{{short description|German footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mirko Boland | image = Mirko Boland ADL.jpg | upright = 0.8 | caption = Boland with Adelaide United | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|4|23}} | birth_place = Wesel, West Germany | height = 1.74 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = SV Todesfelde | clubnumber = 31 | youthyears1 = 1992–2002 | youthclubs1 = SV Rees | youthyears2 = 2002–2004 | youthclubs2 = Schalke 04 | youthyears3 = 2004–2006 | youthclubs3 = MSV Duisburg | years1 = 2006–2009 | clubs1 = MSV Duisburg II | caps1 = 74 | goals1 = 8 | years2 = 2008–2009 | clubs2 = MSV Duisburg | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2009–2018 | clubs3 = Eintracht Braunschweig | caps3 = 293 | goals3 = 28 | years4 = 2018–2020 | clubs4 = Adelaide United | caps4 = 18 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2020–2024 | clubs5 = VfB Lübeck | caps5 = 129 | goals5 = 14 | years6 = 2024– | clubs6 = SV Todesfelde | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0 | club-update = 22 May 2024 }}
'''Mirko Boland''' (born 23 April 1987) is a German professional footballer who plays for Regionalliga Nord club SV Todesfelde as a midfielder.<ref>{{Kicker|mirko-boland}}</ref>
==Career== Boland grew up in the Lower Rhine region, North Rhine-Westphalia,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/emmerich/sport/gaensehaut-bei-der-bundesliga-premiere_aid-15156319|title=Gänsehaut bei der Bundesliga-Premiere|last=Himmelberg|first=Volker|work=Rheinische Post|publisher=Rheinische Post Verlagsgesellschaft mbH |date=12 August 2013|accessdate=23 July 2018|language=de}}</ref> and played youth football for SV Rees,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fupa.net/berichte/einer-von-uns-mirko-boland-133797.html|title=Einer von uns: Mirko Boland | work=fupa.net | language = German |accessdate=20 March 2014}}</ref> FC Schalke 04 and MSV Duisburg. After initially representing the club's reserve team he signed his first professional contract in 2008 with Duisburg.
After failing to break into Duisburg's first team during the 2008–09 season, Boland transferred to 3. Liga club Eintracht Braunschweig during the winter break. Since then he has become a regular starter in Braunschweig's midfield, appearing in over 150 games since 2009. In 2011, he and Eintracht Braunschweig won promotion back into the 2. Bundesliga, followed by promotion into the Bundesliga in 2013.
In July 2018, free agent Boland joined A-League side Adelaide United on a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |title=Adelaide United sign experienced German midfielder |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/adelaide-united-sign-experienced-german-midfielder-498804 |website=Australian FourFourTwo |accessdate=21 July 2018 |archive-date=21 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721133321/https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/adelaide-united-sign-experienced-german-midfielder-498804 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Boland suffered a hamstring strain on 11 November 2018 in a match against Perth Glory which could sideline him for up to six weeks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/football/a-league/teams/adelaide/mirko-boland-fears-the-worst-after-injuring-hamstring-in-20-loss-to-perth-glory-at-hindmarsh/news-story/bc14680a4ec2684e74a0e2997ffb1c77?login=1|title=Adelaidenow.com.au {{!}} Subscribe to The Advertiser for exclusive stories|website=www.adelaidenow.com.au|language=en|access-date=15 November 2018}}</ref>
In March 2020, it was announced Boland would be return to Germany in summer 2020 to join VfB Lübeck, having agreed a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reds confirm Boland’s departure |url=https://www.a-league.com.au/news/reds-confirm-bolands-departure |website=Hyundai A-League |accessdate=17 March 2020 |date=16 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=VfB Lübeck verpflichtet Mirko Boland |url=https://www.ndr.de/sport/fussball/VfB-Luebeck-verpflichtet-Mirko-Boland-,boland124.html |website=NDR.de |accessdate=17 March 2020 |language=German |date=15 March 2020}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|17 July 2024}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Mirko Boland » Club matches|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe19092/mirko-boland/club-matches/|access-date=6 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=M. Boland|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mirko-boland/57682/|accessdate=6 June 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup{{efn|Includes DFB-Pokal}} !colspan="2"|Other{{efn|Includes Bundesliga relegation playoffs, A-League finals}} !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="11"|Eintracht Braunschweig |2008–09 |rowspan="3"|3. Liga |18||2||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||2 |- |2009–10 |35||3||1||0||colspan="2"|—||36||3 |- |2010–11 |37||3||1||0||colspan="2"|—||38||3 |- |2011–12 |rowspan="2"|2. Bundesliga |32||2||1||0||colspan="2"|—||33||2 |- |2012–13 |30||4||2||1||colspan="2"|—||32||5 |- |2013–14 |Bundesliga |33||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||33||1 |- |2014–15 |rowspan="4"|2. Bundesliga |33||3||3||0||colspan="2"|—||36||3 |- |2015–16 |29||5||2||0||colspan="2"|—||31||5 |- |2016–17 |27||3||1||0||2||0||30||3 |- |2017–18 |19||2||1||0||0||0||20||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !293!!28!!12!!1!!2!!0!!307!!29 |- |rowspan="3"|Adelaide United |2018–19 |rowspan="2"|A-League |13||0||5||2||2||0||20||2 |- |2019–20 |5||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||8||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !18!!0!!8!!2!!2!!0!!28!!2 |- |rowspan="5"|VfB Lübeck |2020–21 |3. Liga |35||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||35||1 |- |2021–22 |rowspan="2"|Regionalliga Nord |28||6||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||6 |- |2022–23 |35||5||2||0||colspan="2"|—||37||5 |- |2023–24 |3. Liga |31||2||1||0||colspan="2"|—||32||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !129!!14!!3!!0!!0!!0!!132!!14 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !440!!42!!23!!3!!4!!0!!467!!45 |}
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==External links== *{{fussballdaten|bolandmirko}}
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