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Mathias Abel

マティアス・アベル　/　まてぃあす・あべる

Association football player from Germany

June 22, 1981 (age 44)　・　Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate
association football player

My Take

Mathias Abel intrigues me precisely because the record is sparse. Born in Kaiserslautern, a town soaked in football tradition, this 188 cm German defender clearly came up in the right environment for someone whose job was to stand firm at the back. Defenders rarely get the headlines strikers do, yet they are the backbone of any side, and I have a soft spot for that unglamorous reliability. I picture a disciplined, physical centre-back who let his positioning and tackling do the talking. Players like Abel remind me that a team's quiet workhorses deserve far more credit than the scoreboard ever gives them.

Overview

Mathias Abel (born 22 June 1981) is a German retired footballer who played as a defender.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Mathias Abel
Name (Japanese): マティアス・アベル
Reading: まてぃあす・あべる
Born: June 22, 1981 (age 44)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Rooster
Origin: Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Blood type: Private
Height: 188 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB

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