Mats Köhlert

Mats Köhlert
	Köhlert as a Heerenveen in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Mats Köhlert
Date of birth	2 May 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Hamburg, Germany
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Left winger
Team information
Current team	Heerenveen
Number	11
Youth career
	SC Sperber Hamburg
	Eintracht Norderstedt
0000–2013	FC St. Pauli
2013–2016	Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2019	Hamburger SV
2017–2019	Hamburger SV II
2019–2022	Willem II
2022–	Heerenveen
International career‡
2013–2014	Germany U16
2014–2015	Germany U17
2016	Germany U18
2016–2017	Germany U19
2019	Germany U20
2019	Germany U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2019

Mats Köhlert (born 2 May 1998) is a German professional footballer and former child actor who plays as a left winger for Eredivisie club Heerenveen.^[2]

Club career

Mats Köhlert was born in Hamburg and attended the Grundschule in Norderstedt, a suburb of the million city at the north of Germany. He played for SC Sperber Hamburg and Eintracht Norderstedt and for the youth teams of FC St. Pauli, before he joined the youth academy of Hamburger SV.

In 2016, Köhlert signed his first professional contract with Hamburger SV.^[3] He made his professional debut for Hamburg in the 2. Bundesliga on 30 March 2019, coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute for Vasilije Janjičić in the 0–0 away draw against VfL Bochum.^[4]

On 1 July Köhlert signed a contract at Eredivisie side Willem II after his contract at Hamburger SV had expired.^[5] At this time, the former Hamburger SV defender Joris Mathijsen, a Dutch World Cup runner-up of 2010, was the Technical director of the club from Tilburg. Mats Köhlert received a regular place and played in any 26 matches, also he was a part of the starting line-up in all fixtures. Due the Corona-pandemic, the 2019–2020 season was aborted and Willem II qualified for the second round of the qualifiyng of the 2020-21 UEFA Europa League campaign. Until the end of the 2019–2020 season, Köhlert had scored six goals and had made four assists.

At the European competition, Willem II has beat the Luxemburg side Progrès Niederkorn, but lost against Rangers FC at the third round of the qualifying to UEFA Europa League and dropped out therefore from this competition. At the 2020-21 Eredivisie campaign, Mats Köhlert played in 32 of the 34 season matches, but was in only 15 matches the part of the starting line-up. During the 2021–22 season at the Dutch top-flight, he was again often the part of the starting line-up (29) and played totally in 33 matches (he missed only once match). Willem II relegated in this season to Eerste Divisie.

On 21 June 2022, Köhlert signed a three-year contract with Heerenveen.^[6]

International career

In 2015, Köhlert was included in the Germany U17 national team for the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Bulgaria. He made four appearances in the tournament, with the team managing to reach the final before losing 4–1 to France.^[7] However, the team still managed to qualify for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile, with Köhlert subsequently included in Germany's squad.^[1] He appeared in all four of Germany's matches, with the team being eliminated in the round of 16 after a 2–0 defeat to Croatia.^[2]

In 2017, Köhlert was included in Germany's squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Georgia.^[8] He made one appearance in the tournament, Germany's opening match against the Netherlands, which finished as a 4–1 loss. The team were eliminated in the group stage of the tournament.^[2]

Acting career

Köhlert first appeared as a child in commercials for Kinder Chocolate, BMW, IKEA, Smarties, McDonald's and Tchibo.^[9] In 2008, he played an uncredited role as a child in the film Krauts, Doubts & Rock 'n' Roll [de].^[10] In 2009, he appeared as Philipp in the episode "Schwanenmord" of the television series Die Pfefferkörner.^[11]^[12] Later that year, he played the role of Klein Brakelmann in the episode "Goldene Erinnerungen" of the television series Neues aus Büttenwarder.^[13] Köhlert played his first major role at the side of Maria Furtwängler as Uwe in the 2011 television film Schicksalsjahre.^[14]^[15]^[16] In the same year, he took part in the episode "Borowski und der coole Hund" of the German police procedural Tatort.^[17]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Krauts, Doubts & Rock 'n' Roll [de]	Child	Uncredited

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Die Pfefferkörner	Philipp	Episode: "Schwanenmord"
2009	Neues aus Büttenwarder	Klein Brakelmann	Episode: "Goldene Erinnerungen"
2011	Schicksalsjahre [de]	Uwe	Television film
2011	Tatort		Episode: "Borowski und der coole Hund [de]"

Honours

Individual

Eredivisie Team of the Month: October 2022^[18]

References

^ ^a ^b "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015: List of Players – Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 28 October 2015. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Mats Köhlert at WorldFootball.net
^ "Knäbels Freude über Ja-Wort von Talent Köhlert" [Knäbel's joy about the yes of talent Köhlert]. kicker.de (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ "Elfmeter oder nicht? Knifflige Szene im HSV-Strafraum" [Penalty or not? Tricky scene in the HSV penalty area]. kicker.de (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ "Willem II haalt buitenspeler Köhlert op bij Hamburger SV". 31 May 2019.
^ "SC HEERENVEEN NEEMT MATS KÖHLERT OVER VAN WILLEM II" (in Dutch). Heerenveen. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
^ "1:4 im Finale gegen Frankreich: U 17 ist Vizeeuropameister" [1–4 in the final against France: under-17 team is runner-up of European Championship]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ ""Schwere Entscheidungen": Kramer nominiert finalen EM-Kader" ["Hard choices": Kramer nominates final European Championship squad]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ Milani, Babak; Kraft, Kevin; Kuschel, Sven (25 February 2016). "Mats Köhlert (17) unterschreibt Vertrag: Furtwänglers Film-Sohn jetzt HSV-Profi" [Mats Köhlert (17) signs contract: Furtwängler's film son now HSV professional] (in German). Bild. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ "Filme mit Mats Köhlert" [Movies with Mats Köhlert]. Prisma.de (in German). Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ "Filmografie Mats Köhlert" [Mats Köhlert filmography]. fernsehserien.de (in German). Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ "Die Pfefferkörner (69): Schwanenmord" [Die Pfefferkörner (episode 69): Schwanenmord]. ARD (in German). 11 August 2017. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ "Neues aus Büttenwarder – Folge 28: Goldene Erinnerungen" [Neues aus Büttenwarder – Episode 28: Goldene Erinnerungen]. NDR.de (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 8 March 2017. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ "Sportzitate des Tages: "Das war mein erster großer Film, in dem ich mitwirken durfte."" [Sports quotes of the day: "This was my first big film in which I was allowed to participate."]. FAZ.net (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ "Mats Köhlert – erst Schauspieltalent, jetzt Nachwuchsstar beim Hamburger SV" [Mats Köhlert – first acting talent, now young star at Hamburger SV]. mopo.de (in German). Hamburg: Hamburger Morgenpost. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ Jörg, Philippi-Gerle (14 February 2011). "ZDF-Zweiteiler "Schicksalsjahre": Das sind die Kinderstars aus dem Quoten-Knüller" [ZDF two-parter "Schicksalsjahre": These are the children's stars from the ratings hit]. mopo.de (in German). Hamburger Morgenpost. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ "Mats Köhlert". moviepilot.de (in German). Moviepilot. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ "Cody Gakpo is the Eredivisie Player of the Month for the second month running". Eredivisie. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.