Juan Carlos Corbalan

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Juan Corbalan
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Corbalan during Ħamrun Spartans' Premier League Victory celebrations
Personal information
Full name Juan Carlos Corbalan
Date of birth (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
Marsaxlokk
Number 14
Youth career
Balzan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2016 Balzan 6 (0)
2016–2019 Gżira United 87 (6)
2019–2024 Ħamrun Spartans 92 (3)
2025– Marsaxlokk 12 (1)
International career
2012–2014 Malta U17 8 (0)
2015 Malta U19 3 (0)
2016–2018 Malta U21 6 (0)
2018– Malta 29 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:05, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Juan Carlos Corbalan (born 3 March 1997) is a Maltese footballer who plays as a winger for Maltese Premier League club Marsaxlokk. Born in Argentina, he represents Malta at international level.

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Club career

Corbalan started his career within Balzan's youth system, making his debut for the senior team on 24 February 2013 in a 3–1 win against Ħamrun Spartans. [1] In the end of January 2015, he joined the Virtus Lanciano's Primavera squad for a six-month period. [2]

In the summer of 2016, Corbalan joined Gżira United, making his debut in the third game of the 2016–17 season, a 1–0 win against Sliema Wanderers. [3] His first goal in the Premier League came on 22 September, scoring the last goal in a 3–0 win against Pembroke Athleta. [4] Corbalan played for the first time in a European competition, coming on in the last few minutes of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League preliminary round tie against Sant Julià played on 5 July 2017. [5]

In 2019, Corbalan joined Ħamrun Spartans. He made his debut during Ħamrun Spartans' 4-0 victory over Sirens FC. During the 2020/21 season, he won the Maltese Premier League with Ħamrun, his first major honour. He would win the league again during the 2022/23 season and won the Maltese Super Cup during the subsequent season.In the season 2022/23 corbalan was selected with the best 11 of the season as a rwb.

International career

Corbalan was selected as part of the Maltese squad for the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, playing in all three matches in the group stage. [6]

Following appearances with the under-21 team, Corbalan was selected for the first time with the senior team for the matches against Faroe Islands and Azerbaijan as part of the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D. [7] His official debut came in the same competition, in the 1–3 defeat against Kosovo on 11 October 2018. [8]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 8 September 2019 [9]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Malta 201841
201960
Total101

International goals

"Score" represents the score in the match after Corbalan's goal. [9]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
119 November 2018 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Ta' Qali, MaltaFlag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 1–01–1 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D

Honours

Ħamrun

References

  1. "Balzan vs. Hamrun Spartans". Soccerway.com. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  2. "Balzan's Corbalan joins Lanciano". Times of Malta. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  3. "Gzira United vs. Sliema Wanderers". Soccerway.com. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  4. "Gzira United vs. Pembroke Athleta". Soccerway.com. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  5. "Gżira-Sant Julià". UEFA. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  6. "Juan Corbolan". UEFA. Archived from the original on October 15, 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  7. "No surprises in Farrugia's Malta provisional list". Times of Malta. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  8. Lia, Gianluca (11 October 2018). "Leaders Kosovo survive scare to down Malta". Times of Malta. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  9. 1 2 "Corbalan, Juan". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 October 2018.