Tarki Micallef

Last updated

Tarki Micallef
Personal information
Full name Constantinous Micallef
Date of birth (1961-01-24) 24 January 1961 (age 62)
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Cardiff City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978–1983 Cardiff City 81 (11)
1983–1984 Newport County 24 (2)
1984 Gillingham 2 (0)
1984–1986 Cardiff City 40 (1)
1986–1987 Bristol Rovers 18 (1)
1987–? Barry Town ? (?)
International career
Wales U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Constantinous "Tarki" Micallef (born 24 January 1961) is a Welsh former professional footballer.

Contents

Career

The son of a Greek restaurateur, Micallef was born in the Grangetown area of Cardiff and was a Welsh schoolboy international before joining Cardiff City as a trainee, working his way up to the first team. Micallef made his debut in December 1978 at the age of seventeen against Sheffield United, which was to be his only appearance for the Bluebirds that year. Eventually, he established himself in the team during the 1981–82 season, but moved to Newport County as part of a five-man swap deal (including John Lewis and Linden Jones) in exchange for Nigel Vaughan and Karl Elsey in September 1983.

He remained at Newport for one year before joining Gillingham on a short term non-contract basis, making two appearances before re-joining Cardiff, only playing a handful of games as they were relegated to the Third Division. He spent one year at Bristol Rovers before moving to non-league football with Barry Town.

After football

After retiring from football after leaving Barry Town, Micallef worked as a technician for the Welsh National Opera. In 2006 he lived in Penylan with his wife Maria and two children, Antonia and Tiago. [2]

Related Research Articles

The Cymru Premier, known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Prior to 2002, the league was known as the League of Wales (LoW), but changed its name as part of a sponsorship deal to the Welsh Premier League. The league was rebranded as the Cymru Premier for the 2019–20 season.

Derek Robert Tapscott was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a forward. Tapscott played for Barry Town, Arsenal, Cardiff City, Newport County, Cinderford Town, Haverfordwest County and Carmarthen Town. He also featured for the Welsh national team. Tapscott is Cardiff City's sixth highest goalscorer of all time.

Martyn Giles is a Welsh former professional footballer. He has played for Wales at U17, U19 and semi-professional levels. He is assistant manager of Cymru Premier side Penybont.

Raymond John Bishop is a Welsh former professional footballer. During his career, he played over 150 games in the Football League for Cardiff City, Newport County and Torquay United.

Andrew Legg is a Welsh football manager and former Wales international player.

Gilbert Ivor '"Gil" Reece was a Welsh international footballer. Described by former Wales manager Mike Smith as "a very quick player, sharp and tough", he made over 300 appearances in the Football League during spells with Cardiff City, Sheffield United, Newport County and Swansea City and won 29 caps for Wales.

Roderick John Thomas is a Welsh former professional footballer who represented Wales at international level.

Alfred Thomas Sherwood was a Welsh international footballer. Between 1947 and 1957, he gained a total of 41 caps, the first on his 23rd birthday, against England in 1946.

David Charles Giles is a Welsh former professional footballer and Wales international. During his career he attained 12 caps for Wales, scoring on two occasions.

John Lewis is a former Welsh footballer.

Terence David John Boyle is a Welsh former professional footballer. During his career, he made over 500 appearances in the Football League and made two appearances for the Wales national team in 1981. A centre-half, he was highly regarded by supporters for his strong tackling and uncompromising style.

Lee Jarman is a former Welsh footballer.

Karl William Elsey is a Welsh former professional footballer. His clubs included Swansea City, Queens Park Rangers, Newport County, Cardiff City, Gillingham, Reading and Maidstone United. In total he made over 450 Football League appearances.

Anthony Bird is a Welsh former professional footballer. A striker, he made over 200 appearances in the Football League, scoring 34 goals and represented Wales at under-21 level. He began his career at his home town club Cardiff City but was released by the club in 1996. He joined Welsh Premier League side Barry Town where he developed a reputation as a prolific striker, finishing the 1996–97 season as the league's top scorer and the highest scoring player in any European league with 42 goals. However, he missed out on the European Golden Shoe award due to the newly introduced points system, which awarded the prize to Barcelona forward Ronaldo, who scored 34 goals during the same season.

For the Welsh cricketer see Lyndon Jones.

Terence Evans is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Stephen Alexander Mardenborough is an English former professional footballer who made more than 300 appearances in the Football League.

For the English-born Australian scholar, see Paul Giles (academic).

Colin Arthur Richard Hudson was a Welsh professional footballer. During his career, he made over 150 appearances in the Football League during spells with Newport County, Cardiff City and Brighton & Hove Albion.

Dennis Trevor Peck was a Welsh professional footballer. After playing for Llanelli, he joined Cardiff City in February 1958 where he made his professional debut. He spent six seasons with the club, largely as a reserve, before moving into non-league football with Worcester City and Kettering Town.

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81 . London: Queen Anne Press. p.  114. ISBN   0362020175.
  2. ↑ "Tarki still prepared to go with the flow". South Wales Echo. 28 October 2006. Retrieved 3 February 2008.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.