Matthias Scherz
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Matthias Scherz | |
| Date of birth | December 14, 1971 | |
| Place of birth | Rotenburg an der Wümme, West Germany | |
| Height | 187 cm | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
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| Current club | 1. FC Köln | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Rot-Weiß Scheessel | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1989-1994 1994-1996 1996-1999 1999- |
Rot-Weiß Scheessel FC St. Pauli Amt. FC St. Pauli 1. FC Köln |
86 (12) 260 (62) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Matthias Scherz (born December 14, 1971 in Rotenburg an der Wümme) is a German football player with 1. FC Köln in the German Second Bundesliga. His position is striker.
[edit] Career
The right winger Matthias Scherz played for the amateur club Rot-Weiß Scheeßel until 1994. Then, at the age of 22, he joined FC St. Pauli. His first two years in Hamburg he was member of their amateur team. During the 1996/1997 season he reached his goal to play in a first squad in the 1. Bundesliga. After the club relegated to 2. Bundesliga he appeared in the starting eleven most of the time.
In 1999 he went to the second league club 1. FC Köln where he also had a place in the first team. In the 2002/2003 season he scored 18 times - three times more than usually in his former seasons and helped his club to gain promotion to the first league.
The following season he could not repeat his previous seasons preformance, and 1. FC Köln was again relegated. In the 2003/2004 season, he netted 11 goals, second on the team to Lukas Podolski, in a season that saw FC Köln once again gain promotion.
Although he has not played so often in the last few years, he did score 7 times in 13 games during the 2007/2008 2nd league season with FC Köln. After goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon he is the second oldest player in the squad.
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