Zach Muscat

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Zach Muscat
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Muscat with Birkirkara in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-08-22) 22 August 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth St Julian's, Malta
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) [1]
Position(s) Right back [2]
Team information
Current team
 Farense
Number 6
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2012 Pietà Hotspurs
2012–2016 Birkirkara 100 (8)
2016 Akragas 17 (0)
2016–2018 Arezzo 45 (0)
2018–2019 Pistoiese 17 (0)
2019 → Olhanense (loan) 12 (0)
2019–2020 Olhanense 15 (0)
2020–2022 Casa Pia 56 (7)
2022– Farense 43 (5)
International career‡
2014– Malta 64 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2024

Zach Muscat (born 22 August 1993) is a Maltese professional footballer who plays as a right back for Portuguese club Farense and the Malta national team.

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Club career

Muscat has played club football for Pietà Hotspurs, Birkirkara and Akragas. [2] [3] He moved to Arezzo in June 2016. [4]

On 28 June 2018, Muscat signed a two-year contract with Pistoiese. [5] On 31 January 2019, he moved to Portuguese club Olhanense on loan until the end of the season. [6] He played just one game for Pistoiese in the 2019–20 season after returning from loan before on 1 September 2019 his contract was dissolved by mutual consent, [7] and he returned to Olhanense on a permanent basis, before signing for Casa Pia. [3]

He signed for Farense in August 2022. [8]

International

He made his international debut for Malta in 2014. [2]

International goals

Scores and results list Malta's goal tally first. [2]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 June 2017 Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, Austria Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1–01–0 Friendly
2.11 October 2021 AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Cyprus Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1–12-2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.12 June 2022 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 1–01–0 UEFA Nations League

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References

  1. ↑ "Profile" (in Italian). S.S. Akragas Città dei Templi. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Zach Muscat". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 Zach Muscat at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Zach Muscat in amaranto" (in Italian). U.S. Arezzo. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Un altro grande colpo arancione: in difesa arriva Zach Muscat" (in Italian). U.S. Pistoiese 1921. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Zach Muscat va in prestito all'Olhanense" (in Italian). Pistoiese. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Rescissione consensuale con Muscat" (Press release) (in Italian). Pistoiese. 1 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Malta defender Zach Muscat joins Portuguese club SC Farense". Times of Malta.
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