Matthias Langkamp

Born in Speyer, Langkamp first signed professional terms with Arminia Bielefeld and enjoyed an impressive debut season in the Bundesliga in the 2004–05 season, earning rave reviews and a call-up to the international setup with the Germany U21. Considered a very promising young talent at that time, he courted the attention of a host of bigger clubs and was eventually bought by VfL Wolfsburg. However, there he had a falling out with manager Holger Fach, who relegated Langkamp to the reserve team and only granted him one appearance for the first team before offloading him to Swiss club Grasshoppers. After a season in Switzerland, Langkamp returned to his former club Arminia Bielefeld and at the beginning of the season he enjoyed a remarkable return to form. However, after a strong challenge during a match against MSV Duisburg, strangely Langkamp appeared to still be concussed even a week after the match. Upon return from his injury, Langkamp suffered a dramatic loss of form and confidence. After his error led to a crucial goal for opponents Energie Cottbus, he had to endure a very public on-pitch dressing down from his teammates. He fell out of favour for the remainder of the season and rarely featured in the first team again. Langkamp was not offered a new contract by Arminia Bielefeld, who released him at the end of the 2007–08 season. He then secured a contract with Panionios in the Super League Greece and played a number of games for them in the 2008–09 season, becoming a…

Langkamp played two games for the Germany under-21 national team.

His brother Sebastian Langkamp is a professional footballer as well.