Maltese footballer
Matthew Guillaumier (Maltese pronunciation: [ˈɡul:ɐjmɪ:r], born 9 April 1998) is a Maltese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polish club Stal Mielec 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]
On 13 July 2023, Polish Ekstraklasa side Stal Mielec announced the signing of Guillaumier on a two-year deal, with an option for another season.[11]
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.[12] 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.[13] The match was Malta's first competitive home win, as well as their first UEFA European Championship qualifying win, since October 2006.[14][15]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 25 May 2024[3]
International
- As of 11 June 2024[13]
- Scores and results list Malta's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Guillaumier goal.
Honours
Ħamrun Spartans
Individual
References
- ^ Matthew Guillaumier at Soccerway
- ^ UEFA.com. "Matthew Guillaumier - Malta - UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Malta - M. Guillaumier - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ Matthew Guillaumier at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Luxol starlet Guillaumier joins Empoli". Times of Malta. 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Matthew Guillaumier is officially a Hamrun Spartans player". maltafootball.com. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ Camilleri, Valhmor (9 April 2021). "Ħamrun Spartans declared as Malta champions as MFA halt Premier League". SportsDesk. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ Camilleri, Valhmor (21 July 2021). "Guillaumier named Player of the Year". SportsDesk. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Il Nazionale maltese Guillaumier in prestito con diritto di riscatto" (Press release) (in Italian). Siena. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Matthiew Guillaumier a member of PGE FKS Stala Mielec". Stal Mielec. 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Matthew Guillaumier's Profile". Birkirkara F.C. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Matthew Guillaumier". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ Camilleri, Valhmor (23 March 2019). "Gutsy Malta see off Faroe Islands". Times of Malta. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "EURO 2020 qualifying: Spain, Italy open with victories". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
External links
- Matthew Guillaumier – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Matthew Guillaumier at National-Football-Teams.com
