Mario Bilate

Association footballer (born 1991)

Mario Bilate
Personal information
Full name Mario Amare Bilate[1]
Date of birth (1991-07-16) 16 July 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Moscow, Soviet Union
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Kozakken Boys
Youth career
Sparta Rotterdam
XerxesDZB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 XerxesDZB 10 (7)
2011–2014 Sparta Rotterdam 77 (17)
2014–2015 Dundee United 16 (2)
2016–2017 Den Bosch 30 (3)
2017–2018 Emmen 17 (2)
2018–2020 RKC Waalwijk 32 (7)
2020–2022 NAC Breda 34 (9)
2022–2023 ADO Den Haag 22 (2)
2023– Kozakken Boys 10 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:35, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Mario Amare Bilate (born 16 July 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Kozakken Boys.[2]

Playing career

XerxesDZB

Bilate broke into the XerxesDZB first team in March 2010 and scored seven goals in the ten games he appeared in.[3] His form was impressive enough to win him a move to Sparta Rotterdam, where he had played earlier as a youth.[3]

Sparta Rotterdam

Bilate joined Sparta Rotterdam in January 2011 on a two and a half year deal.[3] He made his competitive debut on 7 August 2011 in a 1-0 win over Fortuna Sittard.[4] In the summer of 2012 Bilate then signed a contract extension to keep him at the club until 2015.[5]

Dundee United

Bilate was released from his Sparta Rotterdam contract a year early and signed a two-year contract with Dundee United in July 2014.[6] Bilate had originally been set to join Eerste Divisie champions Willem II but the move fell through at the last minute after the Sparta Rotterdam board decided they wanted a transfer fee.[7] He made his debut as a substitute in Dundee United's opening match of the 2014–15 season, a 3–0 win against Aberdeen on 10 August 2014.[8] He then scored the winning goal on his home debut three days later, in a 1–0 victory over Motherwell, again after coming off the bench.[9] He was released from his contract at Tannadice in November 2015, after making only two appearances in the 2015–16 season.[10]

Return to the Netherlands

Bilate signed a one-year contract with Den Bosch on 30 June 2016, with an option for another year.[11]

On 7 June 2017, Bilate signed a one-year deal with an option for an extra season with Emmen.[12] One year later, in June 2018, he signed a one-year contract with RKC Waalwijk with an option for one more season.[13] He was promoted to the Eredivisie with RKC in the 2018–19 season.[14]

On 11 September 2020, Bilate was involved in a swap deal between RKC and NAC Breda, with him leaving for the latter and Finn Stokkers moving to the former.[15] His contract was not extended after the 2021–22 season, effectively making him a free agent.[16] According to him, he had been injured for six months due to mismanagement within the club, and had to find out through media reports that his contract had not been extended.[17][18]

On 30 August 2022, Bilate signed a one-year contract with ADO Den Haag.[19]

On 21 July 2023, Bilate signed a two-year contract with Kozakken Boys in the third-tier Tweede Divisie.[20]

Personal life

Bilate's father, Amare, is Ethiopian, he met Mario's Russian mother Marina in Moscow when Amare was enrolled in the Moscow Conservatory to become a conductor and Marina was a student of singing at Gnessin State Musical College. The family moved to the Netherlands when Mario was one-and-a-half-years old.[21]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 January 2024[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sparta Rotterdam 2011–12 Eerste Divisie 25 6 1 0 — 2 0 28 6
2012–13 Eerste Divisie 26 4 2 0 — 4 1 32 5
2013–14 Eerste Divisie 26 7 0 0 — 3 0 29 7
Total 77 17 3 0 — 9 1 89 18
Dundee United 2014–15 Scottish Premiership 14 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 2
2015–16 Scottish Premiership 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 16 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 2
Den Bosch 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 30 3 1 1 — — 31 4
Emmen 2017–18 Eerste Divisie 16 2 0 0 — 4 0 20 2
RKC Waalwijk 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 15 7 1 0 — 5 3 21 10
2019–20 Eredivisie 17 0 0 0 — — 17 0
Total 32 7 1 0 — 5 3 38 10
NAC Breda 2020–21 Eerste Divisie 26 9 0 0 — 2 0 28 9
2021–22 Eerste Divisie 8 0 0 0 — 2 0 10 0
Total 34 9 0 0 — 4 0 38 9
ADO Den Haag 2022–23 Eerste Divisie 22 2 2 1 — — 24 3
Kozakken Boys 2023–24 Tweede Divisie 10 3 0 0 — — 10 3
Career total 237 45 7 2 2 0 22 4 268 51

References

  1. ^ a b "Bilate – Profiel". Voetbal International. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  2. ^ Mario Bilate at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ a b c "Mario Bilate nieuw talent van Sparta". Sport Promotion. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  4. ^ "MATCHES OF M. BILATE". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Mario Bilate verlengt contract met Sparta". Sport Promotion. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Dundee United sign striker Mario Bilate from Sparta Rotterdam". BBC Sport. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Bilate naar Dundee: 'Mooie overstap voor mij'". Rijnmond. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  8. ^ McLeod, Liam (10 August 2014). "Aberdeen 0-3 Dundee Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  9. ^ Pattullo, Alan (13 August 2014). "Dundee United 1-0 Motherwell: Bilate goal for Utd". The Scotsman. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  10. ^ "Bilate leaves United". Dundee United F.C. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  11. ^ "FC Den Bosch contracteert Mario Bilate". FC Den Bosch (in Dutch). 30 June 2016. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016.
  12. ^ "FC Emmen lijft spits Mario Bilate in". FC Emmen (in Dutch). 7 June 2017. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  13. ^ "RKC neemt Mario Bilate over van FC Emmen". Voetbal247 (in Dutch). 23 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  14. ^ "RKC keert na knotsgekke wedstrijd in Deventer terug in eredivisie". NOS (in Dutch). 28 May 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  15. ^ "RKC legt spits Stokkers vast en laat Bilate naar NAC vertrekken in ruildeal". NU (in Dutch). 11 September 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  16. ^ Blanco, Yadran (30 May 2022). "Adiléhou en Bilate krijgen geen nieuw contract van NAC". De Stem (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  17. ^ "Bilate hoort via krant dat contract niet wordt verlengd". ESPN (in Dutch). 30 May 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Bilate hekelt handelswijze NAC richting afscheid: Bel op z'n minst even". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 30 May 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  19. ^ "ADO DEN HAAG VERWELKOMT MARIO BILATE" (in Dutch). ADO Den Haag. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  20. ^ "Mario Bilate twee jaar Kozak" [Mario Bilate is a Cossack for two years] (in Dutch). Kozakken Boys. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  21. ^ "Капитан "Валвейка" родился в Москве. Мама – русская, отец – дирижер, выступал с Селин Дион и до сих пор болеет за "Спартак"" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 29 May 2020.
  22. ^ Mario Bilate at Soccerway

External links

  • Mario Bilate at WorldFootball.net
  • Mario Bilate at Soccerbase Edit this at Wikidata