George Mallia
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 October 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Sliema, Malta | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Qormi | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1998 | Sliema Wanderers | 44 | (11) |
1998–2002 | Floriana | 84 | (9) |
2002–2010 | Birkirkara | 171 | (24) |
2010–2011 | Qormi | 19 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
Malta U21 | 12 | (3) | |
1997–2011 | Malta | 62 | (6) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 July 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 January 2010 |
George Mallia (born 10 October 1978 in Sliema, Malta) is a retired professional footballer who last played for Maltese Premier League side Qormi FC as a midfielder.
Playing career[]
George made his debut with Sliema Wanderers in the Maltese Premier League in the season 1995–1996. In the season 1998-1999 he joined Floriana. In 2002-2003 he joined Birkirkara and became one of the best players on the team. At the end of the 2009–2010 season with Birkirkara FC (where he won the Maltese Premier League for the second time with Birkirkara), he signed a deal with Qormi FC. George is a national team regular player and has also played at all levels with the Youth National Team.
International career[]
Mallia made his international debut in 1997, while he was still playing for Sliema. He earned himself 62 caps, and has scored a total of 6 goals for the Malta national football team. He is remembered for his fantastic goal against Moldova, where the game ended 1-1 (away), as well as an away goal against Denmark. In an August 2005 friendly against Northern Ireland Mallia had an injury time penalty saved by Maik Taylor; had he scored it would have given Malta an unlikely win.[1]
Season | Team | Matches | Goals |
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1995–1996 | Sliema Wanderers | 4 | 0 |
1996–1997 | Sliema Wanderers | 21 | 8 |
1997–1998 | Sliema Wanderers | 19 | 3 |
1998–1999 | Floriana | 17 | 3 |
1999–2000 | Floriana | 16 | 2 |
2000–2001 | Floriana | 25 | 2 |
2001–2002 | Floriana | 26 | 2 |
2002–2003 | Birkirkara | 26 | 8 |
2003–2004 | Birkirkara | 17 | 3 |
2004–2005 | Birkirkara | 25 | 2 |
2005–2006 | Birkirkara | 22 | 4 |
2006–2007 | Birkirkara | 27 | 3 |
2007–2008 | Birkirkara | 2 | 0 |
2008–2009 | Birkirkara | 4 | |
2009–2010 | Birkirkara | 4 | |
2010–2011 | Qormi | 19 | 3 |
References[]
- ^ "Malta 1-1 Northern Ireland". BBC. 17 August 2005. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
External links[]
- George Mallia at MaltaFootball.com
- George Mallia at Soccerbase
- George Mallia at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Maltese footballers
- Malta international footballers
- Sliema Wanderers F.C. players
- Floriana F.C. players
- Birkirkara F.C. players
- Qormi F.C. players
- People from Sliema
- Association football midfielders
- Maltese football biography stubs