Mats Köhlert (born 2 May 1998) is a German professional

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and former child actor who plays as a left winger for

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club Heerenveen.

Club career

Mats Köhlert are born in Hamburg and attended the Grundschule in

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, a suburb of the million city at the north of

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. He played for ''SC Sperber Hamburg'' and

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and for the youth teams of

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, before he joined the youth academy of Hamburger SV. In 2016, Köhlert signed his first professional contract with Hamburger SV. He made his professional debut for Hamburg in the

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on 30 March 2019, coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute for

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in the 0–0 away draw against

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. On 1 July Köhlert signed a contract at

side Willem II after his contract at Hamburger SV had expired. At this time, the former Hamburger SV defender Joris Mathijsen, a Dutch World Cup runner-up of 2010, was the Technical director of the club from Tilburg. Mats Köhlert received a regular place and played in any 26 matches, also he was a part of the starting line-up in all fixtures. Due the Corona-pandemic, the 2019-2020 season was aborted and Willem II qualified for the second round of the qualifiyng of the 2020-21 UEFA Europa League campaign. Until the end of the 2019-2020 season, Köhlert had scored six goals and had made four assists. At the European competetion, Willem II has beat the Luxemburg side Progrès Niederkorn, but lost against Rangers FC at the third round of the qualifiyng to UEFA Europa League and dropped out therefore from this competetion. At the 2020-21 Eredivisie campaign, Mats Köhlert played in 32 of the 34 season maches, but was in only 15 matches the part of the starting line-up. During the 2021-22 season at the Dutch top-flight, he was again often the part of the starting line-up (29) and played totally in 33 matches (he missed only once match). Willem II relegated in this season to Eerste Divisie. On 21 June 2022, Köhlert signed a three-year contract with Heerenveen.

International career

In 2015, Köhlert was included in the Germany U17 national team squad for the

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in Bulgaria. He made four appearances in the tournament, with the team managing to reach the final before losing 4–1 to

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. However, the team still managed to qualify for the

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in Chile, with Köhlert subsequently included in Germany's squad. He appeared in all four of Germany's matches, with the team being eliminated in the round of 16 after a 2–0 defeat to

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. In 2017, Köhlert was included in Germany's squad for the

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in Georgia. He made one appearance in the tournament, Germany's opening match against the

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, which finished as a 4–1 loss. The team were eliminated in the group stage of the tournament.

Acting career

Köhlert first appeared as a child in commercials for

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, BMW,

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and

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. In 2008, he played an uncredited role as a child in the film '. In 2009, he appeared as Philipp in the episode "Schwanenmord" of the television series '' Die Pfefferkörner''. Later that year, he played the role of Klein Brakelmann in the episode "Goldene Erinnerungen" of the television series '' Neues aus Büttenwarder''. Köhlert played his first major role at the side of Maria Furtwängler as Uwe in the 2011 television film ''Schicksalsjahre''. In the same year, he took part in the episode "Borowski und der coole Hund" of the German police procedural ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kohlert, Mats 1998 births Living people Footballers from Hamburg German men's footballers Men's association football wingers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Hamburger SV II players Hamburger SV players Willem II (football club) players SC Heerenveen players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Eredivisie players German male television actors German male film actors German male child actors 21st-century German male actors Male actors from Hamburg German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands