Patrick Kisnorbo Football player

Patrick Fabio Maxime Kisnorbo (born 24 March 1981) is an Australian football player who is currently playing in the A-League for Melbourne City. Kisnorbo is also an Australian international with 18 caps. He is also known by his nickname Paddy.Kisnorbo plays at centre-back but in the past he has also played as a defensive midfielder. He was a fans' favourite at Leicester City, accumulating over 100 appearances in his four years at the club. During his time with Leicester, he was at the centre of a number of refereeing controversies in which officiating calls were later shown to be wrong. He has also suffered some injuries that affected his playing ability for a time. Kisnorbo has represented Australia at international level in three tournaments; the 2002 and 2004 Nation Cups and the 2007 Asian Cup. He started his professional career at South Melbourne and later played for the Scottish club Hearts before joining Leicester and then transferring to Leeds United.Kisnorbo won the 2009–10 fans Player of The Season award and also the Players Player Award for Leeds United in his debut season. During his first 2 years at Leeds, Kisnorbo wore a headband bandage when playing football as 'tradition' after initially wearing it after suffering a head injury on his Leeds debut.

Personal facts

Patrick Kisnorbo
Alias (AKA)Kisnorbo Patrick Fabio Maxime
Birth dateMarch 24, 1981
Birth place
Australia , Melbourne
Height (meters)1.84

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Football player

position
Association football positions
teams
Heart of Midlothian F.C.
Leicester City F.C.
Essendon Royals SC
Australia national association football team
Ipswich Town F.C.
Australia national under-20 association football team
Leeds United A.F.C.
South Melbourne FC
Australia national under-23 association football team

Patrick Kisnorbo on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://origin-www.leedsunited.com/page/PlayerProfiles/0,,10273~24489,00.html
  2. http://web.archive.org/web/20110527201026/http:/www.footballaustralia.com.au/Socceroos/default.aspx?s=soc_player_profile&pid=187&tid=23
  3. http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/K/KI.html#KisnorboPatrick