Haley Bugeja
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Haley Bugeja | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 5 May 2004||
Place of birth | Pietà, Malta | ||
Position(s) | Forward[2] | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Sassuolo | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
20??–2020 | Mġarr United | 53 | (140) |
2020– | Sassuolo | 18 | (12) |
National team‡ | |||
2019– | 6 | (0) | |
2020– | Malta | 5 | (5) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 February 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2020 |
Haley Bugeja (born 5 May 2004) is a Maltese footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie A club US Sassuolo and the Malta women's national team.
Club career[]
On Saturday, 5th September, 2020, at the age of 16, she made her debut in Serie A Femminile in Sassuolo's 3–1 win against Napoli. Bugeja scored the first and third goal for her team. The first one was a gem of individual skill. The second one was a fabulous curving shot in the top corner with her "weaker" foot. Her impressive performance was given a lot of media attention both in Italy and Malta.[3] Wonderkid Bugeja went on to score another two goals against Fiorentina and Florentia.[citation needed] This also meant that Bugeja scored 4 goals in her first 4 matches for the Italian side.
International career[]
Bugeja won her first senior cap for Malta as a 14-year-old in April 2019, starting a 2–0 friendly defeat by Romania in Bucharest.[4] She scored her first goal in a 2–1 home friendly defeat by Turkey in January 2020.[5] A first competitive goal arrived in March 2020, in a 2–1 home UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying Group B win over Georgia.[6] In November 2020 Bugeja scored a hat-trick in Malta's 4–0 win over the same opponents away from home.[7]
International goals[]
- Scores and results list Malta's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bugeja goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 17 January 2020 | Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta | Turkey | 1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly |
2 | 5 March 2020 | Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta | Georgia | 2–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualification |
3 | 26 November 2020 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | Georgia | 0–2 | 0–4 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualification |
4 | 26 November 2020 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | Georgia | 0–4 | 0–4 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualification |
5 | 1 December 2020 | Ramat Gan Stadium, Israel | Israel | 0–2 | 0–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualification |
References[]
- ^ Haley Bugeja at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ Haley Bugeja – UEFA competition record (archive)
- ^ "The Maltese prodigy making waves in Italy". FIFA. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Malta girls lose to Romania despite spirited display". Malta Football Association. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
In this game, coach Gatt handed a debut to Haley Bugeja, who earned a spot in the starting XI
- ^ "Malta women lose narrowly to Turkey in friendly". Times of Malta. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
However, the Maltese women managed to level terms through Haley Bugeja’s curling effort after receiving from Brenda Borg - her first international goal for Malta.
- ^ Lia, Gianluca (5 March 2020). "Superb display earns Malta women win over Georgia". Times of Malta. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "UEFA names football starlet Haley Bugeja as one to watch in 2021". Times of Malta. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Women's association football forwards
- Maltese women's footballers
- Malta women's international footballers
- Malta women's youth international footballers
- Maltese expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate women's footballers in Italy
- U.S. Sassuolo Calcio Femminile players
- Serie A (women's football) players
- Maltese women's football biography stubs