Mario Mutsch

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Mario Mutsch
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-09-03) 3 September 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth St. Vith, Belgium
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
RFC St. Vith
Olymp. Recht
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2017–2019 Progrès Niederkorn 27 (1)
Total415(24)
International career
2005–2019 Luxembourg 102 (4)
Managerial career
2019 Progrès Niederkorn (caretaker manager)
2019– Luxembourg (assistant manager)
2019–2021 Luxembourg U15
2021–2022 Luxembourg U17
2022– Luxembourg U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mario Mutsch (born 3 September 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Born in Belgium, he played for the Luxembourg national team.

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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 June 2019 he had earned 102 caps, scoring four goals. [3] He has played in 11 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. [4]

Mutsch retired from both club and international football after his Luxembourg record 102nd international appearance, against Madagascar on 2 June 2019. [5]

Personal life

Mutsch was born and raised in the German speaking Community of Belgium. His father is a Luxembourger who grew up in Eastern Belgium, his mother is a Belgian. [6]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mutsch goal.
List of international goals scored by Mario Mutsch
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
119 November 2008 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, LuxembourgFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1–11–1 Friendly [7]
25 February 2013 Stade Georges Pompidou, Valence, FranceFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 1–01–1Friendly [8]
331 March 2015Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, LuxembourgFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1–11–2Friendly [9]
412 October 2015Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, LuxembourgFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1–32–4 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Metz : Signature de Mutsch (Luxembourg)". Foot National. 16 July 2009.
  2. ↑ "St.Gallen verpflichtet Mario Mutsch" [St. Gallen acquire Mario Mutsch]. Tagblatt. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Appearances for Luxembourg National Team Archived 29 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
  4. ↑ Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA
  5. ↑ National football team to face Madagascar in historical first – RTL Today
  6. ↑ Elvinger, Dan; Junker, Christophe (31 May 2019). "Ciao, Mario! Rekordnationalspieler beendet am Sonntag gegen Madagaskar seine Karriere". Tageblatt (in German). Editpress Luxembourg s.a. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "Luxembourg vs. Belgium - 19 November 2008 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  8. ↑ "Luxembourg vs. Armenia - 5 February 2013 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  9. ↑ "Luxembourg vs. Turkey - 31 March 2015 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  10. ↑ "Luxembourg vs. Slovakia - 12 October 2015 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
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