Mathias Abel

Mathias Abel

Personal information
Date of birth	22 June 1981 (1981-06-22) (age 30)
Place of birth	Kaiserslautern, West Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Number	6
Youth career
1990–1998	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–2000	Eintracht Bad Kreuznach
2000–2001	Borussia Dortmund II	12	(0)
2002–2005	1. FSV Mainz 05	65	(4)
2005–2008	Schalke 04	1	(0)
2005–2006	→ 1. FSV Mainz 05 (loan)	20	(0)
2007	→ Hamburger SV (loan)	7	(0)
2008–2010	1. FC Kaiserslautern II	20	(2)
2008–	1. FC Kaiserslautern	19	(2)
National team
2003	Germany U21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 July 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Mathias Abel (born 22 June 1981 in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German footballer who plays for 1. FC Kaiserslautern as a defender.

Football career

After starting with amateurs Eintracht Bad Kreuznach and having a spell with Borussia Dortmund's reserves, Abel joined 1. FSV Mainz 05 in 2002, helping the club promote from the second division in his second year, with 18 matches.

He made his top flight debut on 14 August 2004, in a 21 home win over Hamburger SV, and netted three times during the season as the club maintained its status.

From 2006 onwards, Abel would appear sparingly for several clubs: FC Schalke 04, which also loaned him for five months to Hamburg, and 1. FC Kaiserslautern (during two years he appeared almost exclusively for the reserves); this was mainly due to two consecutive anterior cruciate ligament injuries (in early 2004, he suffered the same injury while at Mainz, being sidelined for six months).^[1][2]

Abel's first appearance for Kaiserslautern's first team only took place on 26 October 2010, as an early substitute in a 3–0 home win against Arminia Bielefeld for the season's German Cup; four days later, he managed to play the full 90 minutes in the league fixture against Borussia Mönchengladbach (same venue and result).

References

1. ^ "Abel unable to play for Schalke". UEFA.com. 13 September 2007. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=585667.html. Retrieved 9 January 2010. 
2. ^ Urban, Alois (17 September 2007). "Schalke out to make amends". UEFA.com. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=586653.html. Retrieved 5 December 2010. 

External links

• Mathias Abel at fussballdaten.de (German)

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Name	Abel, Mathias
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Date of birth	22 June 1981
Place of birth	Kaiserslautern, West Germany
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