Mario Mutsch

Mario Mutsch
Personal information
Full name	Mario Mutsch
Date of birth	3 September 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth	St. Vith, Belgium
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Progrès Niederkorn
Youth career
	RFC St. Vith
	Olymp. Recht
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2005	Spa FC
2005–2006	Union La Calamine
2006–2007	Alemannia Aachen II
2007–2009	Aarau
2009–2011	Metz
2011–2012	Sion
2012–2017	St Gallen
2017–	Progrès Niederkorn
International career‡
2005–	Luxembourg
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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.^{[citation needed]}

Career statistics

International goals

Score and Result lists Luxembourg's goal tally first


No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	19 November 2008	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Belgium	1–1	1–1	Friendly	[1]
2.	5 February 2013	Stade Georges Pompidou, Valence, France	Armenia	1–0	1–1	Friendly	[2]
3.	31 March 2015	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Turkey	1–1	1–2	Friendly	[3]
4.	12 October 2015	Stade Josy Barthl, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Slovakia	1–3	2–4	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification	[4]

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 Template:De icon
Mario Mutsch at National-Football-Teams.com
Statistics at T-Online.de Template:De icon
Swiss Football League profile Template:De icon Template:Fr icon Template:It icon
Profile - FC Metz

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[1] Metz: Signature de Mutsch (Luxembourg)

[2] "St.Gallen verpflichtet Mario Mutsch" [St. Gallen acquire Mario Metsch]. 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

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