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Matthias Mauritz

Mauritz in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth	(1924-11-13)13 November 1924
Place of birth	Düsseldorf, Germany
Date of death	21 November 2016(2016-11-21) (aged 92)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1947–1960	Fortuna Düsseldorf
International career
1959	West Germany	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matthias Mauritz (13 November 1924 – 21 November 2016) was a German international footballer who played for Fortuna Düsseldorf and competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in Düsseldorf.

International career

Mauritz made his debut for West Germany on 20 May 1959 in a friendly match against Poland, at 34 years of age.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Matthias Mauritz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
2. "Matthias Mauritz". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
3. Fortuna Trauert um Matthias "Matthes" Mauritz (in German)
4. Football PLAYER: Matthias Mauritz

Further reading

• Werner Raupp: Toni Turek – "Fußballgott". Eine Biographie. Hildesheim: Arete Verlag 2019 (1., rev. version) (ISBN 978-3-96423-008-9), passim (esp. p. 73–97).

External links

• Matthias Mauritz at fussballdaten.de (in German)

v t e Germany football squad – 1952 Summer Olympics – fourth place
1 Schönbeck 2 Bensch 3 Eberle (c) 4 Kirk 5 Brech 6 Sommerlatt 7 Jäger 8 Gleixner 9 Post 10 Schäfer 11 Mauritz 12 Hinterstocker 13 Stollenwerk 14 Zeitler 15 Schröder 16 Ehrmann 17 Bogert 18 Schuster 19 Wittig 20 Klug Coach: Herberger

v t e United Team of Germany football squad – 1956 Summer Olympics
1 Görtz 2 Eglin 3 Gerdau 4 Höfer 5 Jäger 6 K. Hoffmann 7 R. Hoffmann 8 Semmelmann 9 Schwall 10 Mauritz 11 Geiger 12 Zeitler 13 Schäfer 14 Habig 15 Brülls Coach: Herberger

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