Nils Miatke (born 30 January 1990) is a German

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Energie Cottbus

Miatke was born in Drachhausen. He came up through the youth academy at

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, entering the club's system at the age of 10 and graduating to the senior team at the age of 19. He made his competitive debut for the senior team on 1 August 2009 in a 3–1 away victory over

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in the

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. He made his league debut for the club just eight days later in a 3–1 home victory over

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. He was subbed off for

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in the 87th minute.

Carl Zeiss Jena

In July 2011, Miatke moved to

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club Carl Zeiss Jena. He made his competitive debut for the club on 23 July 2011 in a 3–0 away defeat to Rot-Weiß Erfurt. He scored his first competitive goal for the club on 14 September 2011 in a 2–1 away victory over

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. His goal, scored in the 35th minute, made the score 2–0 to Jena.

Erzgebirge Aue

In July 2012, Miatke signed with

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club

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. On 7 September 2012, Miatke suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament in training. The injury caused him to miss the entire 2012/13 season. He made his competitive debut for the club on 27 July 2013 in a 1–0 home victory over Sandhausen. On 6 March 2015, in the 26th minute of a league match against

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, Miatke was subbed off injured. The injury turned out to be a cruciate ligament and meniscus tear in his right knee. He would miss the remainder of that season and almost all of the following one.

Zwickau

In June 2016, Miatke moved to newly-promoted 3. Liga club

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. He made his competitive debut for the club on 10 August 2016 in a 3–1 away victory over Werder Bremen II. He was subbed off in the 81st minute, being replaced by Christoph Göbel. He scored his first competitive goal for the club on 26 January 2018 in a 2–0 home victory over Sonnenhof Großaspach. His goal, assisted by Bentley Baxter Bahn, was scored in the 22nd minute. On 20 October 2018, Miatke tore the inner band in his knee during training. He was sidelined for six to eight weeks.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miatke, Nils 1990 births Living people People from Spree-Neiße People from Bezirk Cottbus German men's footballers Footballers from Brandenburg Men's association football midfielders 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players FC Energie Cottbus players FC Energie Cottbus II players FC Carl Zeiss Jena players FC Erzgebirge Aue players FSV Zwickau players ZFC Meuselwitz players