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Maximilian Beister (born 6 September 1990) is a German footballer who plays as a forward for Mainz 05.
Career
Beister began his career 2001 with VfL Lüneburg. In 2004, he joined the Hamburger SV youth academy. In the season 2008–09, he made his debut in the reserve team of HSV on 21 August 2008 against 1. FC Magdeburg. Beister made his Bundesliga debut on 22 November 2009 against VfL Bochum. On 26 May 2010, Beister joined Fortuna Düsseldorf on a two-year loan.
In May 2015, his contract at Hamburger SV was terminated one year early by mutual agreement and he then joined 1. FSV Mainz 05 as a free transfer on a three-year contract. On 1 February 2016, he joined 1860 Munich on loan. After the loan had ended, he trialed at SV Darmstadt 98 in August 2016. When he was eventually not signed, he returned to Mainz and was assigned to the reserve team.
On 18 October 2016, it was announced that Beister signed for A-League club Melbourne Victory on a one-year loan.
Beister made his debut for Melbourne Victory on 12 November 2016, coming on as a substitute for Fahid Ben Khalfallah. Beister scored Melbourne Victory's third goal of the match in an eventual 3–0 win. He returned to Germany after less than four months on compassionate grounds.
International career
He made his international debut for the Germany national Under-19 football team on 11 February 2009 in a friendly against Greece national under-19 football team and earned between November 2009 five caps. On 9 October 2009 made his debut for the Germany national under-20 football team against Switzerland national under-20 football team.
Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
| Hamburger SV II | Regionalliga Nord | 2008–09 | 17 | 2 | — | — | — | 17 | 2 | |||
| Hamburger SV | Bundesliga | 2009–10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Hamburger SV II | Regionalliga Nord | 24 | 9 | — | — | — | 24 | 9 | ||||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2. Bundesliga | 2010–11 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 7 | ||
| 2011–12 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | 38 | 12 | |||
| Hamburger SV | Bundesliga | 2012–13 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | |
| 2013–14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | |||
| 2014–15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Career statistics | 136 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 146 | 41 | ||
- 1.^ Includes Promotion/Relegation playoff.