Mettin Copier

Mettin Copier

Personal information
Full name	Mettin Copier
Date of birth	January 4, 1989 (1989-01-04) (age 22)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Dayton Dutch Lions
Number	13
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–	Dayton Dutch Lions	8	(0)
National team
2009	Austria U-21	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 8, 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Mettin Copier (born January 4, 1989 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch-born Austrian footballer currently playing for Dayton Dutch Lions in the USL Professional Division.

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.

United States

Copier moved to the United States in 2011 to play for the Dayton Dutch Lions in the USL Professional Division in 2011.^[1]

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.

References

1. ^ DDLFC Men Sign Copier & LaCrone

External links

• Dayton Dutch Lions profile

Persondata
Name	Copier, Mettin
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Date of birth	January 4, 1989
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
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