Torsten Mattuschka

{{Short description|German footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Torsten Mattuschka | image = Torsten Mattuschka (10315313976) (cropped).jpg | image_size = 220 | caption = Mattuschka playing for Union Berlin in 2013 | fullname = | height = 1.86 m | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1980|10|4}} | birth_place = Cottbus, East Germany | position = Midfielder | currentclub = VSG Altglienicke (assistant manager) | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1996–1997 | youthclubs1 = Rot-Weiß Merzdorf | youthyears2 = 1997–2001 | youthclubs2 = SV Dissenchen 04 | years1 = 2002–2005 | clubs1 = Energie Cottbus II | caps1 = 23 | goals1 = 11 | years2 = 2002–2005 | clubs2 = Energie Cottbus | caps2 = 14 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2005–2014 | clubs3 = Union Berlin | caps3 = 246 | goals3 = 52 | years4 = 2014–2016 | clubs4 = Energie Cottbus | caps4 = 37 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 2016–2018 | clubs5 = VSG Altglienicke | caps5 = 43 | goals5 = 12 | totalcaps = 363 | totalgoals = 78 | manageryears1 = 2018– | managerclubs1 = VSG Altglienicke (assistant) }}

'''Torsten Mattuschka''' (born 4 October 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/torsten-mattuschka/spieler/2-bundesliga/2010-11/1-fc-union-berlin | title = Mattuschka, Torsten | language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 5 August 2012}}</ref> He works as the assistant manager of VSG Altglienicke.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2019-01-21 |title=Torsten Mattuschka: 'Cult Footballer With A Belly' |url=https://www.fc-union-berlin.de/en/news/torsten-mattuschka-cult-footballer-with-a-belly-W1060M |access-date=2026-01-10 |website=www.fc-union-berlin.de |language=en}}</ref>

== Biography == Mattuschka was born in Cottbus, Germany. He began his senior career with seventh-tier side Dissenchen, where his goal record led to a transfer to Energie Cottbus in 2002. At the age of 24, he moved from Energie Cottbus to 1. FC Union Berlin ahead of the 2005–06 season.

In August 2005, Mattuschka played in Union Berlin's 8–0 victory over BFC Dynamo, contributing to a two-goal lead before half-time. In 2010, Uwe Neuhaus appointed him team captain following an improvement in his goal output.

In February 2011, he scored a free kick in the 71st minute during a 2–1 away win against Hertha Berlin at the Olympiastadion, with the game tied 1–1 at the time.

During his time at Union Berlin, Mattuschka scored 61 goals and recorded 62 assists in 281 competitive matches, including 42 goals and 47 assists in 171 appearances in Germany's second tier.

After retiring from professional football, he appeared for Union Berlin's masters team, which won the club's first AOK Masters title in January 2018.<ref name=":0" />

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Fussballdaten|mattuschkatorsten|Torsten Mattuschka}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mattuschka, Torsten}} Category:Living people Category:1980 births Category:Footballers from Cottbus Category:German men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Bundesliga players Category:2. Bundesliga players Category:3. Liga players Category:FC Energie Cottbus players Category:FC Energie Cottbus II players Category:1. FC Union Berlin players Category:VSG Altglienicke players Category:1. FC Union Berlin non-playing staff Category:21st-century German sportsmen