Mathias Schober

Mathias Schober

Schober training with Schalke 04 in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-04-08) 8 April 1976
Place of birth Marl, West Germany
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1984–1986 Germania Lenkerbeck
1986–1988 TuS 05 Sinsen
1988–1990 SpVgg Marl
1990–1994 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2001 Schalke 04 25 (0)
2000–2001 → Hamburger SV (loan) 3 (0)
2001–2007 Hansa Rostock 191 (0)
2007–2012 Schalke 04 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Mathias Schober (born 8 April 1976) is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]

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.

Club statistics

[3]

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
1996–97Schalke 04Bundesliga1000 0 010
1997–980000 0 000
1998–9914000 2 0160
1999–0010000 0 0100
2000–01Hamburger SV3000 0 030
2001–02Hansa Rostock22010 0 0230
2002–0334030 0 0370
2003–0433020 0 0350
2004–0534040 0 0380
2005–062. Bundesliga34030 0 0370
2006–0734010 0 0350
2007–08Schalke 04Bundesliga0000 0 000
2008–094010 2 070
2009–100000 0 000
2010–110000 0 000
2011–121000 1 020
Career total 2240150 5 02420

Honours

Schalke 04

References

  1. ↑ "Schober, Mathias" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Fußball-Bundesliga: Zweifel am Meister-Tor" [Fußball-Bundesliga: Doubts in championship-goal] (in German). Der Spiegel. 20 May 2001. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "M. Schober". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
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