Matthias Mauritz

{{Short description|German footballer (1924–2016)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Matthias Mauritz

| image = Matthias-Mauritz.jpg

| caption = Mauritz in 2008

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|11|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Düsseldorf, Germany{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/matthias-mauritz-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223745/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/matthias-mauritz-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |accessdate=28 June 2012}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|11|21|1924|11|13|df=y}}

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| position = Forward

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| years1 = 1947–1960

| clubs1 = Fortuna Düsseldorf

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| nationalyears1 = 1959

| nationalteam1 = West Germany

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Matthias Mauritz (13 November 1924 – 21 November 2016) was a German international footballer who played for Fortuna Düsseldorf and competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25454 |title=Matthias Mauritz |work=Olympedia |access-date=6 November 2021}} He was born in Düsseldorf.[http://www.f95.de/aktuell/news/profis/detail/19996-fortuna-trauert-um-matthes-mauritz/659cc856b4a43b8f31cf425216fd0a27/ Fortuna Trauert um Matthias "Matthes" Mauritz] {{in lang|de}}

International career

Mauritz made his debut for West Germany on 20 May 1959 in a friendly match against Poland, at 34 years of age.[http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=13327 Football PLAYER: Matthias Mauritz]

References

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Further reading

  • Werner Raupp: Toni Turek – "Fußballgott". Eine Biographie. Hildesheim: Arete Verlag 2019 (1., rev. version) ({{ISBN|978-3-96423-008-9}}), passim (esp. p. 73–97).