Matias Concha
{{Short description|Swedish footballer (born 1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Matias Concha
| image = Concha in Malmö FF.jpg
| upright = 0.7
| caption = Concha playing for Malmö FF in 2013
| full_name = Hernán Matias Arsenio Concha
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|03|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Malmö, Sweden
| height = 1.80 m
| position = Right-back
| youthyears1 = 1987–1996 | youthclubs1 = Kulladals FF
| youthyears2 = 1997–2000 | youthclubs2 = Malmö FF
| years1 = 2000–2003 | clubs1 = Malmö FF | caps1 = 58 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2004–2007 | clubs2 = Djurgårdens IF | caps2 = 76 | goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2007–2012 | clubs3 = VfL Bochum | caps3 = 65 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2009–2012 | clubs4 = → VfL Bochum II | caps4 = 2 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2012–2014 | clubs5 = Malmö FF | caps5 = 17 | goals5 = 0
| totalcaps = 218
| totalgoals = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2006–2008 | nationalteam1 = Sweden | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Hernán Matias Arsenio Concha (born 31 March 1980) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He started off his career with Malmö FF in 2000 and then represented Djurgårdens IF and VfL Bochum before returning to Malmö FF in 2012. A full international between 2006 and 2008, he won eight caps for the Sweden national team.
Club career
=Sweden=
Concha was born in Malmö, where he began his career at the minor side Kulladals FF, before eventually signing for his home town giants, Malmö FF. In 2004, he moved to Stockholm and Djurgårdens IF after having been given playing time sparsely at Malmö FF. He quickly established himself as a starter for Djurgården and was part of their championship winning team of 2005, as well as Swedish cup golds 2004 and 2005. He played 76 games and scored two goals.
=VfL Bochum=
On 20 June 2007, it was announced that Concha would join the German football club VfL Bochum for the 2007–08 season. He signed a four-year deal with a team that had finished eighth the previous season. Concha left Bochum after the 2011–12 season.{{cite web | url = http://www.vfl-bochum.de/site/_home/_aktuelles/aktuelles/11302_concharuhrgebietistvielintensiverp.htm | title = Concha: Ruhrgebiet ist viel intensiver | language = German | publisher = vfl-bochum.de | access-date = 21 May 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
=Malmö FF=
On 30 July 2012, Malmö FF announced that they had signed Concha for two and a half years. He returned to play with the number 23 shirt, symbolizing his age when he left Malmö for the first time.{{cite web|url=http://www.mff.se/Aktuellt/Nyheter/2012-07-30_Matias_Concha_kommer_hem.aspx |title=Malmö FF har gjort klart med Matias Concha |publisher=Malmö FF |work=mff.se |date=30 July 2012 |access-date=30 July 2012 |language=Swedish |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905165158/http://www.mff.se/Aktuellt/Nyheter/2012-07-30_Matias_Concha_kommer_hem.aspx |archive-date=5 September 2012 }} Concha played his first match for the club on 16 August 2012 when he played 64 minutes in a friendly against Italian side Lazio.{{cite web | url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/sport/fotboll/mff/mff-nara-att-klara-lika | title=MFF nära att klara lika | publisher=Sydsvenskan | work=sydsvenskan.se | date=16 August 2012 | access-date=17 August 2012 | language=Swedish}} He played two league matches for Malmö FF for the 2012 season. Concha took over the number 2 shirt for the 2013 season. He was given a lot of field time in the beginning of what turned out to be a title winning season for the club, however when Miiko Albornoz returned from suspension, Concha lost his place in the starting eleven for the rest of the season. He played a total of seven league matches for the club during the 2013 season. Concha received limited playing time also in the 2014 season, although he played eight matches in the league three matches in the clubs campaign for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League. Concha announced his decision to retire from professional football after the 2014 season on 30 October 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.mff.se/Aktuellt/Nyheter/2014-10-30_Matias_Concha_slutar_med_fotboll |title=Matias Concha slutar med fotboll |publisher=Malmö FF |work=mff.se |date=30 October 2014 |access-date=30 October 2014 |language=Swedish |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102052903/http://mff.se/Aktuellt/Nyheter/2014-10-30_Matias_Concha_slutar_med_fotboll |archive-date=2 November 2014 }}
International career
Concha made his first appearance for the Sweden men's national football team on 23 January 2006 against Jordan.{{Cite web|title=Matias Concha - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se./spelarfakta/matias-concha/bc1d7d1d-12f3-4170-bdb9-e2f1e7fe8828|access-date=25 September 2020|website=www.svenskfotboll.se.|language=sv}} He made two appearances for Sweden during the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying campaign but did not make the squad for the final tournament.
He won his eighth and final cap on 6 February 2008 in a friendly game against Turkey.
Career statistics
=Club=
| 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{{efn|Includes Svenska Cupen, DFB-Pokal}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total{{cite web | url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/matias-concha/6060/ | title=Matias Concha | website=Soccerway | access-date=13 January 2013}} | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="5"|Malmö FF
|2000 |19 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 0 | ||||
| 2001
|6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2002
|Allsvenskan |15 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2003
|Allsvenskan |18 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=UC|Appearances in UEFA Cup}} | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!58 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 62 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="5"|Djurgårdens IF
|2004 |Allsvenskan |22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5{{efn|Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Cup}} | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 2005
|Allsvenskan |23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=UC}} | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 2006
|Allsvenskan |20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
| 2007
|Allsvenskan |11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!76 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 95 | 2 | |
| rowspan="6"|VfL Bochum
|18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09
|Bundesliga |15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10
|Bundesliga |21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11
|10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12
|2. Bundesliga |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!65 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 67 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|VfL Bochum II
|1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12
|Regionalliga |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="4"|Malmö FF
|2012 |Allsvenskan |2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2013
|Allsvenskan |7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2014
|Allsvenskan |8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!218 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 253 | 2 |
{{notelist}}
=International=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3"|Sweden
|2006 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total | 8 | 0 |
Honours
Djurgårdens IF
- Allsvenskan: 2005{{cite web |title=Förteckning över samtliga SM-guld för Djurgårdens IF på seniornivå genom tiderna |url=http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf |website=difarkivet.se |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811042345/http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2010 |language=sv}}
- Svenska Cupen: 2004, 2005
Malmö FF
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Matias Concha}}
- {{SvFF player|id=bc1d7d1d-12f3-4170-bdb9-e2f1e7fe8828|fid=119972|pid=1500}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20171223003828/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/person/?playerid=1500 archive])
- {{SvFF national player|fid=119972|fid_archive=20180629235755}}
- [http://www.mff.se/Personer/A_truppen/Utespelare/Matias_Concha.aspx Malmö FF profile] {{in lang|sv}}
- {{Soccerway|matias-concha/6060}}
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