Matias Concha

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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 (age 45)
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back
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)
2009–2012 → VfL Bochum II 2 (0)
2012–2014 Malmö FF 17 (0)
Total 218 (2)
International career
2006–2008 Sweden 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hernán Matias Arsenio Concha (born 31 March 1980) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He started off his career with Malmö FF in 2000 and then represented Djurgårdens IF and VfL Bochum before returning to Malmö FF in 2012. A full international between 2006 and 2008, he won eight caps for the Sweden national team.

Club career

Sweden

Concha was born in Malmö, where he began his career at the minor 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.[1]

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.[2] Concha played his first match for the club on 16 August 2012 when he played 64 minutes in a friendly against Italian side Lazio.[3] 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.[4]

International career

Concha made his first appearance for the Sweden men's national football team on 23 January 2006 against Jordan.[5] He made two appearances for Sweden during the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying campaign but did not make the squad for the final tournament.[5]

He won his eighth and final cap on 6 February 2008 in a friendly game against Turkey.[5]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total[6]
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Malmö FF 2000 Superettan 190—190
2001 Allsvenskan 60—60
2002 Allsvenskan 150—150
2003 Allsvenskan 1804[b]0220
Total 58040620
Djurgårdens IF 2004 Allsvenskan 220605[c]0330
2005 Allsvenskan 230502[b]0300
2006 Allsvenskan 202001[d]0212
2007 Allsvenskan 11000—110
Total 76211080952
VfL Bochum 2007–08 Bundesliga 18020—200
2008–09 Bundesliga 15000—150
2009–10 Bundesliga 21000—210
2010–11 2. Bundesliga 10000—100
2011–12 2. Bundesliga 1000—10
Total 65020—670
VfL Bochum II 2009–10 Regionalliga 10——10
2011–12 Regionalliga 10——10
Total 20——20
Malmö FF 2012 Allsvenskan 2010—30
2013 Allsvenskan 704000110
2014 Allsvenskan 80203[d]0130
Total 1707030270
Career total 21822001502532
  1. ↑ Includes Svenska Cupen, DFB-Pokal
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Cup
  4. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 200610
200760
200810
Total80

Honours

Djurgårdens IF

Malmö FF

References

  1. ↑ "Concha: Ruhrgebiet ist viel intensiver" (in German). vfl-bochum.de. Retrieved 21 May 2012.Category:CS1 German-language sources (de)Category:All articles with dead external linksCategory:Articles with dead external links from March 2020Category:Articles with permanently dead external links[permanent dead link]
  2. ↑ "Malmö FF har gjort klart med Matias Concha". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 30 July 2012. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.Category:CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv)
  3. ↑ "MFF nära att klara lika". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.Category:CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv)
  4. ↑ "Matias Concha slutar med fotboll". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 30 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.Category:CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv)
  5. 1 2 3 "Matias Concha - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 September 2020.Category:CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv)
  6. 1 2 "Matias Concha". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Förteckning över samtliga SM-guld för Djurgårdens IF på seniornivå genom tiderna" (PDF). difarkivet.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2010.Category:CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv)
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