Mario Amare Bilate (born 16 July 1991) is a Russian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
striker for
ADO Den Haag
Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation ...
.
Playing career
XerxesDZB
Bilate broke into the
XerxesDZB
XerxesDZB is a Dutch football club based in Rotterdam.
History
The club was founded in 1904 as RFC Xerxes and their first regional championship was won in 1907. After a second championship in 1911 the club was promoted to the second class (twee ...
first team in March 2010 and scored seven goals in the ten games he appeared in.
His form was impressive enough to win him a move to
Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands.
Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top fligh ...
, where he had played earlier as a youth.
Sparta Rotterdam
Bilate joined
Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands.
Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top fligh ...
in January 2011 on a two and a half year deal.
He made his competitive debut on 7 August 2011 in a 1-0 win over
Fortuna Sittard
Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ) is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger ...
. In the summer of 2012 Bilate then signed a contract extension to keep him at the club until 2015.
Dundee United
Bilate was released from his Sparta Rotterdam contract a year early and signed a two-year contract with
Dundee United
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in July 2014. Bilate had originally been set to join
Eerste Divisie
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champions
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* William II, Prince of Orange (1626–1650), stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands
* William II of the Netherlands (1792–1849), King of the Netherlands
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but the move fell through at the last minute after the
Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands.
Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top fligh ...
board decided they wanted a transfer fee. He made his debut as a substitute in Dundee United's opening match of the
2014–15 season, a 3–0 win against
Aberdeen
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on 10 August 2014. He then scored the winning goal on his home debut three days later, in a 1–0 victory over
Motherwell
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, again after coming off the bench. He was released from his contract at
Tannadice in November 2015, after making only two appearances in the
2015–16 season.
Return to the Netherlands
Bilate signed a one-year contract with
Den Bosch
s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...
on 30 June 2016, with an option for another year.
On 7 June 2017, Bilate signed a one-year deal with an option for an extra season with
Emmen. One year later, in June 2018, he signed a one-year contract with
RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merg ...
with an option for one more season. He was promoted to the
Eredivisie
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with RKC in the
2018–19 season.
On 11 September 2020, Bilate was involved in a swap deal between RKC and
NAC Breda
NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...
, with him leaving for the latter and
Finn Stokkers moving to the former. His contract was not extended after the
2021–22 season, effectively making him a free agent. 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.
On 30 August 2022, Bilate signed a one-year contract with
ADO Den Haag
Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation ...
.
Career statistics
Personal life
His father Amare is
Ethiopia
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n, he met Mario's
Russian
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mother Marina in
Moscow
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when Amare was enrolled in the
Moscow Conservatory
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to become a
conductor
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* ''Conductor'' (album), an album by indie rock band The Comas
* Conduction, a type of structured free improvisation ...
and Marina was a student of singing at
Gnessin State Musical College
The Gnessin State Musical College (russian: link=no, Государственный музыкальный колледж имени Гнесиных) and Gnesins Russian Academy of Music (russian: Российская академия музык� ...
. The family moved to the Netherlands when Mario was 1.5 years old.
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
Footballers from Moscow
Association football forwards
Russian footballers
Dutch footballers
Russian people of Ethiopian descent
Dutch people of Russian descent
Dutch people of Ethiopian descent
Russian emigrants to the Netherlands
XerxesDZB players
Sparta Rotterdam players
Dundee United F.C. players
FC Den Bosch players
FC Emmen players
RKC Waalwijk players
NAC Breda players
ADO Den Haag players
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
Scottish Professional Football League players
Russian expatriate footballers
Dutch expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Scotland
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Scotland