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52 Facts About Patrick Kisnorbo

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Patrick Fabio Maxime Kisnorbo was born on 24 March 1981 and is an Australian professional football manager and former player who currently serves as an assistant coach with J1 League club Yokohama F Marinos, having last managed A-League Men club Melbourne Victory FC.

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Patrick Kisnorbo made eighteen appearances for the Australia national team.

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Patrick Kisnorbo was a fans' favourite at Leicester City, accumulating over 100 appearances in his four years at the club.

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Patrick Kisnorbo has suffered some injuries that affected his playing ability for a time.

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Patrick Kisnorbo has represented Australia at international level in three tournaments; the 2002 and 2004 Nation Cups and the 2007 Asian Cup.

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Patrick Kisnorbo started his professional career at South Melbourne and later played for the Scottish club Hearts before joining Leicester and then transferring to Leeds United.

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Patrick Kisnorbo was born in Melbourne to a Mauritian father and an Italian mother who was from Trieste.

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Patrick Kisnorbo began playing football as a youth in his hometown with Essendon City and Bulleen.

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Patrick Kisnorbo performed like a seasoned veteran and cemented his spot at centre back as a youngster ahead of more experienced players at the club.

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Patrick Kisnorbo went on to make 67 appearances for the club and scored on 3 occasions.

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Patrick Kisnorbo was recommended to Hearts by former player Dave McPherson.

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Patrick Kisnorbo played in the UEFA Cup against such clubs as Bordeaux, Feyenoord, Schalke 04 and Ferencvaros, and scored a goal against Portuguese club SC Braga.

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Patrick Kisnorbo joined Leicester City in April 2005 after leaving Hearts, signing a pre-contract agreement in January.

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Joslin admitted his mistake, and had the ban rescinded the following day after video replays showed Patrick Kisnorbo actually won the ball outside the penalty area.

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Patrick Kisnorbo's third was another red card by referee Mike Pike for a foul on Billy Sharp on 5 April 2008.

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Patrick Kisnorbo started just three games in the second half of the season, which saw the club secure their promotion as League One champions.

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On 22 July 2009, Patrick Kisnorbo signed for Leeds United on a two-year contract.

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On his debut Patrick Kisnorbo suffered a head wound which required stitches, after receiving stitches to the wound off the pitch he came out wearing a head bandage.

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Patrick Kisnorbo scored his first goal for Leeds against Millwall on his return to the starting lineup after missing the previous game against Norwich City having picked up an illness on international duty.

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Patrick Kisnorbo missed the games against Kettering Town, Oldham Athletic and local rivals Huddersfield Town through an injury he picked up in training.

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Patrick Kisnorbo had not recovered from injury to be able to have a part in the squad in the FA Cup replay to Kettering.

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Patrick Kisnorbo missed the Football League Trophy Northern Section Final first leg loss against Carlisle United with a calf injury.

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Patrick Kisnorbo was omitted from the Leeds squad in the next game against Colchester United after being ruled out by injury.

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Patrick Kisnorbo joined the Leeds squad on the pre-season tour of Slovakia despite being injured.

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Manager Simon Grayson revealed contract talks with Patrick Kisnorbo would start once the defender returned from injury and managed to prove his fitness.

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Patrick Kisnorbo got an infection on his Achilles tendon injury, and stepped up his rehab by going to the US for treatment.

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In March 2011, Patrick Kisnorbo returned to full training with Leeds after his long spell out injured.

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In Leeds' penultimate game of the season, against Burnley, Patrick Kisnorbo made the provisional squad but failed to make the substitutes bench.

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Patrick Kisnorbo made his first appearance of the season as a second-half substitute against QPR in the final game of the season.

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Manager Simon Grayson then claimed that he was looking for Patrick Kisnorbo to prove his fitness before offering him a longer term contract.

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Patrick Kisnorbo scored the opening goal in the pre-season friendly victory against Newcastle United.

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Patrick Kisnorbo made his first start of the season on 28 August 2012 in a League Cup match against Oxford United.

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On 9 September 2013, it was announced that Patrick Kisnorbo had signed a one-year contract with Melbourne City as a replacement for the injured Orlando Engelaar.

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On 1 May 2016, Patrick Kisnorbo announced his retirement from professional football.

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Patrick Kisnorbo was part of Australia's 2001 Youth World Cup campaign, playing five matches for the under-20 team in Oceania qualifiers, including a goal against Papua New Guinea.

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Patrick Kisnorbo remained on the squad for the finals, appearing in all the matches leading up to Australia's second-round elimination at the hands of Brazil.

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Patrick Kisnorbo made three appearances in the tournament including the defeat to New Zealand in the final.

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In 2004 Patrick Kisnorbo was again selected for the squad for the Oceania Cup.

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Patrick Kisnorbo made appearances for Australia in friendlies against Ghana, Denmark, China and Uruguay.

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Patrick Kisnorbo played no further part in the tournament as Australia were eventually knocked out by Japan.

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On 5 September 2009, Patrick Kisnorbo scored his first goal for Australia in a game against South Korea.

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Patrick Kisnorbo was selected in the Australian squad for a friendly against the Netherlands on 10 October 2009.

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Patrick Kisnorbo's ruptured Achilles tendon injury suffered against Millwall in March 2010 ruled him out of the 2010 World Cup for Australia.

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In June 2011, Patrick Kisnorbo was recalled to the Australia national side for the first time since recovering from his Achilles tendon injury when he was called up to train with the national side in a non-playing role ahead of the friendly against Serbia.

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In July 2017, Patrick Kisnorbo was appointed head coach of the W-League team.

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In July 2018, Patrick Kisnorbo was appointed assistant coach of the Melbourne City men's team, with Rado Vidosic replacing him as manager of the W-League team.

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In September 2020, Patrick Kisnorbo was appointed head coach of Melbourne City, following the departure of Erick Mombaerts.

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In May 2021, Patrick Kisnorbo led Melbourne City to their first ever A-League trophy in that team's eleven-year history by claiming the A-League Premiers Plate.

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On 23 November 2022, Patrick Kisnorbo was announced as manager of French top division side, and fellow City Football Group club, Troyes.

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Patrick Kisnorbo becomes the first Australian manager of a team in a 'Top 5' European men's league.

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In June 2024, Patrick Kisnorbo returned to Australia, signing a three-year contract as coach of Melbourne Victory.

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On 23 December 2024, Kisnorbo joined J1 League club Yokohama F Marinos as an assistant coach.