Matias Concha

Matias Concha

Matias Concha in Djurgårdens IF dress
Personal information
Full name	Matias Concha
Date of birth	31 March 1980 (1980-03-31)
Place of birth	Malmö, Sweden
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	VfL Bochum
Number	28
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–	VfL Bochum	64	(0)
2009	VfL Bochum II	1	(0)
National team‡
2006–2008	Sweden	8	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 June 2008

Matias Concha (born 31 March 1980 in Malmö) is a Swedish footballer of Chilean origin and former national team player for Sweden. He plays for German side VfL Bochum as a defender.

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.

Club performance			League		Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sweden			League		Svenska Cupen		Total
2000	Malmö FF	Superettan	19	0
2001		Allsvenskan	6	0
2002			15	0
2003			18	0
2004	Djurgårdens IF		22	0
2005			23	0
2006			20	2
2007			11	0
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Total
2007–08	VfL Bochum	Bundesliga	18	0	2	0	20	0
2008–09			15	0	0	0	15	0
2009–10			21	0	0	0	21	0
2009–10	VfL Bochum II	Regionalliga	1	0	–		1	0
2010–11	VfL Bochum	2. Bundesliga	10	0	0	0	10	0
2011–12			0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Sweden		134	2
	Germany		65	0	2	0	67	0
Career total			199	2

International career

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

Honours

Djurgårdens IF

• Allsvenskan: 1

2005

• Svenska Cupen: 2

2004, 2005

External links

• Interview Mathias Concha: „Wir geben nochmal Vollgas“ (German)
• Matias Concha at National-Football-Teams.com
• Matias Concha at fussballdaten.de (German)