A former German second-division player told a magazine he received money to fix matches but he denied ever influencing a result.
Striker Rene Schnitzler told Stern magazine he received €100,000 ($134,000) from a major betting figure from the Netherlands to fix five matches in 2008 when he was playing for St. Pauli. The Bundesliga club was then in the second division.
The German football League (DFL) said it was looking into the allegations but that it had no evidence of any match fixing and had not received any warning about unusual betting patterns from the watchdog agency.
Schnitzler did not play in three of the five away St. Pauli matches, the DFL said. Schnitzler now plays for a lower-tier club.
According to Stern, Schnitzler acknowledged being addicted to betting.
"Since I was 18, there has hardly been a day when I did not bet," Schnitzler was quoted as saying by Stern.
The Dutchman who allegedly gave money to Schnitzler was identified by Stern as Paul Rooij.
Stern said Rooij had connections to many people allegedly involved in a broad match-fixing scandal under investigation in Germany. The magazine said the Dutchman placed bets in Asia for European bettors on allegedly fixed matches.
