Mathias Schober

Mathias Schober
	Schober training with Schalke 04 in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth	8 April 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Marl, West Germany
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1984–1986	Germania Lenkerbeck
1986–1988	TuS 05 Sinsen
1988–1990	SpVgg Marl
1990–1994	Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–2001	Schalke 04
2000–2001	→ Hamburger SV (loan)
2001–2007	Hansa Rostock
2007–2012	Schalke 04
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mathias Schober (born 8 April 1976) is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.^[1]

He appeared in 156 Bundesliga games during 16 seasons, with Schalke 04 (11 years) and Hansa Rostock (four).

Football career

Born in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Schober started his professional career with FC Schalke 04 in 1994 and stayed there for six years, during which he was mainly barred by legendary Jens Lehmann. After the latter's departure for A.C. Milan he again played second-fiddle, now to Oliver Reck, but did manage 24 Bundesliga appearances from 1998 to 2000 combined.

After an unassuming spell at Hamburger SV, Schober settled in at F.C. Hansa Rostock where he was first-choice in five of his six seasons (only missing one match combined), two of those spent in the second division. He then rejoined Schalke at the beginning of the 2007–08 campaign, where he again backed up, now Manuel Neuer.

While playing with Hamburg, Schober was involved in the climax of 2000–01, in the final match of the season against FC Bayern Munich: the Bavarians needed at least a point to win the title over Schalke, his first team, but Hamburg took the lead in the 90th minute through Sergej Barbarez, only for Schober to immediately pick up a back pass from his teammate Tomáš Ujfaluši, thus giving Bayern an indirect free kick in his penalty area – Patrik Andersson smashed it home to win Bayern the title in dramatic fashion.^[2] He retired in June 2012 after his second spell in Gelsenkirchen, aged 36.

Club statistics

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Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
1996–97	Schalke 04	Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1997–98			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998–99			14	0	0	0	2	0	16	0
1999–00			10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
2000–01	Hamburger SV		3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2001–02	Hansa Rostock		22	0	1	0	0	0	23	0
2002–03			34	0	3	0	0	0	37	0
2003–04			33	0	2	0	0	0	35	0
2004–05			34	0	4	0	0	0	38	0
2005–06		2. Bundesliga	34	0	3	0	0	0	37	0
2006–07		2. Bundesliga	34	0	1	0	0	0	35	0
2007–08	Schalke 04	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008–09			4	0	1	0	2	0	7	0
2009–10			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010–11			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011–12			1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Career total			224	0	15	0	5	0	242	0

Honours

Schalke 04

References

^ "Schober, Mathias" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
^ "Fußball-Bundesliga: Zweifel am Meister-Tor" [Fußball-Bundesliga: Doubts in championship-goal]. Der Spiegel (in German). 20 May 2001. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
^ "M. Schober". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 February 2015.

External links

Mathias Schober at fussballdaten.de (in German)
Mathias Schober at WorldFootball.net

[1] "Schober, Mathias" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 5 August 2012.

[2] "Fußball-Bundesliga: Zweifel am Meister-Tor" [Fußball-Bundesliga: Doubts in championship-goal]. Der Spiegel (in German). 20 May 2001. Retrieved 6 December 2013.

[3] "M. Schober". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 February 2015.

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