Matthias Scherz (born 14 December 1971) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker.

[1] Scherz was born in Rotenburg an der Wümme, Lower Saxony.

Although he has not played as often in the last few years, he did score seven times in 13 games during the 2007–08 second league season with FC Köln.

He retired from football in 2009, but returned three years later to sign for Fortuna Köln of the Regionalliga West.

This biographical article related to association football in Germany, about a forward born in the 1970s, is a stub.