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 30 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 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.
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