Michaël Maria

Michaël Maria
Personal information
Full name Michaël Madionis Mateo Maria[1]
Date of birth (1995-01-31) 31 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Kerkrade, Netherlands
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back, defensive midfielder
Youth career
–2003 VV Internos
2003–2013 PSV Eindhoven
2013–2014 Vitesse
2014 VfL Bochum
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 VfL Bochum II 19 (2)
2015–2016 VfL Bochum 9 (0)
2016–2017 Sonnenhof Großaspach 17 (1)
2017–2018 Erzgebirge Aue 1 (0)
2018–2019 FC Twente 16 (2)
2019 Charlotte Independence 6 (0)
2019–2020 Adelaide United 21 (1)
2021–2022 NAC Breda 27 (3)
International career‡
2013–2014 Curaçao U-20 4 (2)
2015– Curaçao 30 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 July 2021

Michaël Madionis Mateo Maria (born 31 January 1995) is a Curaçaoan[2] professional footballer who plays as a left-back or defensive midfielder for the Curaçao national team.[3]

Club career

Adelaide United

In July 2019, Maria was purchased by Adelaide United and signed a two-year contract.[4] Maria made his debut for 'The Reds' in the FFA Cup Round of 32 playing as a winger defeating the Melbourne Knights 5–2.[5] He mutually departed from United on 18 June 2020.[6]

NAC Breda

On 28 January 2021, Maria signed a 2.5-year contract with NAC Breda.[7]

International career

Michaël Maria has played for Curaçao at the U-20 level. He played his first full international match for Curaçao at the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Montserrat on 27 March 2015. He was substituted on in the 65th minute for Papito Merencia.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 May 2022[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
VfL Bochum II 2014–15 Regionalliga West 19 2 — — 19 2
VfL Bochum 2014–15 2. Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2015–16 9 0 0 0 — 9 0
Total 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Sonnenhof Großaspach 2016–17 3. Liga 17 1 — — 17 1
Erzgebirge Aue 2017–18 2. Bundesliga 1 0 1 0 — 2 0
Twente 2017–18 Eredivisie 6 1 1 0 — 7 0
2018–19 Eerste Divisie 9 1 1 0 — 10 1
Total 15 2 2 0 0 0 17 2
Charlotte Independence 2019 USL Championship 6 0 1 0 — 7 0
Adelaide United 2019–20 A-League 21 0 2 0 — 23 0
NAC Breda 2020–21 Eerste Divisie 13 1 0 0 2[a] 1 15 2
2021–22 10 0 1 0 2[a] 1 15 2
2022–23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 23 1 1 0 4 2 26 4
Career total 111 6 7 0 4 2 121 8
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the Eredivisie play-offs

International

As of match played 16 July 2017[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Curaçao 2015 4 0
2016 3 0
2017 4 0
Total 11 0

Honours

Adelaide United

Curaçao[10]

References

  1. ^ "40-Player National Team Roster: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup: Curaçao" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 5. Retrieved 20 May 2019 – via Bernews.
  2. ^ Vitesse Onder 19 Spelerinformatie Maria, Michaël. Vitessejeugd.nl. 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Michael Maria" (in German). kicker. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  4. ^ Larkin, Steve (18 July 2019). "Adelaide Utd sign Curacao international". FTBL.
  5. ^ "Reds progress to last 16 with 5-2 win over Knights". Adelaide United. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Adelaide's Maria departs A-League". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  7. ^ Blanco, Yadran (28 January 2021). "Linksback Maria tekent na twee maanden trainen voor 2,5 jaar bij NAC". BN DeStem. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Curacao 2-1 Montserrat". FIFA. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Maria, Michaël". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  10. ^ "M. Maria". Soccerway.