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Mustafa Amini 
Personal information Full name Mohammad Mustafa Amini Date of birth 20 April 1993 Place of birth Sydney, Australia Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Playing position Attacking Midfielder Club information Current club Central Coast Mariners
(on loan from Borussia Dortmund)Number 22 Youth career 2004–2008 Blacktown City 2009–2010 AIS Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2010–2011 Central Coast Mariners 23 (1) 2011– Borussia Dortmund 0 (0) 2011– → Central Coast Mariners (loan) 4 (0) National team‡ 2009 Australia U-17 2 (0) 2010– Australia U-20 17 (3) 2011– Australia U-23 2 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:47, 19 November 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 7 August 2011 (UTC)Mohammad Mustafa Amini (Persian: محمدمصطفی امینی) (born 20 April 1993) is an Australian football (soccer) player currently playing for the Central Coast Mariners on loan from Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga. He was signed from the AIS team which played in the 2009-10 Youth League season. Amini has been earmarked by Young Socceroos head coach Jan Versleijen as one of the local game's brighter products.
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Personal
Born in Sydney, Australia to an Afghan father and a mother of Nicaraguan background, Amini grew up in the Western Sydney area. He attended Sherwood Grange Public School and Westfields Sports High School until moving to Lake Ginninderra College in the ACT while playing for the AIS, earning his Year 12 certificate in March 2010. Amini wears a distinctive 'afro' haircut and is fluent in Farsi and Spanish.[1]
Club career
Central Coast Mariners
Amini playing for the AIS
Amini played for Blacktown City before being signed to an AIS scholorship. He was signed by the Central Coast Mariners on a 2-year contract in the A-League.[2][3] Amini made his debut for the senior team in a friendly against fellow Gosford club Central Coast Lightning in the which the Mariners won 7-1.[4] Amini made his official A-League debut for the Mariners in a match against Brisbane Roar on 20 October 2010. His first goal came in a 3-1 away win against Gold Coast United on 9 February 2011.
Amini's excellent form throughout the 2010-11 A-League season attracted major interest from overseas clubs Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. Subsequently it was announced that Amini was to spend 2 weeks on trial with Borussia Dortmund in preparation for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in July with a view of signing a long term deal with the Bundesliga club.[5][6] Only days into his trial Borussia Dortmund publicly announced that the youngster had caught the eye of first team manager Jürgen Klopp stating that "he can definitely play football and is a really great talent."[7].
Borussia Dortmund
On 4 July 2011, it was announced that he had signed with Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund on a four-year contract. However, Mustafa would initially be loaned to Central Coast Mariners until 31 May 2012, making him eligible to play for the club during the 2011-12 A-League season as well as the group stage of the Asian Champions League.[8]
International career
Amini was selected to play for Australia U-20 in a four-match tour of South America against the Argentina U-20 and Paraguay U-20 teams from 3–19 April. He was then selected for the Australia U-20 again for the 2010 AFF U-19 Youth Championship. Amini scored his first goal for the Australia U-20 in the 2010 AFF U-19 Youth Championship in a 4-1 win over Vietnam U-20. He recently played in the U-20 World Cup in Colombia where he was a crowds favourite with the local Colombians chanting PIBE after the great Carlos Valderrama.
On 23 March 2011 after impressing on trial at Borussia Dortmund Amini was called up to the Australian national side training camp by Head Coach Holger Osieck which was being held in Germany.[9]
Club statistics
Club Season League Finals Continental Total Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists 
Central Coast Mariners2010–11 21 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 1 2 2011-12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Career total 25 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 1 2 Honours
With Australia:
- AFC U-19 Championship: 2010 (Runners-Up)
- AFF U-19 Youth Championship: 2010
References
- ^ "Mariners snare teen with a dream". The Australian. Jan 13 2010. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/mariners-snare-teen-with-a-dream/story-e6frg7mf-1225818590892. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ "Mariners Snap Up 16 Year Old". FourFourTwo Australia. Jan 12 2010. http://au.fourfourtwo.com/News/120240,mariners-snap-up-16-year-old.aspx. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ The Australian - Mariners snare teen with a dream
- ^ "Mariners In Seventh Heaven". FourFourTwo Australia. Jun 18 2010. http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/169269,mariners-in-seventh-heaven.aspx. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1048433/Amini-bound-for-Europe
- ^ http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1048889/Amini-to-trial-in-Germany Amini to trial in Germany
- ^ http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/199683,aminis-holger-callup.aspx Amini Wow's Dortmund
- ^ http://www.ccmariners.com.au/default.aspx?s=aleague_newsdisplay&id=40229 Mariner Musti Bundesliga bound with BVB
- ^ http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/199683,aminis-holger-callup.aspx Amini's Holger Call-Up
External links
• 2 Grant • 3 McGowan • 4 Sainsbury • 5 Warren • 6 Kantarovski (c) • 7 Danning • 8 Antonis • 9 Bulut • 10 Amini • 11 Oar • 12 Feely • 13 Fletcher • 14 Gameiro • 15 Hamill • 16 Franjic • 17 Gallagher • 18 Acton • 19 Ibini-Isei • 20 Barker-Daish • 21 Petratos • Coach: Jan Versleijen
Central Coast Mariners FC – current squad 1 Ryan · 2 McBreen · 3 Rose · 4 Bojić · 5 Porter · 6 Zwaanswijk · 7 Hutchinson · 8 Griffiths · 9 Ibini-Isei · 10 Pellegrino · 11 Bozanic · 12 Hearfield · 13 Baird · 14 McGlinchey · 15 McDonald · 16 Sainsbury · 17 Musialik · 18 Wilkinson · 19 Simon · 20 Pasfield · 21 Gallagher · 22 Amini · 23 Kwasnik · Coach: Arnold
Categories:- 1993 births
- Living people
- Central Coast Mariners players
- Australian soccer players
- Afghan footballers
- A-League players
- Australian people of Afghan descent
- Australian people of Nicaraguan descent
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