 The first Bundesliga match Schmidt officiated was on 16 August 2003 between Hertha BSC and SC Freiburg.In December 2010, a match officiated by Schmidt on 28 February 2009 between VfL Bochum and Energie Cottbus was suspected of manipulation.This was due to the arrest of an Italian betting fraud, who boasted that he knew the result of the game half an hour before the end of the match, which was won by Bochum with a late penalty.