Engin Mitre | |
Fullname: | Engin Alberto Mitre |
Birth Date: | 16 October 1981 |
Birth Place: | Panama City, Panama |
Currentclub: | Chorrillo |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 1998–2008 |
Caps1: | 175 |
Goals1: | 41 |
Years2: | 2009–2012 |
Clubs2: | Chorrillo |
Caps2: | 70 |
Goals2: | 14 |
Years3: | 2013–2015 |
Years4: | 2015– |
Clubs4: | Chorrillo |
Nationalyears1: | 2004–2007 |
Nationalteam1: | Panama |
Nationalcaps1: | 34 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 31 July 2006 |
Ntupdate: | 10 September 2006 |
Engin Alberto Mitre (born 16 October 1981) is a Panamanian football midfielder who currently plays for Chorrillo in the Liga Profesional de Fútbol.
Nicknamed el Doctor, Mitre started his career at hometown club Plaza Amador and joined Chorrillo in December 2008.[1]
In June 2015 he missed out on promotion to the LPF after his team SUNTRACS lost the Panamanian Second Division championship decider to Atlético Nacional.[2] He subsequently returned to Chorrillo and the LPF.[3]
Mitre made his debut for the Panama national football team in January 2004 against El Salvador and has earned a total of 34 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country in 11 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and was a member of the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup team, who finished second in the tournament[4] and he also played at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[5]
His final international was a June 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against the United States.
A qualified doctor, Mitre joined the medical staff of the Panama U-17 team for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico.[6] He has his own clinic in Paraiso, San Miguelito District.
His father Carlos Alberto Mitre also played for Panama in the 1970s.[7]