Mathias Müller

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{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Mathias Müller

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|4|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hamburg, Germany{{cite web |title=Mathias Müller |url=http://www.deutsche-olympiamannschaft.de/de/athleten/detail/a_action/show/a_athletes/mathias-mueller-1968.html |website=Deutsche-Olympiamannschaft.de |language=de |publisher=Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund |accessdate=2 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805222537/https://www.deutsche-olympiamannschaft.de/de/athleten/detail/a_action/show/a_athletes/mathias-mueller-1968.html |archive-date=5 August 2016 |url-status=live}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Hamburger Polo Club

| youthyears1 = 1996–2010

| youthclubs1 = UHC Hamburg

| years1 = 2010–2013

| clubs1 = UHC Hamburg

| years2 = 2013–2018

| clubs2 = Rot-Weiss Köln

| years3 = 2018–present

| clubs3 = Hamburger Polo Club

| nationalyears1 = 2014–present

| nationalteam1 = Germany

| nationalcaps1 = 134

| nationalgoals1 = 9

| show-medals = no

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| updated = 6 February 2023

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Mathias Müller (born 3 April 1992){{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/mathias-muller |title=Mathias Muller |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |accessdate=19 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125224448/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/mathias-muller |archive-date=25 November 2016 |url-status=live }} is a German field hockey player who plays as a defender for Bundesliga side Hamburger Polo Club and the Germany national team.{{cite web |title=Nationalspieler Portraits |url=http://www.hockey.de/VVI-web/default.asp?lokal=DHB&innen=/VVI-web/Auswahl-Teams/Nationalspieler-Anzeige.asp&persid=105820 |website=www.hockey.de |publisher=German Hockey Federation |accessdate=2 November 2019 |language=de}}

Club career

Müller started playing hockey at the age of four at UHC Hamburg.{{cite web |title=Mathias Müller - geboren mit der Eule im Herzen |url=https://www.abendblatt.de/sport/article107858794/Mathias-Mueller-geboren-mit-der-Eule-im-Herzen.html |website=www.abendblatt.de |publisher=Hamburger Abendblatt |accessdate=2 November 2019 |language=de |date=25 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102211445/https://www.abendblatt.de/sport/article107858794/Mathias-Mueller-geboren-mit-der-Eule-im-Herzen.html |archive-date=2 November 2019 |url-status=live }} He made his debut for the senior team when he was 18 years old. He then played for Rot-Weiss Köln from 2013 until 2018. In 2018 he returned to Hamburg to play for Hamburger Polo Club.{{cite web |title=Mathias Müller geht zurück nach Hamburg zu Polo |url=https://beta.hockey.de/news/8fkc9e.html |website=beta.hockey.de |publisher=Deutscher Hockey-Bund |accessdate=4 March 2019 |language=German |date=14 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043346/https://beta.hockey.de/news/8fkc9e.html |archive-date=6 March 2019 |url-status=live }}

International career

Müller made his debut for the German national team in 2014.{{cite web |title=Nationalspieler: Herren |url=http://www.hockey.de/VVI-web/default.asp?lokal=&innen=/VVI-web/Auswahl-Teams/Nationalspieler-LspListe.asp&auswahl=1 |website=www.hockey.de |publisher=Deutscher Hockey-Bund |accessdate=4 March 2019 |language=German |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044150/http://www.hockey.de/VVI-web/default.asp?lokal=&innen=%2FVVI-web%2FAuswahl-Teams%2FNationalspieler-LspListe.asp&auswahl=1 |archive-date=6 March 2019 |url-status=live }} He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal.{{cite web |title=Olympedia - Mathias Müller |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/134201}} On 6 December he was named in the squad for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.{{cite web |title=Zwei Kader für zwei Großereignisse |url=https://magazin.hockey.de/articles/zwei-kader-fuer-zwei-grossereignisse |website=hockey.de |publisher=German Hockey Federation |access-date=6 December 2022 |language=de |date=6 December 2022}} He played in all seven matches as Germany won the tournament.{{cite web |title=Hamburgs WM-Helden sind zurück - "möchte jetzt nur geniessen" |url=https://www.abendblatt.de/sport/article237515935/hockey-wm-weltmeister-hamburgs-wm-helden-sind-zurueck-mueller-moechte-jetzt-nur-geniessen.html |website=abendblatt.de |date=February 2023 |language=de}}