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
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mathias Schober (born 8 April 1976) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.^[1] Schober is currently the director of Development at Schalke.

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.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[3]
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Schalke 04	1996–97	Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	1997–98		0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	1998–99		14	0	1	0	2	0	17	0
	1999–00		10	0	1	0	0	0	11	0
	Total		25	0	2	0	3	0	30	0
Hamburger SV	2000–01	Bundesliga	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Hansa Rostock	2001–02	Bundesliga	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
	Total		191	0	14	0	0	0	205	0
Schalke 04	2007–08	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
	Total		5	0	1	0	3	0	9	0
Career total			224	0	17	0	6	0	247	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.
^ Mathias Schober at 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] Mathias Schober at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 February 2015.

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