Matthew Guillaumier

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

Matthew Guillaumier
Personal information
Full name Matthew Guillaumier[1]
Date of birth (1998-04-09) 9 April 1998[2]
Place of birth Malta[3]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hamrun Spartans F.C.
Number 5
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- Hamrun Spartans
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 22:52, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2020

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 Hamrun Spartans for a record fee in Malta of 300,000 euros.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9] The match was Malta's first competitive home win, as well as their first UEFA European Championship qualifying win, since October 2006.[10][11]

Career statistics

International
As of 23 March 2019[9]
Malta
YearAppsGoals
201910
Total10

References
  1. "Malta - M. Guillaumier - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  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. "Matthew Guillaumier's Profile". Birkirkara F.C. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  9. "Matthew Guillaumier". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  10. Camilleri, Valhmor (23 March 2019). "Gutsy Malta see off Faroe Islands". Times of Malta. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  11. "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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