{{short description|German former professional footballer (born 1983)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Matthias Lehmann | fullname = | image = Empfang für den 1. FC Köln im Rathaus-8984.jpg | upright = 0.8 | caption = Lehmann in 2014 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|5|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Ulm, West Germany | height = 1.79m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | youthyears1 = 1987–1994 | youthclubs1 = VfL Ulm | youthyears2 = 1994–2000 | youthclubs2 = SSV Ulm | years1 = 2000–2001 | clubs1 = SSV Ulm | caps1 = 4 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2001–2003 | clubs2 = VfB Stuttgart II | caps2 = 58 | goals2 = 8 | years3 = 2003–2004 | clubs3 = 1860 Munich II | caps3 = 13 | goals3 = 3 | years4 = 2003–2006 | clubs4 = 1860 Munich | caps4 = 81 | goals4 = 12 | years5 = 2006 | clubs5 = Alemannia Aachen II | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2006–2009 | clubs6 = Alemannia Aachen | caps6 = 95 | goals6 = 12 | years7 = 2009–2011 | clubs7 = FC St. Pauli | caps7 = 66 | goals7 = 13 | years8 = 2011–2012 | clubs8 = Eintracht Frankfurt | caps8 = 26 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2012–2019 | clubs9 = 1. FC Köln | caps9 = 180 | goals9 = 5 | totalcaps = 524 | totalgoals = 53 | nationalyears1 = 2001–2002 | nationalteam1 = Germany U19 | nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2002–2004 | nationalteam2 = Germany U20 | nationalcaps2 = 17 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2004–2006 | nationalteam3 = Germany U21 | nationalcaps3 = 15 | nationalgoals3 = 2 }} '''Matthias Lehmann''' (born 28 May 1983) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
==Career== ===SSV Ulm=== Born in Ulm, Lehmann started his career with SSV Ulm 1846 in the 2000–01 season. He made four appearances, against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, FC St. Pauli, LR Aalen, and Waldhof Mannheim in the 2. Bundesliga.<ref name="2000–01 season">{{cite web|title=Matthias Lehmann|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/lehmannmathias/2001/|publisher=Fussballdaten|accessdate=17 September 2015|language=German}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Matthias Lehmann|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2000-01/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820030002/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2000-01/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2010|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=17 September 2015|language=German}}</ref>
===VfB Stuttgart=== Lehmann moved to VfB Stuttgart II where he scored a goal in 24 league appearances<ref name="2001–02 season – fussballdaten">{{cite web|title=Matthias Lehmann|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/lehmannmathias/2002/|publisher=Fussballdaten|accessdate=17 September 2015|language=German}}</ref> and made a German Cup appearance against Greuther Fürth<ref name="2001–02 season – kicker">{{cite web|title=Matthias Lehmann|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2001-02/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820030008/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2001-02/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2010|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=17 September 2015|language=German}}</ref> during the 2001–02 season. Stuttgart II finished in 16th place in the Regionalliga Süd and were relegated.<ref>{{cite web|title=Die Abschlusstabelle der Regionalliga Süd 2001/2002|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/regionalliga/sued/2002/|publisher=Fussballdaten|accessdate=17 September 2015|language=German}}</ref>
===1860 Munich=== Lehmann joined 1860 Munich for the 2003–04 season. In his first season, he scored a goal in 17 league appearances.<ref name="2003–04 season">{{cite web|title=Matthias Lehmann|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2003-04/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820030013/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2003-04/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2010|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=17 September 2015|language=German}}</ref> 1860 Munich finished the season in 18th place in the Bundesliga and were relegated.<ref>{{cite web|title=1. Bundesliga - Spieltag / Tabelle|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/spieltag/1-bundesliga/2003-04/0/0/spieltag.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725095119/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/spieltag/1-bundesliga/2003-04/0/0/spieltag.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 July 2009|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=17 September 2015|language=German}}</ref> He went on to score six goals in 34 appearances during the 2004–05 season<ref name="2004–05 season">{{cite web|title=Martthias Lehmann|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2004-05/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160918123924/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2004-05/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2016|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=17 September 2015|language=German}}</ref> and six goals in 35 appearances during the 2005–06 season.<ref name="2005–06 season">{{cite web|title=Matthias Lehmann|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2005-06/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820030023/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2005-06/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2010|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=17 September 2015|language=German}}</ref>
