Mario Mutsch
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mario Mutsch | ||
Date of birth | 3 September 1984 | ||
Place of birth | St. Vith, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Progrès Niederkorn | ||
Youth career | |||
RFC St. Vith | |||
– | Olymp. Recht | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2005 | Spa FC | 78 | (12) |
2005–2006 | Union La Calamine | 27 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Alemannia Aachen II | 34 | (4) |
2007–2009 | Aarau | 58 | (3) |
2009–2011 | Metz | 57 | (1) |
2011–2012 | Sion | 15 | (2) |
2012–2017 | St Gallen | 119 | (1) |
2017– | Progrès Niederkorn | 16 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2005– | Luxembourg | 100 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:14, 6 June 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 September 2018 |
Mario Mutsch (born 3 September 1984) is a Luxembourgish football midfielder who plays for Progrès Niederkorn in Luxembourg.
Club career
Born in St. Vith, Mutsch started his career at Belgian lower leagues sides Spa and Kelmis (La Calamine) before heading to Germany to play for the Alemannia Aachen reserve team. In summer 2007 he joined Swiss Super League FC Aarau on the suggestion of his former national team coach Jeff Saibene, who was assistant manager at FC Aarau.
On 16 July 2009, it was announced that Mutsch had signed for French Ligue 2 side FC Metz on a free transfer.[1] In 2011, he joined Swiss side FC Sion for only one season and in 2012 he moved on to FC St. Gallen.[2]
International career
Mutsch made his debut for Luxembourg in an October 2005 World Cup qualification match against Russia and by September 2018 he had earned 100 caps, scoring four goals.[3] He has played in 11 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[4]
Personal life
Mutsch was born in Belgium, his mother comes from Belgium and his father from Luxembourg. He comes from Recht, a small village.
Career statistics
International goals
- Score and Result lists Luxembourg's goal tally first
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref |
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1. | 19 November 2008 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Friendly | ||||
2. | 5 February 2013 | Stade Georges Pompidou, Valence, France | Friendly | ||||
3. | 31 March 2015 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Friendly | ||||
4. | 12 October 2015 | Stade Josy Barthl, Luxembourg, Luxembourg | UEFA Euro 2016 qualification |
References
- ↑ Metz: Signature de Mutsch (Luxembourg)
- ↑ "St.Gallen verpflichtet Mario Mutsch" [St. Gallen acquire Mario Metsch]. Tagblatt. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ↑ Appearances for Luxembourg National Team Archived 29 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine. - RSSSF
- ↑ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
External links
- Player profile - FC Aarau (in German)
- Mario Mutsch at National-Football-Teams.com
- Statistics at T-Online.de (in German)
- Swiss Football League profile (in German) (in French) (in Italian)
- Profile - FC Metz