Matias Concha

Matias Concha

Concha playing for Malmö FF in 2013.
Personal information
Full name Hernán Matias Arsenio Concha
Date of birth (1980-03-31) 31 March 1980
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
1987–1996 Kulladals FF
1997–2000 Malmö FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2003 Malmö FF 58 (0)
2004–2007 Djurgårdens IF 76 (2)
2007–2012 VfL Bochum 65 (0)
2009–2012VfL Bochum II 2 (0)
2012–2014 Malmö FF 17 (0)
Total 218 (2)
National team
2006–2008 Sweden 8 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Matias Concha (born 31 March 1980 in Malmö) is a Swedish former footballer of Chilean origin and national team player for Sweden. He played as a defender.[1]

Club career

Sweden

Concha began his career at the minor Malmö side Kulladals FF, before eventually signing for his home town giants, Malmö FF. In 2004, he moved to Stockholm and Djurgårdens IF after having been given playing time sparsely at Malmö FF. He quickly established himself as a starter for Djurgården and was part of their championship winning team of 2005, as well as Swedish cup golds 2004 and 2005. He played 76 games and scored two goals.

VfL Bochum

On 20 June 2007, it was announced that Concha would join the German football club VfL Bochum for the 2007–08 season. He signed a four-year deal with a team that had finished eighth the previous season. Concha left Bochum after the 2011–12 season.[2]

Malmö FF

On 30 July 2012, Malmö FF announced that they had signed Concha for two and a half years. He returned to play with the number 23 shirt, symbolizing his age when he left Malmö for the first time.[3] Concha played his first match for the club on 16 August 2012 when he played 64 minutes in a friendly against Italian side Lazio.[4] He played two league matches for Malmö FF for the 2012 season. Concha took over the number 2 shirt for the 2013 season. He was given a lot of field time in the beginning of what turned out to be a title winning season for the club, however when Miiko Albornoz returned from suspension, Concha lost his place in the starting eleven for the rest of the season. He played a total of seven league matches for the club during the 2013 season. Concha received limited playing time also in the 2014 season, although he played eight matches in the league three matches in the clubs campaign for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League. Concha announced his decision to retire from professional football after the 2014 season on 30 October 2014.[5]

Career statistics

Club

Club Season League Cup Continental Total[6]
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Malmö FF 2000 190190
2001 6060
2002 150150
2003 18040220
Total 58040620
Djurgårdens IF 2004 22050270
2005 23020250
2006 20210212
2007 110110
Total 76280842
VfL Bochum 2007–08 18020200
2008–09 15000150
2009–10 21000210
VfL Bochum II 2009–10 1010
VfL Bochum 2010–11 10000100
2011–12 100010
Total 65020670
VfL Bochum II 2011–12 1010
Total 2020
Malmö FF 2012 201030
2013 704000110
2014 802030130
Total 1707030270
Career total 2182901502422

International

National team[6]YearAppsGoals
Sweden 200610
200760
200810
Total80

International career

Concha made his first appearance for the Sweden national football team on 23 January 2006 against Jordan.

Honours

Club

Djurgårdens IF
Malmö FF

References

  1. "Concha, Matias" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  2. "Concha: Ruhrgebiet ist viel intensiver" (in German). vfl-bochum.de. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  3. "Malmö FF har gjort klart med Matias Concha". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  4. "MFF nära att klara lika". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  5. "Matias Concha slutar med fotboll". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Matias Concha". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

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