Patrick Kisnorbo

Patrick Kisnorbo
Kisnorbo playing for Leicester City in 2008
Personal information
Full name Patrick Fabio Maxime Kisnorbo[1]
Date of birth (1981-03-24) 24 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Melbourne Victory (coach)
Youth career
Thomastown Devils
North Glenroy
Essendon City
Fawkner Blues
Bulleen Zebras
Richmond SC
South Melbourne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2003 South Melbourne 67 (3)
2003–2005 Hearts 48 (1)
2005–2009 Leicester City 126 (10)
2009–2013 Leeds United 49 (1)
2013 → Ipswich Town (loan) 3 (0)
2013–2016 Melbourne City[3] 76 (5)
Total 368 (20)
International career
2001 Australia U20 14 (1)
2003–2004 Australia U23 3 (0)
2002–2009 Australia 18 (1)
Managerial career
2016–2017 Melbourne City Youth
2017 Melbourne City Women (assistant)
2017–2018 Melbourne City Women
2018–2020 Melbourne City (assistant)
2020–2022 Melbourne City
2022–2023 Troyes
2024– Melbourne Victory
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's Association football
OFC Nations Cup
Winner 2004 Australia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick Fabio Maxime Kisnorbo (born 24 March 1981) is an Australian professional football manager and former player, who is the current head coach of Melbourne Victory FC. He is also known by his nicknames Paddy and PK.[4] As a player, Kisnorbo was a primarily a centre-back, but also played as a defensive midfielder.[5] He made eighteen appearances for the Australia national team.

Kisnorbo was a fans' favourite at Leicester City, accumulating over 100 appearances in his four years at the club.[6] 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.[7][8] 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 two years at Leeds, Kisnorbo wore a headband bandage when playing football as 'a superstition' after initially wearing it following a head injury suffered on his Leeds debut.[9][10]

  1. ^ "China 0–0 Australia" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. 26 March 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Patrick Kisnorbo – International Footballer & Australian Socceroo". Viking Protein Supplements. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  3. ^ the team was known as Melbourne Heart prior to 2014
  4. ^ "Sparkling Leeds Hit Hull For Four". Leeds United A.F.C. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Patrick Kisnorbo profile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference How Patrick Kisnorbo went from being terrace target to Leicester City fans' favourite was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kisnorbo to avoid ban was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Foxes succeed in Kisnorbo appeal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Wobschall, Leon (14 May 2011). "Leeds United: It was just great to be back – Kisnorbo INTERVIEW – Latest Whites News". Yorkshire Evening Post. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  10. ^ "Leeds United: I have unfinished business – Kisnorbo INTERVIEW – Latest Whites News". Yorkshire Evening Post. Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.