Reinhold Mathy (born 12 April 1962) is a German former footballer who played as a

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. He played for

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for seven years, winning four German titles and three cups. He retired due to an injury in 1993.

Career

Mathy joined

's youth team in 1979, and made his first-team debut a year later, as a substitute for Norbert Janzon in a 3–1 win over

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. He made two more substitute appearances in the 1980–81 season, replacing

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and scoring both times, as Bayern ended the season as

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. The following season he made seventeen appearances without getting on the scoresheet, the last of which was the European Cup Final – he started the match, which Bayern lost 1–0 against

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, being replaced by

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after 51 minutes. Bayern had more luck in the DFB-Pokal, beating

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in the final, which Mathy didn't play in. By the 1983–84 season Mathy had established himself in Bayern's first team, making 22 league appearances as he won a second

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title, and a second cup win – he came on as a substitute for

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in the final, in which Bayern beat

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on penalties. 1984–85 was Mathy's prolific season with Bayern – he scored seven goals on the way to another league title, and another cup final, a defeat to

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which Mathy missed. 1985–86 brought another league and cup double – this time Mathy started the cup final, a 5–2 win over

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, and a personal highlight was a hattrick in a 4–2 win over Austria Vienna in the Cup Winners' Cup, helping Bayern on the way to the semi-final. The following season brought early European success for Mathy, too – he scored two goals to settle a

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first round win against

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, and won a third consecutive German title, but missed the entire second half of the season, including the

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, which Bayern lost against

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. Mathy left Bayern in at the end of the 1986–87 season having made exactly 100 Bundesliga appearances for the club, signing for

. He spent three years with the

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club, forming a successful attacking line-up with Stefan Kuntz and Marcel Witeczek, and achieving mostly mid-table finishes. In 1990, he moved to

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to sign for

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, where he spent two years, before returning to Germany to sign for

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. After injuries restricted him to eleven appearances in his first season with Hannover, he retired from football in 1993.

Honours

;Bayern Munich *

: 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87 * DFB-Pokal: 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86 *

: Runner-up 1981–82

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mathy, Reinhold 1962 births Living people German men's footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Germany men's youth international footballers FC Bayern Munich footballers FC Bayern Munich II players KFC Uerdingen 05 players FC Wettingen players Hannover 96 players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Men's association football forwards Sportspeople from Memmingen Footballers from Swabia (Bavaria) West German men's footballers