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)
Position(s) 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)
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 defender. 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 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 Cup Continental Total[6]
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Malmö FF 2000 Superettan 190190
2001 Allsvenskan 6060
2002 Allsvenskan 150150
2003 Allsvenskan 18040220
Total 58040620
Djurgårdens IF 2004 Allsvenskan 22050270
2005 Allsvenskan 23020250
2006 Allsvenskan 20210212
2007 Allsvenskan 110110
Total 76280842
VfL Bochum 2007–08 Bundesliga 18020200
2008–09 Bundesliga 15000150
2009–10 Bundesliga 21000210
2010–11 2. Bundesliga 10000100
2011–12 2. Bundesliga 100010
Total 65020670
VfL Bochum II 2009–10 Regionalliga 1010
2011–12 Regionalliga 1010
Total 2020
Malmö FF 2012 Allsvenskan 201030
2013 Allsvenskan 704000110
2014 Allsvenskan 802030130
Total 1707030270
Career total 2182901502422

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.
  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.
  3. "MFF nära att klara lika". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  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.
  5. 1 2 3 "Matias Concha - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Matias Concha". soccerway.com. 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.
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