Matthias Zimmermann (soccer player, 1992)

Matthias Zimmermann
Matthias Zimmermann (2019)
Personnel
Surname	Matthias Jürgen Zimmermann
birthday	June 16, 1992
place of birth	Karlsruhe ,  Germany
size	177 cm
position	Defense , midfield
Juniors
Years	station
1998-2002	VfB Grötzingen
2002-2010	Karlsruher SC
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2009-2010	Karlsruher SC II	10 (1)
2009-2011	Karlsruher SC	50 (1)
2011-2015	Borussia M'gladbach	1 (0)
2011-2015	Borussia M'gladbach II	64 (5)
2013	→  SpVgg Greuther Fürth  (loan)	15 (1)
2013-2014	→  SV Sandhausen  (loan)	19 (0)
2015-2018	VfB Stuttgart II	38 (1)
2016-2018	VfB Stuttgart	32 (1)
2018–	Fortuna Dusseldorf	68 (2)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2007-2008	Germany U-15	2 (1)
2008	Germany U-16	7 (0)
2008-2009	Germany U-17	19 (0)
2009-2010	Germany U-18	3 (0)
2010-2011	Germany U-19	12 (0)
2011-2013	Germany U-20	4 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of August 1, 2020

Matthias Jürgen "Matze" Zimmermann (* 16th June 1992 in Karlsruhe ) is a German football player .

society

Matthias Zimmermann (2011)

Zimmermann first played at VfB Grötzingen before joining the youth team at Karlsruher SC in 2002 at the age of ten . There he went through all youth teams until he signed his first professional contract with Baden in 2009. Up until the winter break of 2009/10, Zimmermann was mainly used in the second team from Karlsruhe; since his professional debut on December 6, 2009 in the second division game of KSC against Rot Weiss Ahlen , he was a regular player. On November 28, 2010 Matthias Zimmermann scored his first professional goal in the game against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen .

For the 2011/12 season, Zimmermann and his teammate Lukas Rupp moved to Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach . There he made his first Bundesliga debut in the away game against Hertha BSC on the 12th matchday of the season when he came on for Patrick Herrmann in the 83rd minute .

Since he could not prevail in the first team, it was announced in December 2012 that he will be loaned to league rivals SpVgg Greuther Fürth from January 1, 2013 until the end of the 2012/13 season . He made his debut for the Franks on January 19, 2013 (18th matchday) in the 2-0 defeat in the away game against FC Bayern Munich ; he scored his first Bundesliga goal on May 11, 2013 (33rd matchday) in the 1: 2 defeat in the home game against SC Freiburg with the opening goal in the third minute.

For the 2013/14 season Zimmermann moved on loan to the second division club SV Sandhausen . At the same time, Borussia Mönchengladbach extended its existing contract until June 30, 2015.

For the 2015/16 season Zimmermann moved to the second team of VfB Stuttgart on a free transfer . He was appointed to the VfB Bundesliga team for the first time on May 2, 2016 against Werder Bremen and made his debut in the starting line-up. After relegation Zimmermann established himself permanently in the club's licensed team in the 2nd Bundesliga . On the final day of the second division season 2016/17 he brought the VfB at the 4: 1 win against Würzburger Kickers with a long-range shot which was also his first competitive goal for the Swabians in the lead. With this victory Zimmermann and his team secured the second division championship and the associated direct promotion. After tearing a cruciate ligament in his left knee in August 2017, he still received an offer from VfB Stuttgart to extend his contract, which was due to expire, through which Zimmermann tied himself to the club for another year until June 2019 on December 20, 2017.

For the 2018/19 Bundesliga season he signed a contract with the promoted Fortuna Düsseldorf , which was valid until 2020 and was extended to 2024 in August 2019.

National team

Zimmermann's international career began early on in the DFB's U15 national team. Since then, Zimmermann has also been used in the next higher age groups of the junior national teams. The highlight was the European championship title with the U17 national team in 2009 , as well as participation in the U17 World Cup in Nigeria in the same year .

Private

His older brother Christian (* 1987; † 2011) was also a soccer player. He died on the evening of February 16, 2011 after a friendly match between his club, the regional division club FC Alemannia Wilferdingen .

Achievements and Awards

Team successes

• 2009: U-17 European champion
• 2009: Round of 16 at the U-17 World Cup
• 2017: German second division champion

Individual awards

• 2010: Fritz Walter Medal in bronze in the U-18 category
• 2011: Fritz Walter Medal in silver in the U-19 category

Web links

Commons : Matthias Zimmermann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Matthias Zimmermann in the database of kicker.de
• Matthias Zimmermann in the database of weltfussball.de
• Matthias Zimmermann in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Matthias Zimmermann in the database of fussballdaten.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ Borussia brings Zimmermann and Rupp , kicker online from June 17, 2011 (accessed June 17, 2011)
3. ↑ greuther-fuerth.de: SpVgg Greuther Fürth gets Matthias Zimmermann from Mönchengladbach ( Memento of the original from December 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , December 20, 2012, accessed December 20, 2012 
4. ↑ borussia.de: Borussia lends Zimmermann to SV Sandhausen , June 27, 2013. Accessed June 27, 2013.
5. ↑ New entry for the VfB II ( memento of the original from June 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Internet presence of VfB Stuttgart, accessed on June 25, 2015 
6. ↑ Contract extension with Matthias Zimmermann , VfB Stuttgart website, accessed on December 20, 2017
7. ↑ Fortuna commits Matthias Zimmermann , f95.de, accessed on July 16, 2018
8. ↑ Fortuna extends with Matthias Zimmermann until 2024. f95.de, August 22, 2019, accessed on August 22, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Amateur soccer player dies after a test game , Welt Online from February 17, 2011 (accessed June 17, 2011)
10. ↑ dfb.de: The young player of the year
11. ↑ Message on transfermarkt.de , accessed on July 22, 2011