Haley Bugeja

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Haley Bugeja
Personal information
Full name Haley Bugeja [1]
Date of birth (2004-05-05) 5 May 2004 (age 20) [2]
Place of birth Pietà, Malta
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward [3]
Team information
Current team
 Inter Milan
Number 7
Youth career
Mġarr United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Mġarr United 29 (52)
2020–2022 Sassuolo 30 (15)
2022–2023 Orlando Pride 4 (0)
2023– Inter Milan 22 (4)
International career‡
2019–2021 Malta U17 6 (0)
2020– Malta 31 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 July 2024

Haley Bugeja (born 5 May 2004) is a Maltese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Inter Milan of Serie A and the Malta women's national team.

Contents

Club career

Mġarr United

Bugeja made her senior club debut at the age of 14 for Maltese Women's League club Mġarr United during the 2018–19 season. [4] She finished the season as the league's top scorer with 26 goals and was named the league's Player of the Year at the Malta FA awards. [5] Bugeja retained her player of the year title the following season although, despite matching her 26 goal total from the previous season, she was beaten to the golden boot by Loza Abera of Birkirkara who scored 30. [6] [7] Mġarr United finished second to Birkirkara in the league both seasons.

Sassuolo

In July 2020, Bugeja signed a thee-year deal with Italian Serie A club Sassuolo. [8] She made her debut for the club on 5 September 2020, at the age of 16, in Sassuolo's 3–1 win against Napoli. Bugeja scored the first and third goal for her team on debut for the club. [9]

Orlando Pride

On 1 July 2022, it was announced Bugeja had signed for Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) through the end of the 2023 season. [10] After making five appearances for the Pride across all competitions, the club transferred her on 3 July 2023 for an undisclosed fee to Italian Serie A club Inter Milan. [11]

International career

Bugeja won her first senior cap for Malta as a 14-year-old in April 2019, starting a 2–0 friendly defeat by Romania in Bucharest. [12] She scored her first goal in a 2–1 home friendly defeat by Turkey in January 2020. [13] A first competitive goal arrived in March 2020, in a 2–1 home UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying Group B win over Georgia. [14] In November 2020 Bugeja scored a hat-trick in Malta's 4–0 win over the same opponents away from home. [15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 12 May 2024.
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] PlayoffsOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mġarr United 2018–19 [16] Maltese Women's League 1926——1926
2019–20 [16] 1026——1026
Total29520000002952
Sassuolo 2020–21 Serie A 181220——2012
2021–22 12320—1 [lower-alpha 2] 0153
Total30154000103515
Orlando Pride 2022 NWSL 3000——30
2023 1010——20
Total4010001050
Inter Milan 2023–24 Serie A 22400——224
Career total85715000109171

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 16 July 2024.
Year Malta
AppsGoals
201920
202076
202120
202241
2023911
202471
Total3119

International goals

As of match played 22 February 2024. Malta score listed first, score column indicates score after each Bugeja goal.
No.DateCapVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
117 January 2020 [13] 4 Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, MaltaFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1–11–2 Friendly
25 March 2020 [17] 5 Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, MaltaFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 2–02–1 Euro 2022 qualifying
326 November 2020 [18] 8 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, GeorgiaFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1–04–0
42–0
53–0
61 December 2020 [19] 9 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, IsraelFlag of Israel.svg  Israel 2–02–0
716 February 2022 [20] 12 Hibernians Stadium, Paola, MaltaFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 3–13–1 2022 Malta International Tournament
817 February 2023 [21] 16 Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, MaltaFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1–12–1Friendly
92–1
107 April 2023 [22] 18 Sportland Arena, Tallinn, EstoniaFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1–02–1
1122 September 2023 [23] 19 Sloka Stadium, Jūrmala, LatviaFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1–01–0 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League C
1226 September 2023 [24] 20 Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, MaltaFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 1–02–0
132–0
1427 October 2023 [25] 21 Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, MaltaFlag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 1–05–0
153–0
1431 October 202322 Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, AndorraFlag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 1–03–0
152–0
163–0
1722 February 202425 Tony Bezzina Stadium, Paola, MaltaFlag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 2–02–0 2024 Malta International Tournament

Honours

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References

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  2. ↑ Haley Bugeja at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  3. ↑ Haley Bugeja – UEFA competition record (archive)
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