Matthias Langkamp
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthias Langkamp | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Speyer, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Free agent | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1989 | Sportfreunde Merfeld | ||
| 1989–2001 | Preußen Münster | ||
| 2001–2004 | Arminia Bielefeld | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Arminia Bielefeld | 27 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 12 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Arminia Bielefeld | 13 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Panionios | 9 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Karlsruher SC | 37 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| 2004 | Germany Team 2006 | 1 | (0) |
| 2005 | Germany U-21 | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 January 2011. |
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Matthias Langkamp (born 24 February 1984 in Speyer) is a German footballer.
Langkamp first signed professional terms with Arminia Bielefeld and enjoyed a highly-impressive debut season in the Bundesliga in the 2004/05 season, earning rave reviews and a call-up to the international setup with the Germany Under 21 side. Considered a very promising young talent at that time, he courted the attention of a host of bigger clubs and was eventually bought by Wolfsburg. However, there he had a falling out with manager Holger Fach, who relegated Langkamp to the reserve team and only granted him one appearance for the first team before offloading him to Swiss club Grasshoppers.
After a season in Switzerland, Langkamp returned to his former club Arminia Bielefeld and at the beginning of the season he enjoyed a remarkable return to form. However, after a strong challenge during a match against Duisburg, strangely Langkamp appeared to still be concussed even a week after the match. Upon return from his injury, Langkamp suffered a dramatic loss of form and confidence. After his error led to a crucial goal for opponents Cottbus, he had to endure a very public on-pitch dressing down from his teammates. He fell out of favour for the remainder of the season and rarely featured in the first team again.
Langkamp was not offered a new contract by Arminia Bielefeld, who released him at the end of the 2007–08 season. He then secured a contract with Panionios F.C. in the Greek Super League and played a number of games for them in the 2008–09 season, becoming a popular figure amongst the local fans.
He returned to Germany after one season, signing with Karlsruher SC on 29 June 2009. In his first season back in Germany however, his attempts to re-establish himself were thwarted by injury. Although he found himself out of the side initially, he later forced his way into the team and looked impressive, showing off his attacking threat by scoring two goals in successive games. However, just as he was gaining momentum, in November he went into the treatment room complaining of a pain in his hamstrings; upon investigation, the physio found that he would need an operation on his Achilles tendon. When he went in for the operation, the surgeon discovered that he would actually need operations on both of his Achilles tendons.
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