Mettin Copier

Mettin Copier

Personal information
Full name	Mettin Copier
Date of birth	(1989-01-04) January 4, 1989
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Leonidas
Youth career
–2006	SV Siveo'60
2007	USV Elinkwijk
2007–2009	AZ Alkmaar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2010	AZ Alkmaar	0	(0)
2010	→ Telstar (loan)	4	(0)
2010–2011	FC Oss	3	(2)
2011–2012	Dayton Dutch Lions	42	(4)
2012–	Leonidas	18	(3)
International career
2009	Austria U21	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May, 2014

Mettin Copier (born January 4, 1989), also known as Spirit Hips, is a Dutch-born Austrian footballer who most recently played for Leonidas in the Dutch Topklasse.

Career

Netherlands

Copier played for youth teams SV Siveo'60 and USV Elinkwijk, before joining the academy of Dutch Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar in 2007. He played extensively for Alkmaar's reserves, and was promoted to the senior team in 2009. After a short period on loan at Telstar in the Eerste Divisie in 2010, during which he played four games but found himself marginalized following a change of manager, Copier moved to FC Oss in 2010, playing 3 games and scoring 2 games for the team.

Most recently Copier played his 2013-14 season with RKSV Leonidas, in Rotterdam.

United States

Copier moved to the United States in 2011 to play for the Dayton Dutch Lions in the USL Professional Division in 2011.

International

Copier, whose father is Dutch but whose mother is Austrian, announced his intention to play for the Austrian national team in 2007. He received his first cap for the Austria U-21 team on March 25, 2009 in a game against Italy, and six days later played his second game in a 2-1 loss to Switzerland.

External links

• Dayton Dutch Lions profile
• Copier's RKSV Leonidas Debut, in 3-5 Win