{{short description|Swiss footballer (born 2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Nico Maier | image = 2021-07-28 FC Gossau - FC Wil 1900 02 (Nico Maier).jpg | image_size = 200 | alt = | caption = Maier in 2021 | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|July|2|df=y}} | birth_place = Bern, Switzerland | height = 1.73 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = BW Linz | clubnumber = 30 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2020 | youthclubs1 = Young Boys | years1 = 2018–2022 | clubs1 = Young Boys U21 | caps1 = 51 | goals1 = 26 | years2 = 2020–2023 | clubs2 = Young Boys | caps2 = 5 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2022–2023 | clubs3 = → Wil (loan) | caps3 = 24 | goals3 = 5 | years4 = 2023–2025 | clubs4 = Wil | caps4 = 61 | goals4 = 12 | years5 = 2025- | clubs5 = BW Linz | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2014 | nationalteam1 = Switzerland U15 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = 1 July 2025 | nationalteam-update = 25 April 2021 }} '''Nico Maier''' (born 2 July 2000) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for BW Linz.<ref>{{Soccerway|nico-maier/572188|accessdate=}}</ref>
== Club career == After having signed his first professional contract mid-2020–21 season,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mantegazzi|first=Elia|date=2021-01-20|title=Noi lavoriamo per aiutare ragazzi, ma sta a loro compiere l'ultimo grande passo|url=https://www.tio.ch/sport/calcio/1487482/yb-u21-ultimo-ragazzi-mangiarratti|access-date=2021-04-25|website=Ticinonline|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=8 November 2020|title=Lotomba-Ersatz – YB verpflichtet Verteidiger Maceiras|url=https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/yb-verpflichtet-verteidiger-maceiras-377374425752|access-date=2021-04-25|website=Berner Zeitung|language=de}}</ref> Nico Maier made his professional debut for BSC Young Boys on the 22 April 2021, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 Swiss Super League away win against FC Zürich, while Young Boys had just became national champions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Resultate Nachrichten - FC Zürich 1-2 Young Boys|url=https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/sport/live-resultate/fussball/super-league/ma9181932/fc-zuerich_bsc-young-boys/liveticker|access-date=2021-04-25|website=Luzerner Zeitung|language=de}}</ref>
Only three days later, he made his first debut for Bern, delivering his first assist on Mambimbi's opening goal, helping his team achieving a 2–1 win against FC Sion.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Schnorhk|first=Valentin|date=2021-04-25|title=Football - YB n'a pas fait de cadeau à Sion|language=fr|work=Le Matin|url=https://www.lematin.ch/story/yb-na-pas-fait-de-cadeau-a-sion-494375204342|access-date=2021-04-25|issn=1018-3736}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=25 April 2021|title=Super League: Young Boys ouvre déjà le score contre Sion|language=fr|work=Le Nouvelliste|url=https://www.lenouvelliste.ch/dossiers/fc-sion/articles/super-league-young-boys-ouvre-deja-le-score-contre-sion-1069452}}</ref>
On 14 June 2022, Maier joined Wil on a season-long loan.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Wil|url=https://fcwil.ch/2022/06/14/nico-maier-wird-von-yb-ausgeliehen/|title=Nico Maier wird von YB ausgeliehen|date=14 June 2022|access-date=13 October 2022|language=de}}</ref> On 19 June 2023, Wil made the transfer permanent and signed a two-year contract with Maier.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Wil|url=https://fcwil.ch/2023/06/19/fc-wil-1900-uebernimmt-maier-und-cueni-definitiv/|title=FC Wil 1900 übernimmt Maier und Cueni definitiv|trans-title=FC Wil 1900 definitely takes over Maier and Cueni|date=19 June 2023|access-date=12 September 2023|language=de}}</ref>
On 22 June 2025, he signed with BW Linz in the Austrian Bundesliga on a three-year deal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nico Maier wird Blau-Weißer |url=https://blauweiss-linz.at/news/nico-maier-wird-blau-weisser/ |publisher=FC Blau-Weiss Linz |access-date=22 June 2025 |date=22 June 2025}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Young Boys''' *Swiss Super League: 2020–21
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==External links== *{{Soccerway|nico-maier/572188}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maier, Nico}} Category:2000 births Category:Footballers from Bern Category:Living people Category:Swiss men's footballers Category:Switzerland men's youth international footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:BSC Young Boys players Category:FC Wil players Category:Swiss 1. Liga (football) players Category:Swiss Super League players Category:Swiss Promotion League players Category:Challenge League (Switzerland) players Category:21st-century Swiss sportsmen