Zach Muscat

Zach Muscat

Muscat with Birkirkara in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-08-22) 22 August 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	St Julian's, Malta
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) [1]
Position	Right back [2]
Team information
Current team	Chaves
Number	22
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(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)
2022–2024	Farense	43	(5)
2025	Şanlıurfaspor	15	(1)
2025–	Chaves	0	(0)
International career‡
2014–	Malta	76	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 October 2025

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

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]

After leaving Farense at the end of the 2023–24 season, Muscat signed for Turkish club Şanlıurfaspor in January 2025, ^{[9] [10]} making his debut later that month. ^[11]

In July 2025, he joined Chaves. ^[12]

International career

He made his international debut for Malta on 4 September 2014 against Slovakia, ^[13] and scored his first goal on 6 June 2017, the winner in a 1–0 win against Ukraine. ^[14]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 12 October 2025 ^[2]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Malta	2014	5	0
	2015	7	0
	2016	7	0
	2017	7	1
	2018	4	0
	2019	10	0
	2020	3	0
	2021	7	1
	2022	6	1
	2023	7	0
	2024	7	0
	2025	6	1
Total		76	4

As of match played 9 September 2025

Malta score listed first, score column indicates score after each Muscat goal ^[2]

List of international goals scored by Zach Muscat

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 June 2017	Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, Austria	21	Ukraine	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2	11 October 2021	AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, Cyprus	49	Cyprus	1–1	2–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	12 June 2022	National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	56	San Marino	1–0	1–0	2022–23 UEFA Nations League League D
4	9 September 2025	National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	75	San Marino	2–0	3–1	Friendly

References

1. "Profile" (in Italian). S.S. Akragas Città dei Templi. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
2. "Zach Muscat". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
3. Zach Muscat at Soccerway . Retrieved 18 June 2016.
4. "Zach Muscat in amaranto" (in Italian). U.S. Arezzo. 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
5. "Un altro grande colpo arancione: in difesa arriva Zach Muscat" (in Italian). U.S. Pistoiese 1921. 28 June 2018. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
6. "Zach Muscat va in prestito all'Olhanense" (in Italian). Pistoiese. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
7. "Rescissione consensuale con Muscat" (Press release) (in Italian). Pistoiese. 1 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
8. "Malta defender Zach Muscat joins Portuguese club SC Farense". Times of Malta.
9. Busuttil, Antoine (5 February 2025). "Zach Muscat joins Şanlıurfaspor in Türkiye - maltafootball.com".
10. Lia, Gianluca (5 February 2025). "Malta defender Zach Muscat completes move to Turkey's Sanliurfarspor". SportsDesk.
11. Lia, Gianluca (9 February 2025). "Zach Muscat makes Turkey debut in late defeat". SportsDesk.
12. Lia, Gianluca (7 July 2025). "Malta defender Zach Muscat returns to Portugal, joins second-tier G.D. Chaves". SportsDesk.
13. Azzopardi, Kevin (4 September 2014). "Gritty Malta lose narrowly to Slovakia". Times of Malta.
14. "Brave Malta overcome Ukraine in friendly". Malta Football Association. 6 June 2017.

External links

• Zach Muscat at National-Football-Teams.com
• Zach Muscat – FIFA competition record (archived)