Charles Scerri

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Charles Scerri
Personal information
Full name Charles Scerri
Date of birth (1964-04-29) 29 April 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Qormi, Malta
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980–1983 Floriana 19 (0)
1983–1985 Rabat Ajax 27 (5)
1985-1986 Sliema Wanderers 14 (3)
1986–1999 Hibernians 223 (41)
2000–2001 Ħamrun Spartans 15 (6)
2001 Qormi 8 (0)
2001–2002 Luxol St. Andrews 10 (4)
Total316(59)
International career
Malta U18
1985–1994 Malta 63 (3)
1987–1988 Malta XI 2 (0)
Managerial career
2009 Malta U17
2010-2012 Qormi (assistant)
2012 Malta U17 (assistant)
2019 Malta U19 (assistant)
2021-2022 Malta U15 (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 August 2009

Charles Scerri or Charles Xerri, (born 29 April 1964 in Malta) is a retired footballer and former manager of the Malta Under 17 side. He later assisted Stephen Azzopardi at Qormi [1] and Winston Muscat at the Malta U-19s. [2]

Contents

Born in Qormi, Scerri played for Floriana, Rabat Ajax, Sliema Wanderers, Hibernians, Hamrun Spartans, Qormi and St. Andrews. [3] Throughout his career Charlie played as a midfielder. He was voted Maltese footballer of the year in the 1988/89 season. [4]

International career

Scerri made his debut for Malta in an October 1985 World Cup qualification match away against Portugal and earned a total of 65 caps (2 unofficial), scoring 3 goals. [5] His final international was a December 1994 European Championship qualification match against Norway. [6]

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 February 1990 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1–11–1 Friendly
27 June 1991 Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2–03–0 Friendly
319 April 1994 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 5–05–0 Friendly

Honours

Rabat Ajax
1985
Hibernians
1994, 1995
1998

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