| Michael Hinz | |
| Fullname: | Michael Hinz |
| Birth Date: | 7 May 1987 |
| Birth Place: | East Berlin, East Germany |
| Height: | 1.86 m |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Blau-Weiß 90 |
| Clubnumber: | 1 |
| Youthyears1: | –2000 |
| Youthclubs1: | Union Berlin |
| Youthyears2: | 2000–2004 |
| Youthclubs2: | Köpenicker SC |
| Youthyears3: | 2004–2005 |
| Youthclubs3: | Union Berlin |
| Years1: | 2005–2008 |
| Caps1: | 11 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Clubs1: | Union Berlin |
| Years2: | 2008–2009 |
| Caps2: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Clubs2: | Rot-Weiß Erfurt II |
| Years3: | 2009 |
| Caps3: | 2 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Clubs3: | Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
| Years4: | 2009–2010 |
| Caps4: | 2 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Clubs4: | FC Oberneuland |
| Years5: | 2011–2012 |
| Caps5: | 7 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Clubs5: | SV Germania Schöneiche |
| Years6: | 2012–2014 |
| Caps6: | 45 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Clubs6: | Union Fürstenwalde |
| Years7: | 2014–2015 |
| Caps7: | 13 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Clubs7: | Tennis Borussia Berlin |
| Years8: | 2016–2017 |
| Caps8: | 26 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Clubs8: | 1. FC Neukölln |
| Years9: | 2017– |
| Caps9: | 34 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Clubs9: | Blau-Weiß 90 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2004 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalteam1: | Germany U-18 |
| Club-Update: | 09:14, 23 May 2019 (UTC) |
Michael Hinz (born 7 May 1987) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin.
Born in East Berlin, Hinz came through the youth teams of 1. FC Union Berlin, only to be told as a 13-year-old that he had no future at the club.[1] Despite that, he returned four years later to help the club get promoted to the Under 19 Bundesliga. Hinz was rewarded with a call-up to the Germany national under-18 football team[2] where he made one appearance in 2004.
Having only made 11 appearances until 2008, Hinz moved to FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt. On 18 April 2009, he made his professional debut for the first team in the 3. Liga as a second-half substitute for the injured Dirk Orlishausen in a match against SV Wacker Burghausen.[3] A week later, he started the away game versus Kickers Emden.[4]
Starting for FC Oberneuland, Hinz made two appearances in the first half of the 2009–10 Regionalliga season. After having spent the 2010–11 season without a club, he joined SV Germania Schöneiche, starting seven games in the latter half of the 2011–12 NOFV-Oberliga season before the club withdrew from the league. In 2012, Hinz joined FSV Union Fürstenwalde where he finally became a regular between the posts, starting all-but-one of the 2012–13 NOFV-Oberliga season's fixtures for the Brandenburg-based team that finished second to BFC Viktoria 1889 in the league. Hinz made 16 appearances the following season before moving to Berlin-Liga team Tennis Borussia Berlin.[5]