Career
Born in Hamburg, Wolter arrived at SV Werder Bremen in the summer of 1984, from local amateurs Hamburg Eimsbütteler Ballspiel Club. After only three games in his first season in the Bundesliga he became first-choice, and remained his entire professional career with the same club He also appeared in four German Cup finals in the late 80s/early 90s, winning two and losing two.
He retired in June 1998 at almost 35 years of age, with nearly 400 official games to his cartulary-register
In the molds of another Werder legend, Thomas Schaaf, Wolter continued his career at the club as a manager, starting in the reserve team In July 2013 he was appointed at the youth academy, while Viktor Skrypnyk replaced him at the reserves.
Wolter gained one cap for Germany, playing 60 minutes in a 1–3 friendly loss with Brazil in Porto Alegre, on 16 December 1992.