===Alemannia Aachen=== Lehmann moved to Alemannia Aachen for the 2006–07 season. In his first season with the club, he scored three goals in 34 appearances in all competitions.<ref name="wf">{{cite web|title=Matthias Lehmann » Club matches|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe1462/matthias-lehmann/club-matches/|publisher=World Football|access-date=17 September 2015|language=German}}</ref> He also made an appearance for the reserve team.<ref name="wf"/> He went on to score seven goals in 69 appearances in the 2007–08<ref name="2007–08 season">{{cite web|title=Matthias Lehmann|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2007-08/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820030044/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2007-08/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2010|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=17 September 2015|language=German}}</ref> and 2008–09 seasons.<ref name="2008–09 season">{{cite web|title=Matthias Lehmann|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2008-09/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820030100/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2008-09/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2010|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=17 September 2015|language=German}}</ref>
===FC St. Pauli=== Lehmann spent the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons with FC St. Pauli.<ref name="wf"/> He scored eight goals in 35 appearances in all competitions in his first season<ref name="2009–10 season">{{cite web|title=Matthias Lehmann|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2009-10/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819165627/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2009-10/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 August 2010|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=17 September 2015|language=German}}</ref> and five goals in 34 appearances in all competitions in his second season.<ref name="2010–11 season">{{cite web|title=Matthias Lehmann|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2010-11/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820030115/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2010-11/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2010|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=17 September 2015|language=German}}</ref>
===Eintracht Frankfurt=== In June 2011, Lehmann joined Eintracht Frankfurt, reportedly signing a three-year contract while Eintracht Frankfurt paid St. Pauli a fixed transfer fee of €500,000.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kilchenstein|first1=Thomas|title=Ein Willensspieler|url=http://www.fr.de/sport/eintracht/eintracht-transfers-ein-willensspieler-a-908923|accessdate=10 December 2017|work=Frankfurter Rundschau|date=2 June 2011|language=German}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Lehmann wechselt zur Eintracht|url=https://www.kicker.de/lehmann-wechselt-zur-eintracht-553372/artikel|access-date=10 December 2017|work=kicker Online|date=2 June 2011|language=German}}</ref> He made 26 league appearances and two in the DFB-Pokal.<ref name="wf"/><ref name="2011–12 season">{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/matthias-lehmann/spieler/2-bundesliga/2011-12/eintracht-frankfurt | title = Lehmann, Matthias | language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 16 July 2011}}</ref>
===1. FC Köln=== In June 2012, Lehmann signed for 1. FC Köln.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lanig und Lehmann tauschen Trikots|url=https://www.kicker.de/lanig-und-lehmann-tauschen-trikots-570650/artikel|access-date=10 December 2017|work=kicker Online|date=18 June 2012|language=German}}</ref> In his first season, he made 29 appearances in all competitions without scoring a goal.<ref name="2012–13 season">{{cite web|title=Matthias Lehmann|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2012-13/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617001417/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2012-13/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 June 2013|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=17 September 2015|language=German}}</ref> He went on to make 26 appearances without scoring the following season.<ref name="2013–14 season">{{cite web|title=Matthias Lehmann|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2013-14/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415021710/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2013-14/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2015|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=17 September 2015|language=German}}</ref> During the 2014–15 season, he scored five goals in 32 league appearances including three goals in four appearances.