Miiko Martín Albornoz Inola (; born 30 November 1990) is a Chilean professional

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who plays as a

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for the

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club

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. Born in Sweden, Albornoz started his professional career with

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before joining

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with whom he won the

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and

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titles. He then moved on to play in

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for

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. A youth player for

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, he opted to play his senior international football for

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and was a part of Chile's

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and

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squads.

Club career

Brommapojkarna

Albornoz began his career at four years of age at

where he played his way through various youth teams before he joined the first team in 2007. He played his first match in 2008 in

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, the second tier of the

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. He played his first

match in 2009.

Malmö FF

Albornoz signed a four-year contract with Swedish champions Malmö FF on 14 August 2011. At Malmö FF, he inherited the number 14 shirt from Guillermo Molins, who departed during the same transfer window. He was presented as the club's new player in front of a crowd of 23,180 at Swedbank Stadion before an exhibition game against

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. Albornoz made his debut for the club in a 2–1 win over

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on 20 August 2011. In total Albornoz played six league matches in Malmö FF for his first season at the club and also got to play for the club in the

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group stage. For the 2012 season, Albornoz played much of the pre-season as right-back, even though he is left-footed and had never before played to the right. Against

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on 23 April, he started as right-back and played 90 minutes. Albornoz continued to play at the position for the following games, replacing Ulrich Vinzents who had been the starting player at the position since 2006. Albornoz played one of his best games for Malmö FF at home against AIK on 2 July when he was awarded the man of the match award. On 27 August Albornoz scored his first goal for the club, a hard volley shot from outside the penalty area, for Malmö FF in a home fixture against

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. Albornoz played 27 matches and scored three goals in total for Malmö FF in 2012. Albornoz changed from the number 14 jersey to number 3 ahead of the 2013 season. On 22 April 2013, he made his first appearance for the season after his suspension in a home fixture against

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. He went on to play in all of the club's remaining league matches and scoring one goal in the title winning season where he played a major role. Albornoz also played all of Malmö FF's matches in the qualification stage for the

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. He was nominated as defender of the year for the

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for his overall performance during the season. During the 2014 season Albornoz played nine out of twelve possible matches before the

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and his transfer to

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. He also played all of the matches for the club in the

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campaign where the club progressed to the semi-finals. Malmö eventually went on to win a second straight Allsvenskan title only a few months following Albornoz' departure.

Hannover 96

On 20 June 2014, the transfer of Albornoz to the German

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club

was officially announced. The transfer was completed on 1 July 2014 when the German

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opened. Albornoz was in Brazil with the Chile national team for the

at the time of the transfer.

Colo-Colo

In March 2021,

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Albornoz joined

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club

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. The club later decided not to renew his contract in December of the same year.

International career

Sweden

Between 2005 and 2013, Albornoz was a regular youth international for

. He played in all youth categories, from under-17s to under-21s. In December 2013, Erik Hamren called Albornoz to be part of the senior squad, to play friendlies in the Middle East. Albornoz rejected the call-up choosing instead to wait to be nominated to play for Chile.

Chile

In December 2013, Albornoz stated to Chilean media that he was able to play for

in a friendly against

on 5 March. But Jorge Sampaoli called Albornoz for a friendly against Costa Rica, on 22 January. He rejected Sweden in favour of Chile to have a chance to play in the

. Albornoz earned his first international cap against

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, on 22 January, scoring the opening goal in a 4–0 victory. On 13 May 2014, Albornoz was called for the provisional 30-man squad for the World Cup. Albornoz earned his second cap against

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, and on the following day, he was confirmed on the 23-man squad that played in Brazil. Although Chile reached the round of 16, Albornoz didn't play in any match.

Personal life

His father is Chilean and his mother is of Finnish descent. His older brother Mauricio is also a professional footballer.

Statutory rape

On 8 January 2013, it was made official that Albornoz was being charged with

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for having had sexual relations with a 14-year-old girl on 8 November 2012 in Malmö. Albornoz was detained and arrested for the offence on 17 November 2012, but was released after three days. Albornoz admitted that he was aware of the girl's age at the time of the act. Media reported that the relationship was mutually consensual and that no violence or force had occurred during the act. Malmö FF published a press release the same day stating that Albornoz would take a time-out from all activities with the club until further notice. Albornoz was found guilty and was given a

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in the trial held on 12 February 2013. As a result of the conviction Malmö FF announced a two-month extension of the time-out, but that Albornoz would be allowed to train with the squad during this period. They also announced that a new decision regarding the player's situation would be taken at the end of this period. On 10 April 2013, Malmö FF held a press conference and announced that Albornoz's time-out was now over and that he would be available for squad selection once again for the Allsvenskan match against

on 22 April 2013. Albornoz was unavailable for play in the group stage of the

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which was held in March 2013 as well as the four opening fixtures of the

season.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Albornoz goal.''

Honours

Malmö *

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Colo-Colo *

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Vejle *

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: 2022–23 Chile *

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Albornoz, Miiko 1990 births Living people Footballers from Stockholm Swedish people of Chilean descent Swedish people of Finnish descent Sportspeople of Chilean descent Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Chilean people of Finnish descent Chilean men's footballers Chile men's international footballers 2014 FIFA World Cup players 2015 Copa América players Copa América–winning players Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football midfielders IF Brommapojkarna players Malmö FF players Hannover 96 players Colo-Colo footballers Vejle Boldklub players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Bundesliga players Danish Superliga players Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark People convicted of statutory rape offenses Sportspeople convicted of crimes 21st-century Swedish sportsmen