Matias Concha

	Concha playing for Malmö FF in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Hernán Matias Arsenio Concha
Date of birth	31 March 1980 (age 45)
Place of birth	Malmö, Sweden
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
1987–1996	Kulladals FF
1997–2000	Malmö FF
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2003	Malmö FF
2004–2007	Djurgårdens IF
2007–2012	VfL Bochum
2009–2012	→ VfL Bochum II
2012–2014	Malmö FF
Total
International career
2006–2008	Sweden
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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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.^[1]

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.^[2] Concha played his first match for the club on 16 August 2012 when he played 64 minutes in a friendly against Italian side Lazio.^[3] 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.^[4]

International career

Concha made his first appearance for the Sweden men's national football team on 23 January 2006 against Jordan.^[5] He made two appearances for Sweden during the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying campaign but did not make the squad for the final tournament.^[5]

He won his eighth and final cap on 6 February 2008 in a friendly game against Turkey.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		Europe		Total^[6]
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Malmö FF	2000	Superettan	19	0			—		19	0
	2001	Allsvenskan	6	0			—		6	0
	2002	Allsvenskan	15	0			—		15	0
	2003	Allsvenskan	18	0			4^[b]	0	22	0
	Total		58	0			4	0	62	0
Djurgårdens IF	2004	Allsvenskan	22	0	6	0	5^[c]	0	33	0
	2005	Allsvenskan	23	0	5	0	2^[b]	0	30	0
	2006	Allsvenskan	20	2	0	0	1^[d]	0	21	2
	2007	Allsvenskan	11	0	0	0	—		11	0
	Total		76	2	11	0	8	0	95	2
VfL Bochum	2007–08	Bundesliga	18	0	2	0	—		20	0
	2008–09	Bundesliga	15	0	0	0	—		15	0
	2009–10	Bundesliga	21	0	0	0	—		21	0
	2010–11	2. Bundesliga	10	0	0	0	—		10	0
	2011–12	2. Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		65	0	2	0	—		67	0
VfL Bochum II	2009–10	Regionalliga	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2011–12	Regionalliga	1	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		2	0	—		—		2	0
Malmö FF	2012	Allsvenskan	2	0	1	0	—		3	0
	2013	Allsvenskan	7	0	4	0	0	0	11	0
	2014	Allsvenskan	8	0	2	0	3^[d]	0	13	0
	Total		17	0	7	0	3	0	27	0
Career total			218	2	20	0	15	0	253	2

^ Includes Svenska Cupen, DFB-Pokal
^ ^a ^b Appearances in UEFA Cup
^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Cup
^ ^a ^b Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[6]
National team	Year	Apps
Sweden	2006	1
	2007	6
	2008	1
Total		8

Honours

Djurgårdens IF

Allsvenskan: 2005^[7]
Svenska Cupen: 2004, 2005

Malmö FF

Allsvenskan: 2013, 2014
Svenska Supercupen: 2013

References

^ "Concha: Ruhrgebiet ist viel intensiver" (in German). vfl-bochum.de. Retrieved 21 May 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Malmö FF har gjort klart med Matias Concha". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 30 July 2012. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
^ "MFF nära att klara lika". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
^ "Matias Concha slutar med fotboll". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 30 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Matias Concha - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Matias Concha". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
^ "Förteckning över samtliga SM-guld för Djurgårdens IF på seniornivå genom tiderna" (PDF). difarkivet.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2010.

External links

Matias Concha at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archive)
Matias Concha national team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
Malmö FF profile (in Swedish)
Matias Concha at Soccerway

[6] Includes Svenska Cupen, DFB-Pokal

[UC-8] Appearances in UEFA Cup

[9] Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Cup

[UCL-10] Appearances in UEFA Champions League

[1] "Concha: Ruhrgebiet ist viel intensiver" (in German). vfl-bochum.de. Retrieved 21 May 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Malmö FF har gjort klart med Matias Concha". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 30 July 2012. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.

[3] "MFF nära att klara lika". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.

[4] "Matias Concha slutar med fotboll". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 30 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.

[:0-5] "Matias Concha - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[Soccerway-7] "Matias Concha". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

[11] "Förteckning över samtliga SM-guld för Djurgårdens IF på seniornivå genom tiderna" (PDF). difarkivet.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2010.

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