Matthew James Calibjo Hartmann (born 19 August 1989), also known as Matt Hartmann, is a former Filipino profoessional

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who played as a

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. He represented the

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at international level.

Career

Club career

Hartmann went through the ranks at

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until he was released at the end of the 2006–07 season. In his final year with Portsmouth, he went out

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to Weymouth eventually making a total of four appearances for the club. In July 2007,

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signed Hartmann on a free transfer joining as a third year academy member. By July 2008 he was released and signed for

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on a free transfer and made five appearances for the club. In early September 2011, Hartmann signed for Filipino side Loyola Agila, thus joining his two brothers who already play for the club. On 24 April 2015, Global announced that Hartmann has signed with them and will join his brother

Mark Hartmann Mark Andrew Calibjo Hartmann (born January 20, 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or an attacking midfielder for Thai League 2 club Nakhon Si United and the Philippines national team. Club career As a youngster, Hart ...

who was already with the club. On 1 March 2019, Hartmann signed for English

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club Gosport Borough.

International career

Hartmann received his first senior call-up in November 2006 for the

2007 ASEAN Football Championship qualification This 2007 AFF Championship qualification was held in Bacolod, Philippines between 12 and 20 November 2006 for the lower-ranked teams in Southeast Asia. All teams play in a round-robin tournament format and the winner and runner-up of the group ...

tournament in

Bacolod Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; hil, Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Bacolod; fil, Lungsod ng Bacolod), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Western Visayas, Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidenta ...

. He made his debut in the opening match as the Philippines lost 2–1. It would be his only appearance in the tournament. Early the following year, he got a call-up to play for the Philippine U-21's in the Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy. He made two appearances, against Myanmar and Brunei. In September 2011, he was back in the national team setup and was named in the final 20-man squad for the 2011 Long Teng Cup and the provisional Philippines under-23 squad for the 2011 Southeast Games. In the Long Teng Cup, he made his first senior appearance since his debut in November 2006, playing the full 90 minutes in the 3–3 draw against

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in the opening match. He was selected as a

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of the national under-23 team in time for the

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Personal life

He is the younger brother of Darren Hartmann, who has played for the Philippine U-21's during the 2005 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy and the older brother of

, who is also a Philippines under-23 and senior international footballer.

Honours

PFF National Men's Club Championship The Philippine Football Federation National Men's Club Championship was an annual football competition organized by the Philippine Football Federation and contested by Filipino clubs. It lasted for four seasons from 2011 to 2014–15. It was ...

: - 2014- 2015 Best midfielder. *

: - 2014- 2015 Most valuable player * United Football League: - 2016 Best midfielder

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hartmann, Matthew 1989 births Living people Footballers from Southampton English men's footballers Filipino men's footballers Filipino expatriate men's footballers Philippines men's international footballers Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football midfielders Portsmouth F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Bognor Regis Town F.C. players Loyola F.C. players Global F.C. players National League (English football) players Davao Aguilas F.C. players Gosport Borough F.C. players British Asian footballers English people of German descent English people of Filipino descent Filipino people of German descent Filipino people of English descent Filipino British sportspeople Wessex Football League players