Llywelyn Cremona

Llywelyn Cremona (born 7 May 1995) is a professional footballer currently playing for Maltese Premier League side Gudja United on loan from Birkirkara, where he plays as an attacking Midfielder or second Striker.[1]

Llywelyn Cremona
Personal information
Full name Llywelyn Cremona
Date of birth (1995-05-07) 7 May 1995
Place of birth Pieta, Malta
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Gudja United
(on loan from Birkirkara)
Number 23
Youth career
1999–2011 Valletta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2017 Valletta 97 (7)
2017– Birkirkara 9 (0)
2019– → Gudja United (loan) 9 (0)
National team‡
Malta U17 3 (0)
Malta U19 7 (0)
2014 Malta U21 1 (0)
2015– Malta 2
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 March 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 November 2017

Club career

Cremona was part of the Valletta F.C. youth nursery from 1999 to 2011, playing important part in the capital city youth sides.[2] He made his debut in 2011 for the senior Valletta side, however he was part of the senior squad as from 2007.

During his time as part of the senior Valletta squad, he won 5 honours, 2 of which were a Double, in 2013-14. These were 4 Maltese Premier League trophies in (2007-08, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2015-16) and 1 Maltese FA Trophy: 2013-14.

On 4 July 2017, Birkirkara made a signed Cremona from rivals Valletta.[3][4] Valletta F.C. also confirmed the news on their website.[5] Cremona signed for The Stripes for 3 seasons.[6] Cremona was banned for match-fixing in January 2018 for one year.[7]

When Cremona went back from the suspension in January 2019, he was loaned out to Gudja United for the rest of the season.[8]

International career

Cremona featured in the Malta national under-17 football team and the Malta national under-19 football team. He also featured in the Malta national under-21 football team under Silvio Vella, making his debut on 5 September 2014.

Cremona was called up to the Malta senior national team for the first time on 29 September 2014.[9] He made his official debut on 12 November 2015 under Pietro Ghedin.

Honours

Club

References
  1. Soccerway profile
  2. http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2011-12-02/sports-others/Youth-Football-%E2%80%93-APS%E2%80%88Bank-Under-17-Section-A:-Easy-win-for-Valletta-against-Rabat-302598
  3. https://www.tvm.com.mt/mt/sports/trasferimenti-birkirkara-jissorprendu-hekk-kif-jiffirmaw-lil-llywelyn-cremona/
  4. http://www.birkirkarafc.com/news.php?id=4398
  5. http://www.vallettafc.net/news/llywelyn-cremona-joins-birkirkara-fc
  6. https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20170706/football/Cremona-joins-Birkirkara.652545
  7. Six Malta U-21 players banned for match-fixing, timesofmalta.com, 9 January 2018
  8. MAURIZIO VELLA JOINS BIRKIRKARA, maltafootball.com, 11 January 2019
  9. https://www.tvm.com.mt/mt/sports/nazzjonal-llywelyn-cremona-fl-iskwadra-provizorja/


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