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Miiko Albornoz

Miiko Albornoz
Miiko Albornoz con el Malmö FF.jpg
Albornoz playing for Malmö FF
Personal information
Full name Miiko Martín Albornoz Inola
Date of birth (1990-11-30) 30 November 1990 (age 26)
Place of birth , Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Full back
Club information
Current team
Hannover 96
Number 3
Youth career
1994–2007 IF Brommapojkarna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 IF Brommapojkarna 82 (9)
2011–2014 Malmö FF 68 (4)
2014– Hannover 96 64 (0)
National team
2005–2007 Sweden U17 14 (0)
2007–2009 Sweden U19 13 (0)
2009–2012 Sweden U21 11 (0)
2014– Chile 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:07, 20 December 2016 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2015

Miiko Martín Albornoz Inola (Spanish pronunciation: [mi(i)ko alβor'nos]; born 30 November 1990) is a Swedish-born Chilean footballer currently playing for Hannover 96 in Bundesliga. Albornoz started his professional career at IF Brommapojkarna in 2007 and played there until 2011 when he transferred to Malmö FF. He has also been capped for Sweden in various youth teams, the highest of these in Sweden U21. His father is Chilean and mother is Finnish. He has stated to play for Chile rather than for Sweden.Jorge Sampaoli called Albornoz for a friendly match against Costa Rica in January 22, after rejecting a call-up to play for Sweden at international level. Albornoz was included in Chile's 2014 World Cup and 2015 Copa América squads.

Albornoz began his career at four years of age at IF Brommapojkarna where he played his way through various youth teams before he joined the first team in 2007. He played his first match in 2008 in Superettan, the second tier of the Swedish football league system. He played his first Allsvenskan match in 2009.

Albornoz signed a four-year contract with Swedish champions Malmö FF on 14 August 2011. At Malmö FF he took over shirt number 14 from Guillermo Molins who had left the club in the same transfer window. He was presented as the clubs new player in front of a crowd of 23,180 at Swedbank Stadion before an exhibition game against A.C. Milan. Albornoz made his debut for the club in a 2–1 win over GAIS in Allsvenskan on 20 August 2011. In total Albornoz played six league matches in Malmö FF for his first season at the club and also got to play for the club in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage.


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