George Mallia

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George Mallia
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Personal information
Date of birth (1978-10-10) 10 October 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Sliema, Malta
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1998 Sliema Wanderers 44 (11)
1998–2002 Floriana 84 (9)
2002–2010 Birkirkara 171 (24)
2010–2011 Qormi 19 (3)
International career
Malta U21 12 (3)
1997–2011 Malta 62 (6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 July 2009
‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 January 2010

George Mallia (born 10 October 1978 in Sliema, Malta) is a retired professional footballer who last played for Maltese Premier League side Qormi FC as a midfielder.

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Playing career

George made his debut with Sliema Wanderers in the Maltese Premier League in the season 1995–1996. In the season 1998-1999 he joined Floriana. In 2002-2003 he joined Birkirkara and became one of the best players on the team. At the end of the 2009–2010 season with Birkirkara FC (where he won the Maltese Premier League for the second time with Birkirkara), he signed a deal with Qormi FC. George is a national team regular player and has also played at all levels with the Youth National Team.

International career

Mallia made his international debut in 1997, while he was still playing for Sliema. He earned himself 62 caps, and has scored a total of 6 goals[ citation needed ] for the Malta national football team. He is remembered for his fantastic goal against Moldova, where the game ended 1-1 (away), as well as an away goal against Denmark. In an August 2005 friendly against Northern Ireland Mallia had an injury time penalty saved by Maik Taylor; had he scored it would have given Malta an unlikely win. [1]

SeasonTeamMatchesGoals
19951996 Sliema Wanderers 40
19961997 Sliema Wanderers 218
19971998 Sliema Wanderers 193
19981999 Floriana 173
19992000 Floriana 162
20002001 Floriana 252
20012002 Floriana 262
20022003 Birkirkara 268
20032004 Birkirkara 173
20042005 Birkirkara 252
20052006 Birkirkara 224
20062007 Birkirkara 273
20072008 Birkirkara 20
20082009 Birkirkara 4
20092010 Birkirkara 4
20102011 Qormi 193

International goals

Scores and results list Malta's goal tally first. [2] [3]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 February 2000 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, MaltaFlag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 1–01–1 Rothmans Tournament
2.6 June 2001 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, DenmarkFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1–01–2 2002 World Cup qualifier
313 February 2002 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, MaltaFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 1–03–0 Rothmans Tournament
42–0
5.24 March 2007 Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, MoldovaFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 1–01–1 Euro 2008 qualifier

References

  1. "Malta 1-1 Northern Ireland". BBC. 17 August 2005. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  2. "Match log for George Mallia". eu-football.info. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  3. "Malta held as Moldova rally". UEFA. 24 March 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2022.