Matthias Jürgen Zimmermann (; born 16 June 1992) is a German professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a defender for

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fo ...

Career

Zimmermann started his footballing career in VfB Grötzingen's youth categories. In 2008, he moved to

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher Sport-Club Mühlburg-Phönix e. V., better known as Karlsruher SC, is a Football in Germany, German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germa ...

. He made his debut for Karlsruhe on 6 December 2009, in a 3–1 away victory against

Rot Weiss Ahlen Rot Weiss Ahlen is a football in Germany, German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after th ...

, after coming off the bench to replace

Lars Stindl Lars Edi Stindl (born 26 August 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a attacking midfielder. He could also play as a forward. During his career, Stindl played for Karlsruher SC, Hannover 96 and Borussia Mönchengladbach ...

in the 90th minute. On 18 June 2011, Zimmermann joined

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach, better known as Borussia Mönchengladbach () and colloquially known as just Gladbach, is a professional Association football, football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-W ...

, signing a three-year contract with the new club, lasting until 2014. In January 2013, Zimmermann was loaned to

SpVgg Greuther Fürth Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth (), commonly known as Greuther Fürth (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Fürth, Bavaria. They play in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system, following r ...

SV Sandhausen

On 27 June 2013, he signed a season long loan deal with

SV Sandhausen Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., commonly known as simply SV Sandhausen or Sandhausen, is a Football in Germany, German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. It is Ger ...

VfB Stuttgart

For the 2015–16 season Zimmermann moved to

VfB Stuttgart II VfB Stuttgart II is a German Association football, football team located in Stuttgart, currently playing in the 3. Liga. They are the German reserve football teams, reserve team of VfB Stuttgart. Until 2005 the team played under the name of VfB ...

. On 2 May 2016, he made his debut for the first team of

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's Association football, football team is currently part of Germany's f ...

against

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen, Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, Werder are best known for their professional association foo ...

. Zimmermann extended his contract with the Bundesliga team of Stuttgart on 20 December 2017 until June 2019.

Fortuna Düsseldorf

On 16 July 2018, it was announced that Zimmermann would join

on a two-year contract.

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* 1992 births Living people Footballers from Pforzheim German men's footballers Men's association football defenders Karlsruher SC II players Karlsruher SC players Borussia Mönchengladbach players Borussia Mönchengladbach II players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players SV Sandhausen players VfB Stuttgart II players VfB Stuttgart players Fortuna Düsseldorf players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Germany men's youth international footballers 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-defender-1990s-stub