Matthias Liebers

Matthias Liebers

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Personal information
Date of birth	22 November 1958
Place of birth	Leipzig, East Germany
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1965–1968	Lokomotive Leipzig
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1968–1991	Lokomotive Leipzig	321	(37)
1991–1996	VfB Leipzig	99	(1)
1996–1997	FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen
1997–1998	FV Zeulenroda
1998–?	SV Blau-Weiß 90 Neustadt
2004–2005	Lokomotive Leipzig	2	(1)
International career
1980–1988	East Germany	59	(0)
Managerial career
2005–2011	SV Blau-Weiß 90 Neustadt
2011–	VfL 06 Saalfeld
Medal record Representing East Germany Men's Football 1980 Moscow Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matthias Liebers (born 22 November 1958 in Leipzig) is a former German professional footballer.

He began his youth career with Lokomotive Leipzig in 1965, and was promoted to the senior squad in 1968, where he played in the DDR-Oberliga at the top level of the East German football league. He played 321 games for the club, scoring 37 goals.

After the German reunification, 1. FC Lokomotive was renamed to VfB Leipzig. The midfielder played 25 Bundesliga games with VfB in 1993–94, and 74 2nd Bundesliga games between 1991 and 1996.

Between 1980 and 1988 he played 59 times for East Germany, making him the 12th most-capped player. He competed for East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

He spent the final years of his career with FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen (1996–97), FV Zeulenroda (1997–98) and finally with SV Blau-Weiß 90 Neustadt

In the 2004–05 season, he played two games for the reformed Lokomotive Leipzig in the third District League, scoring one goal.