Matthew Guillaumier

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Matthew Guillaumier
Personal information
Full name Matthew Guillaumier[1]
Date of birth (1998-04-09) 9 April 1998 (age 23)[2]
Place of birth Malta[3]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Siena
Youth career
0000–2013 St. Andrews
2013–2015 Empoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 St. Andrews 1 (0)
2015–2016 St. Andrews 16 (0)
2016–2020 Birkirkara 59 (4)
2020- Ħamrun Spartans 30 (2)
2022– → Siena (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2014 Malta U17 6 (0)
2014–2016 Malta U19 9 (2)
2015–2018 Malta U21 15 (1)
2019– Malta 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2020

Matthew Guillaumier (Maltese pronunciation: [ˈɡul:ɐjmɪ:r], born 9 April 1998) is a Maltese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Siena on loan from Ħamrun Spartans and the Malta national team.[4]

Club career[]

Guillaumier began his youth career with St. Andrews at the age of five. On 26 April 2013, he made his debut for the senior team in a First Division match against Gudja United, aged only 15 years and 17 days. In the match he played alongside his uncle, midfielder Joseph Farrugia. In September 2013, after trials with English clubs Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion, he joined the youth academy of Italian club Empoli, with whom he had trained with regularly in the year prior.[5]

In 2015, he returned to St. Andrews, making sixteen appearances in the Maltese Premier League. In January 2016, he moved to Birkirkara on a 4.5-year contract, lasting until 2020.[6] On the 29 September 2020 he moved to Ħamrun Spartans for a record fee in Malta of €300,000.[7] In the same season, after winning his first Maltese Premier League title,[8] he received the award as Maltese Player of the Year.[9]

On 31 January 2022, Guillaumier joined Siena in the Italian third-tier Serie C on loan with an option to buy.[10]

Honours[]

Ħamrun Spartans[]

Winner

Individual

International career[]

Guillaumier was included in the squad of hosts Malta for the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. He appeared in all three matches, with the team eliminated in the group stage.[11] He made his international debut for Malta on 23 March 2019, starting in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying home match against the Faroe Islands, which finished as a 2–1 home win.[12] The match was Malta's first competitive home win, as well as their first UEFA European Championship qualifying win, since October 2006.[13][14]

Career statistics[]

International[]

As of 21 July 2021[12]
Malta
Year Apps Goals
2019 2 0
2020 6 1
2021 3 0
Total 11 1

References[]

  1. ^ Matthew Guillaumier at Soccerway
  2. ^ UEFA.com. "Matthew Guillaumier - Malta - UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Malta - M. Guillaumier - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  4. ^ Matthew Guillaumier at WorldFootball.net
  5. ^ "Luxol starlet Guillaumier joins Empoli". Times of Malta. 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  6. ^ Mizzi, Ivan (11 January 2016). "Matthew Guillaumier joins Birkirkara FC". Birkirkara F.C. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Matthew Guillaumier is officially a Hamrun Spartans player". maltafootball.com. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  8. ^ Camilleri, Valhmor (9 April 2021). "Ħamrun Spartans declared as Malta champions as MFA halt Premier League". SportsDesk. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  9. ^ Camilleri, Valhmor (21 July 2021). "Guillaumier named Player of the Year". SportsDesk. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Il Nazionale maltese Guillaumier in prestito con diritto di riscatto" (Press release) (in Italian). Siena. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Matthew Guillaumier's Profile". Birkirkara F.C. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Matthew Guillaumier". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  13. ^ Camilleri, Valhmor (23 March 2019). "Gutsy Malta see off Faroe Islands". Times of Malta. Retrieved 23 March 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "EURO 2020 qualifying: Spain, Italy open with victories". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.

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