club sent him on a six-month loan to Austrian Bundesliga's Rapid Wien in January 2008.

He signed for newly promoted Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers in a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee – reportedly an initial £1.8m – on 31 August 2009.

[4] He suffered a hernia injury which put him out of action for several months, and upon regaining fitness was no longer in contention at Wolves.

[12] Maierhofer's good performances during his initial loan spell at Rapid Wien secured him his first call-up to the Austria national team in April 2008, when he was named to the country's preliminary squad for the UEFA Euro 2008 finals.