Matthias Scherz

Matthias Scherz

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1971-12-14) December 14, 1971
Place of birth	Rotenburg (Wümme), West Germany
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1979–1989	SV Rot-Weiß Scheeßel
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1994	SV Rot-Weiß Scheeßel
1994–1996	FC St. Pauli II	63	(13)
1996–1999	FC St. Pauli	86	(12)
1999–2009	1. FC Köln	265	(64)
2009–2012	Retired
2012–2013	Fortuna Köln	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 4, 2009

Matthias Scherz (born December 14, 1971 in Rotenburg an der Wümme, Lower Saxony) is a German former footballer.

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 usual in his previous seasons and helped his club to gain promotion to the first league.

The following season he could not repeat his previous seasons performance, 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 as often in the last few years, he did score 7 times in 13 games during the 2007/2008 2nd league season with FC Köln. He retired from football in 2009, but returned 3 years later to sign for Fortuna Köln of the Regionalliga West. He retired again in 2013.