Mathias Abel
{{short description|German footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Mathias Abel
|image = Mathias Abel.jpg
|caption = Abel as a Kaiserslautern player
|fullname =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|6|22|df=y}}
|birth_place = Kaiserslautern, West Germany
|height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|position = Defender
|currentclub =
|clubnumber =
|youthyears1 = 1990–1998 | youthclubs1 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern
|years1 = 1998–2000 | clubs1 = Eintracht Bad Kreuznach | caps1 = | goals1 =
|years2 = 2000–2001 | clubs2 = Borussia Dortmund II | caps2 = 12 | goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2002–2005 | clubs3 = Mainz 05 | caps3 = 65 | goals3 = 4
|years4 = 2005–2008 | clubs4 = Schalke 04 | caps4 = 1 | goals4 = 0
|years5 = 2005–2006 | clubs5 = → Mainz 05 (loan) | caps5 = 20 | goals5 = 0
|years6 = 2007 | clubs6 = → Hamburger SV (loan) | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 0
|years7 = 2008–2010 | clubs7 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern II | caps7 = 20 | goals7 = 2
|years8 = 2008–2013 | clubs8 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern | caps8 = 48 | goals8 = 2
|totalcaps = 173 | totalgoals = 8
|nationalyears1 = 2003 | nationalteam1 = Germany U21 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0
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}}Mathias Abel (born 22 June 1981) is a German retired footballer who played as a defender.
Football career
Abel was born in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. After starting with amateurs Eintracht Bad Kreuznach and having a spell with Borussia Dortmund's reserves, he joined 1. FSV Mainz 05 in 2002, helping the club promote from the second division in his second year with 18 matches.{{cite web |title=Mathias Abel » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/mathias-abel/2/ |publisher=World Football |access-date=28 July 2023}}
Abel made his Bundesliga debut on 14 August 2004, in a 2–1 home win over Hamburger SV. He scored three goals during the season, as his team maintained its status.
From 2006 onwards, Abel would appear sparingly for several clubs: FC Schalke 04 – which also loaned him for five months to Hamburg – and 1. FC Kaiserslautern, appearing almost exclusively for the latter's B-side during two years. This was mainly due to two consecutive anterior cruciate ligament injuries (in early 2004, he suffered the same injury while at Mainz, being sidelined for six months).{{cite news|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01c5-0e6e6f34ee94-bfe1575bc446-1000--abel-unable-to-play-for-schalke/ |title=Abel unable to play for Schalke |publisher=UEFA |date=13 September 2007 |access-date=9 January 2010 |archive-date=25 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025234053/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid%3D585667.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news|date=17 September 2007 |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01c5-0e6e85fc814d-4cad1cd8df7e-1000--schalke-out-to-make-amends/ |title=Schalke out to make amends |publisher=UEFA |first=Alois |last=Urban |access-date=5 December 2010 |archive-date=26 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026023953/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid%3D586653.html |url-status=live }}
Abel's first appearance for Kaiserslautern's first team only took place on 26 October 2010, as an early substitute in a 3–0 home win against Arminia Bielefeld for the campaign's German Cup. Four days later, he managed to play the full 90 minutes in the league fixture against Borussia Mönchengladbach (same venue and result).
In February 2013 Abel was linked with China League One team Beijing Baxy FC,{{cite web|url=http://www.bjbaxyfc.net/ShowDetail.asp?id=638|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130423101114/http://www.bjbaxyfc.net/ShowDetail.asp?id=638|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 April 2013|script-title=zh:新赛季八喜内外援基本确定|publisher=Beijing Baxy F.C|language=Chinese|date=18 February 2013|accessdate=20 February 2013}} but nothing came of it. After his contract with Lautern expired in the summer, he went on trial with Brunei DPMM FC of the S.League.{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3960/asia/2013/11/22/4422233/brunei-dpmm-fc-to-trial-a-global-list-of-stars |title=Brunei DPMM FC to trial a global list of stars |publisher=Goal.com |date=22 November 2013 |accessdate=26 November 2013 |archivedate=29 December 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229005944/http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3960/asia/2013/11/22/4422233/brunei-dpmm-fc-to-trial-a-global-list-of-stars |url-status=live }}
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" Style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club | rowspan="2"|Season | colspan="3"|League | colspan="2"|National Cup | colspan="2"|Other | colspan="2"|Total | rowspan="2"|{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Borussia Dortmund II | 2000–01 | Regionalliga Nord | 12 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="5"|1. FSV Mainz 05 | 2002–03 | 2. Bundesliga | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2003–04 | 2. Bundesliga | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2004–05 | Bundesliga | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 25 | 3 | |||
| 2005–06 | Bundesliga | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6Appearances in the 2005–06 UEFA Cup | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total | 83 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 93 | 4 | — | ||
| FC Schalke 04 | 2006–07 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2Appearances in the 2006 DFL-Ligapokal | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Hamburger SV (loan) | 2006–07 | Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | ||
| Hamburger SV II (loan) | 2006–07 | Regionalliga Nord | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3"|1. FC Kaiserslautern II | 2008–09 | Regionalliga West | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | Regionalliga West | 16 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 2 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total | 20 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 2 | — | ||||
| rowspan="4"|1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | 2. Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!48 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 2 | — | |||
| colspan="3"|Career Total
!173 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 190 | 8 | — |
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References
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External links
- {{Fussballdaten|abelmathias}}
- {{Soccerway|mathias-abel/1972}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abel, Mathias}}
Category:Footballers from Kaiserslautern
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Borussia Dortmund II players
Category:1. FSV Mainz 05 players
Category:FC Schalke 04 players
Category:1. FC Kaiserslautern players