<ref name="2014–15 season">{{cite web|title=Matthias Lehmann|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2014-15/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727013000/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2014-15/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 July 2015|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=17 September 2015|language=German}}</ref> During the 2015–16 season, he has made five appearances without scoring.<ref name="2015–16 season">{{cite web|title=Matthias Lehmann|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2015-16/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915070459/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2015-16/25350/vereinsspieler_matthias-lehmann.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 September 2017|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=17 September 2015|language=German}}</ref> Having risen to the captaincy, Lehmann spent seven seasons at Köln. At the end of the 2018-19 season, it was announced that Lehmann would end his career at the club. He played his last career game on 19 May 2019 against FC Magdeburg.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/lehmanns-schoener-und-schwieriger-abschied-749047/artikel|title=Lehmanns "schöner und schwieriger" Abschied|website=Kicker|access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
==International career== Lehmann was a youth international for Germany.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://datencenter.dfb.de/profil/1462|title = Matthias Lehmann Personenprofil}}</ref>
==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"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total !rowspan="2"|{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- !League!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |SSV Ulm |2000–01 |2. Bundesliga |4||0||0||0||rowspan="3" colspan="2"|—||4||0 |<ref name="2000–01 season"/> |- |rowspan="3"|VfB Stuttgart II |2001–02 |Regionalliga Süd |24||1||1||0||25||1 |<ref name="2001–02 season – fussballdaten"/><ref name="2001–02 season – kicker"/> |- |2002–03 |Oberliga Baden-Württemberg |34||7||colspan="2"|—||34||7||<!-- Reference --> |- !colspan="2"|Total !58!!8!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!59!!8 !— |- |1860 Munich II |2003–04 |Bayernliga |13||3||0||0||rowspan="4" colspan="2"|—||13||3|| |- |rowspan="4"|1860 Munich |2003–04 |Bundesliga |17||1||0||0||17||1 |<ref name="2003–04 season"/> |- |2004–05 |rowspan="2"|2. Bundesliga |32||6||2||0||34||6 |<ref name="2004–05 season"/> |- |2005–06 |32||5||3||1||35||6 |<ref name="2005–06 season"/> |- !colspan="2"|Total !81!!12!!5!!1!!colspan="2"|—!!86!!13 !— |- |Alemannia Aachen II |2006–07 |Oberliga Nordrhein |1||0||colspan="2"|—||rowspan="4" colspan="2"|—||1||0 |<ref name="wf"/> |- |rowspan="4"|Alemannia Aachen |2006–07 |Bundesliga |30||3||4||0||34||3 |<ref name="wf"/> |- |2007–08 |rowspan="2"|2. Bundesliga |33||5||2||0||35||3 |<ref name="2007–08 season"/> |- |2008–09 |32||4||2||0||34||4 |<ref name="2008–09 season"/> |- !colspan="2"|Total !95!!12!!8!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!103!!12 !— |- |rowspan="3"|St. Pauli |2009–10 |2. Bundesliga |33||8||2||0||rowspan="2" colspan="2"|—||35||8 |<ref name="2009–10 season"/> |- |2010–11 |Bundesliga |33||5||1||0||34||5 |<ref name="2010–11 season"/> |- !colspan="2"|Total !66!!13!!3!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!69!!13 !— |- |Eintracht Frankfurt |2011–12 |rowspan="3"|2. Bundesliga |26||0||2||0||rowspan="6" colspan="2"|—||28||0 |<ref name="2011–12 season"/> |- |rowspan="8"|Köln |2012–13 |27||0||2||0||29||0 |<ref name="2012–13 season"/> |- |2013–14 |33||0||3||0||36||0 |<ref name="2013–14 season"/> |- |2014–15 |rowspan="4"|Bundesliga |32||5||3||1||35||6 |<ref name="2014–15 season"/> |- |2015–16 |32||0||2||0||34||0 |<ref name="2015–16 season"/> |- |2016–17 |32||0||2||0||34||0 |<ref name="2015–16 season"/> |- |2017–18 |20||0||2||0||5||0||27||0 |<ref name="wf"/> |- |2018–19 |2. Bundesliga |4||0||0||0||0||0||4||0 |<ref name="wf"/> |- !colspan="2"|Total !180!!5!!16!!1!!5!!0!!183!!6 !— |- !colspan="3"|Career total !524!!53!!35!!2!!5!!0!!564!!55 !— |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Fussballdaten|lehmannmathias|Matthias Lehmann}} * [https://www.transfermarkt.de/matthias-lehmann-bdquo-noten-interessieren-mich-nicht-ldquo-/view/news/32372 Matthias Lehmann Interview]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lehmann, Matthias}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:German men's footballers Category:Bundesliga players Category:2. Bundesliga players Category:SSV Ulm 1846 players Category:VfB Stuttgart II players Category:TSV 1860 Munich players Category:Alemannia Aachen players Category:FC St. Pauli players Category:Eintracht Frankfurt players Category:1. FC Köln players Category:Germany men's under-21 international footballers Category:Germany men's youth international footballers Category:Footballers from Ulm Category:21st-century German sportsmen