Andrea Cassar

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Andrea Cassar
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-12-19) 19 December 1992 (age 32) [1]
Place of birth Ħamrun, Malta [2]
Height 5 ft 9.6 in (1.77 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Tarxien Rainbows
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2015 Ħamrun Spartans 19 (0)
2011–2012 → Birkirkara (loan) (0)
2014–2015 → Pembroke Athleta (loan) 14 (0)
2015–2019 Tarxien Rainbows 68 (0)
2019–2021 Floriana 5+ (0)
2021–2022 Marsa (0)
2022–2025 Sirens 46 (0)
2025– Tarxien Rainbows 2 (0)
International career
Malta U19 [1] 3 (0)
–2013 Malta U21 [2] 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 August 2025

Andrea Cassar (born 19 December 1992) is a Maltese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Maltese Premier League club Tarxien Rainbows. [3]

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Club career

Cassar began his career with his hometown club Ħamrun Spartans in 2009 but did not make his debut until 2010. [4] [1] He also spent the end of the 2011–12 season on loan with Birkirkara. [5]

He was approached to match fix a match against Hibernians in February 2013 but he declined twice before he reported the match fixing. [2] In 2014, he was allowed to leave on loan until his contract expired.

Cassar joined Pembroke Athleta on a one-year loan deal valid until 2015 and after his contract with Ħamrun Spartans expired, he joined Tarxien Rainbows. [4] He made 86 appearances for the club between 2015 and 2019. [3]

He joined Floriana in July 2019 on a one-year contract [4] but was sidelined for most of the 2019–20 season before he signed a contract extension until 2021; he left Floriana upon the expiry of his contract in May 2021 after a series of injuries limited his playing time. [6]

He joined Marsa in July 2021, [7] and then he joined Sirens in July 2022. [8] He left Sirens in June 2025.

He rejoined Tarxien Rainbows in June 2025 after they won promotion back to the Maltese Premier League but he suffered a groin injury on the second matchday. [5] [3]

International career

Cassar played for the Malta U19 and U21 teams [1] but as a result of the match fixing, he was no longer called up to the U21 team by February 2013. [2]

Honours

Pembroke Athleta
Floriana

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Andrea Cassar". Sports Pro Malta. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Andrea Cassar: "I lost nearly three years of my life fighting for justice"". FIFPRO. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Lia, Gianluca (27 June 2025). "Newly-promoted Tarxien Rainbows welcome back goalkeeper Andrea Cassar". Times of Malta. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 Busuttil, Antoine (25 June 2019). "Andrea Cassar joins Floriana". Malta Football. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Andrea Cassar". Playmaker Stats. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Goalkeeper Andrea Cassar leaves Floriana FC as his contract expires". Times of Malta. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  7. ↑ Lia, Gianluca (15 June 2021). "Former Tarxien, Floriana goalkeeper Cassar joins Marsa". Times of Malta. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  8. ↑ Camilleri, Valhmor (22 July 2025). "Sirens FC sign goalkeeper Cassar and striker Promise". Times of Malta. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Malta 2014/15". RSSSF.
  10. ↑ "Charges expected against Floriana fans over mass celebration". Times of Malta. 27 May 2020. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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