Matthias Hamann

{{Short description|German footballer (born 1968)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Matthias Hamann

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|02|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Waldsassen, West Germany

| height = 1.87 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1977–1988

| youthclubs1 = FC Wacker München

| years1 = 1988–1989

| clubs1 = Bayern Munich (A)

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1988–1989

| clubs2 = Bayern Munich

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1989–1990

| clubs3 = Fortuna Köln

| caps3 = 50

| goals3 = 6

| years4 = 1990–1992

| clubs4 = SpVgg Unterhaching

| caps4 = 50

| goals4 = 21

| years5 = 1992–1994

| clubs5 = Eintracht Trier

| caps5 =

| goals5 =

| years6 = 1994–1996

| clubs6 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern

| caps6 = 28

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 1996–1998

| clubs7 = 1860 Munich

| caps7 = 31

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 1998

| clubs8 = Neuchâtel Xamax

| caps8 = 6

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 1998–2000

| clubs9 = Tennis Borussia Berlin

| caps9 = 57

| goals9 = 2

| years10 = 2000–2002

| clubs10 = LR Ahlen

| caps10 = 49

| goals10 = 6

| years11 = 2002–2004

| clubs11 = LASK Linz

| caps11 = 24

| goals11 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2004–2005

| managerclubs1 = TuS Hohenecken

| manageryears2 = 2005–2008

| managerclubs2 = KSV Hessen Kassel

| manageryears3 = 2009–2010

| managerclubs3 = LASK Linz

}}

Matthias Hamann (born 10 February 1968, in Waldsassen) is a German football manager and former player.{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/matthias-hamann/spieler/bundesliga/1997-98/1860-muenchen | title = Hamann, Matthias | language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 10 February 2012}} He is the brother of Dietmar Hamann.{{cite web | url = http://www.tz-online.de/sport/tsv-1860/ex-loewe-hamann-nimmt-klinsi-fliegen-meta-1578356.html | title = Ex-Löwe Hamann nimmt Klinsi das Fliegen ab | language = German | publisher = tz.de | accessdate = 10 February 2012 | date = 27 January 2012}}

Hamann made 59 appearances in the Bundesliga during his playing career.

Hamann worked as a scout as part of the staff for head coach Jürgen Klinsmann on the United States national team until Klinsmann was fired in November 2016.{{cite web|title=Q & A with Jurgen Klinsmann: The Scouting Network|url=http://www.ussoccer.com/news/mens-national-team/2012/04/q-a-with-jurgen-klinsmann-the-scouting-network.aspx|publisher=U.S. Soccer|accessdate=19 February 2014|date=30 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223105535/http://www.ussoccer.com/news/mens-national-team/2012/04/q-a-with-jurgen-klinsmann-the-scouting-network.aspx|archive-date=23 February 2014|url-status=dead}}

He now works as scout for Bundesliga team Eintracht Frankfurt.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hna.de/kassel/matthias-hamann-fliegt-scout-frankfurt-8447124.html|title = Kasseler Fußballlehrer fliegt als Scout für Bundesligist Frankfurt in die USA|date = July 2017}}