Maria Farrugia

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Maria Farrugia
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Maria Farrugia in 2022
Personal information
Full name Maria Farrugia
Date of birth (2001-01-09) 9 January 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Gozo, Malta
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Lewes
Number 10
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2022 Sunderland 56 (20)
2022–2023 Durham 27 (0)
2023– Lewes 23 (3)
International career‡
2016–2017 Malta U17 6 (3)
2018 Malta U19 3 (0)
2019– Malta 42 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 April 2020

Maria Farrugia (born 9 January 2001) is a Maltese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lewes in the English FA Women's Championship and for the Malta women's national team.

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Club career

Growing up on the island of Gozo, Farrugia began playing football at the age of four. She would play on boys' teams until the U15 level. At the age of 11, she was selected to join the Malta Football Association Academy in Valletta, having to take the ferry to commute from Gozo to the main island. [1]

After graduating from the National Sport School, Malta, she moved to the UK, where she began training with Sunderland AFC's Foundation of Light. [2] In 2019, she signed with Sunderland AFC Ladies, making her debut with the club in mid-February 2019, in a Northern Premier Division loss to Blackburn. [3]

In July 2021, she signed a one-year extension with Sunderland. [4] She was named the FA Women's Championship Player of the Week for the first week of the 2021–22 season. [5]

After departing Sunderland, Farrugia joined Durham. [6]

At the end of June 2023 Lewes FC Women announced that she would be joining their team. [7] She won the goal of the month for January 2024 with Lewes FC women.

International career

Farrugia has been capped for the Malta national team, appearing for the team during the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying cycle. [8]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 November 2019 Centenary Stadium, Ta'Qali, Malta Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1–01–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
2.21 September 2021Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–22–2 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3.6 September 2022 Camp FSCG, Podgorica, Montenegro Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 1–02–0
4.27 October 2023Centenary Stadium, Ta'Qali, MaltaFlag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 4–05–0 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League

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References

  1. ↑ "Malta's Rapid Rise". 19 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Scholar Maria delighted to sign for Sunderland AFC Ladies". 18 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Farrugia eager to make most of Sunderland AFC opportunity".
  4. ↑ "Maltese midfielder Farrugia signs new Sunderland deal". 7 July 2021.
  5. ↑ @FAWomensChamp (1 September 2021). "As voted for by you... The #FAWC Gameweek One Player of the Week goes to Maria Farrugia of @SAFCLadies! 👏" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ↑ Lia, Gianluca (8 August 2022). "Maria Farrugia moves to Championship side Durham Women FC". Times of Malta .
  7. ↑ "Farrugia signs – Lewes Community Football Club". lewesfc.com. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Malta – Squad – UEFA Women's Euro". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations . Retrieved 31 August 2019.


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