Matthias Zimmermann (footballer, born 1992)

Matthias Jürgen Zimmermann (German pronunciation: [maˈtiːas ˈtsɪmɐman];[4][5] born 16 June 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Matthias Zimmermann
Zimmermann in 2019
Personal information
Full name Matthias Jürgen Zimmermann[1]
Date of birth (1992-06-16) 16 June 1992
Place of birth Pforzheim, Germany
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Number 25
Youth career
VfB Grötzingen
2002–2009 Karlsruher SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Karlsruher SC II 10 (1)
2009–2011 Karlsruher SC 50 (1)
2011–2015 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 63 (5)
2011–2015 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 (0)
2013 → 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 Düsseldorf 163 (10)
International career‡
2007–2008[2] Germany U15 2 (1)
2008[2] Germany U16 7 (0)
2008–2009[2] Germany U17 19 (0)
2009–2010[2] Germany U18 2 (0)
2010–2011[2] Germany U19 12 (0)
2011–2013[3] Germany U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:54, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Career

Zimmermann started his footballing career in VfB Grötzingen's youth categories. In 2008, he moved to Karlsruher SC. He made his debut for Karlsruhe on 6 December 2009, in a 3–1 away victory against Rot Weiss Ahlen, after coming off the bench to replace Lars Stindl in the 90th minute.[6]

On 18 June 2011, Zimmermann joined Borussia Mönchengladbach, signing a three-year contract with the new club, lasting until 2014.[7] In January 2013, Zimmermann was loaned to SpVgg Greuther Fürth.[8]

SV Sandhausen

On 27 June 2013, he signed a season long loan deal with SV Sandhausen.[9]

VfB Stuttgart

For the 2015–16 season Zimmermann moved to VfB Stuttgart II.[10] On 2 May 2016, he made his debut for the first team of VfB Stuttgart against Werder Bremen. Zimmermann extended his contract with the Bundesliga team of Stuttgart on 20 December 2017 until June 2019.[11]

Fortuna Düsseldorf

On 16 July 2018, it was announced that Zimmermann would join Fortuna Düsseldorf on a two-year contract.[12]

References
  1. "List of Players — 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  2. "Matthias Zimmermann - Spielerprofil - DFB Datencenter". Deutscher Fußball-Bund (in German). Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  3. "Matthias Zimmermann » Internationals". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  4. Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 731, 1069. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
  5. Dudenredaktion; Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. p. 537. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.
  6. "Rot Weiss Ahlen 1 - 3 Karlsruher SC". Soccerway. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  7. "Two new faces for Gladbach". Bundesliga. 18 June 2011. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011.
  8. ""Kleeblatt" leiht Zimmermann aus" ["Kleeblatt" loans Zimmermann] (in German). kicker. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  9. "Zimmermann schließt sich Sandhausen an" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  10. "Neuzugang für den VfB II". vfb.de (in German). VfB Stuttgart. 25 June 2015. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  11. "Contract extension for Matthias Zimmermann". vfb.de (in German). VfB Stuttgart. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  12. "Fortuna verpflichtet Matthias Zimmermann" (in German). Fortuna Düsseldorf. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
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