Joe Brincat
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Brincat | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Valletta Malta | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder / Left winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2002 | Birkirkara | ||
| 2002–2006 | Sliema Wanderers | ||
| 2006–2007 | Floriana | ||
| National team | |||
| 1988–2004 | Malta | 101 | (6) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009–2010 | San Gwann | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Joseph Brincat (born 5 March 1970[1]) is a Maltese former international footballer who earned a total of 103 caps for the Maltese national team, scoring five goals.[2] He played for many clubs including Birkirkara FC, Sliema Wanderers, and Floriana.
Joe Brincat is a Hamrun Spartans product and started his career with the club at the age of 17 in the championship winning team of that same year. With the senior squad of Hamrun, Joe Brincat won the MFA Player of the year whilst donning the Hamrun Spartans shirt, while he was a key player in major trophies won by the Hamrun squad at the time, which include the Premier League three times, four times the FA trophy, 5 times the Maltese Super Cup and once the Euro Cup..
International career[]
Brincat played 103 times for the Maltese national football team, scoring five goals. He made his debut way back in October 1987 when the national team, then under coach Gencho Dobrev, played a friendly against England B who won 2–0. He made his last appearance for the Maltese national team in 2004 in a friendly tournament match against Moldova.[3] Brincat is in third place for the all-time list of appearances for the Maltese national team.
Personal life[]
He is married to Rita and has two daughters - Beverly (born 1995) and Mariah (born 1999).[4]
Career statistics[]
International goals[]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 9 June 1991 | Sports Complex, Daejeon, South Korea |  Egypt |
5–2 | Loss | |||||||||
| 2. | 27 November 1991 | Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta |  Libya |
2–0 | Win | Friendly | ||||||||
| 3. | 7 November 1993 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia |  Gabon |
1–2 | Win | Friendly | ||||||||
| 4. | 30 April 1997 | Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta |  Faroe Islands |
1–2 | Loss | 1998 FIFA World Cup qual. | ||||||||
| 5. | 8 February 1998 | Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta |  Latvia |
2–1 | Win | Rothmans Tournament 1998 | ||||||||
| 6. | 2 September 1998 | Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta |  Germany |
1–2 | Loss | Friendly | ||||||||
| Correct as of 22 February 2017[5] | ||||||||||||||
See also[]
References[]
- ^ RSSSF, International Appearances - Trivia
- ^ Maltese Football Association, NATIONAL ‘A’ PLAYERS APPEARANCES Archived 30 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Malta Football, News - February 2004
- ^ Malta Today, Sliema had been courting Brincat for eight years Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Joe Brincat
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