Patrick Mtiliga
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| Patrick Mtiliga | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrick Jan Mtiliga | |
| Date of birth | 28 January 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | NAC Breda | |
| Number | 19 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1998–1999 1999–2006 1999–2004 2006– |
B 93 Feyenoord → Excelsior (loan) NAC Breda |
31 (0) 22 (0) 139 (28) 51 (2) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1997 1998–2001 2000–2002 |
Denmark U17 Denmark U19 Denmark U21 |
11 (0) 8 (3) 9 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Patrick Jan Mtiliga (born 28 January 1981 in Copenhagen) is a Danish professional football player, who plays for Dutch club NAC Breda in the Eredivisie championship. He is a defender, who is most frequently used as a left fullback. He has played nine games and scored a single goal for the Danish under-21 national team.
[edit] Biography
Born in Copenhagen, Mtiliga started playing youth football for Copenhagen club Boldklubben 1893 (B 93). He initially played as a forward or attacking midfielder. He debuted for the Danish under-17 national team in August 1997, and would go on to play a total 28 national youth team matches, scoring four goals. He made his senior debut for B 93 in the 1998-99 Danish Superliga season. After 13 league games for the club, he moved abroad to join Dutch club Feyenoord Rotterdam in the Eredivisie in the summer 1999.
He was initially loaned out from Feyenoord to feeder club Excelsior Rotterdam in the lower league Eerste Divisie, for an indefinite period of time. He established himself in the Excelsior first team squad during his first year at the club. He went on to play 4½ seasons for Excelsior, helping the club win promotion for the Eredivisie in the 2001-02 season, though they were relegated again in the very next season. In the 2003-04 season, he secured himself a place in the Excelsior starting line-up, where he played 23 games. Halfway through the season, he was finally called into the Feyenoord squad, where he finished the season playing 11 games in the Eredivisie.
The following year, his Feyenoord career came to a halt. In his first full season in the Feyenoord first team squad, he only played eleven league games. In the 2005-06 season, Mtiliga suffered a severe injury, and did not see any playing time at all. In August 2006, Mtiliga moved on to Eredivise rivals NAC Breda. He signed a one-year contract, with an option for two additional years if both he and Breda can come to an agreement.
[edit] Career statistics
| Season | Club | Games | Goals | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998/99 | B 93 | 13 | 0 | Danish Superliga |
| 1999/00 | Excelsior | 31 | 10 | Eerste Divisie |
| 2000/01 | Excelsior | 29 | 6 | Eerste Divisie |
| 2001/02 | Excelsior | 27 | 4 | Eerste Divisie |
| 2002/03 | Excelsior | 29 | 3 | Eredivisie |
| 2003/04 | Excelsior | 23 | 5 | Eerste Divisie |
| 2003/04 | Feyenoord | 11 | 0 | Eredivisie |
| 2004/05 | Feyenoord | 11 | 0 | Eredivisie |
| 2005/06 | Feyenoord | 0 | 0 | Eredivisie |
| 2006/07 | NAC Breda | 23 | 2 | Eredivisie |
| 2007/08 | NAC Breda | 30 | 0 | Eredivisie |
| TOTAL | 227 | 30 | ||
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