Hernán Matias Arsenio Concha (born 31 March 1980) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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. He started off his career with

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

in 2000 and then represented

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

and

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before returning to Malmö FF in 2012. A full international between 2006 and 2008, he won eight

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for the Sweden national team.

Club career

Sweden

Concha was born in

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, where he began his career at the minor side Kulladals FF, before eventually signing for his home town giants,

. In 2004, he moved to

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and

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

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.

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. Concha played his first match for the club on 16 August 2012 when he played 64 minutes in a friendly against Italian side

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. 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

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. Concha announced his decision to retire from professional football after the 2014 season on 30 October 2014.

International career

Concha made his first appearance for the

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on 23 January 2006 against

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. He made two appearances for Sweden during the

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campaign but did not make the squad for the

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. He won his eighth and final

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on 6 February 2008 in a

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against

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Djurgårdens IF *

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

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Svenska Cupen Svenska cupen (, ), also known as the Swedish Cup in English, is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. ''Svenska cupen'' usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also ...

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Malmö FF *

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Svenska Supercupen Svenska Supercupen, ''Swedish Super Cup'', was a one-off fixture in Swedish football played between the Allsvenskan champions and the winners of Svenska Cupen. The fixture was played in November, after the Allsvenskan season. In the event of a ...

References

External links

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Malmö FF profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Concha, Matias 1980 births Living people Swedish people of Chilean descent Sportspeople of Chilean descent Swedish people of Spanish descent Sportspeople of Spanish descent Swedish men's footballers Footballers from Malmö Men's association football fullbacks Sweden men's international footballers Superettan players Allsvenskan players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Malmö FF players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players VfL Bochum players VfL Bochum II players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany 21st-century Swedish sportsmen