George Mallia Explained

George Mallia (born 10 October 1978 in Sliema, Malta) is a retired professional footballer who last played for Maltese Premier League side Qormi FC as a midfielder.

Playing career

George made his debut with Sliema Wanderers in the Maltese Premier League in the season 1995–1996. In the season 1998-1999 he joined Floriana. In 2002-2003 he joined Birkirkara and became one of the best players on the team. At the end of the 2009–2010 season with Birkirkara FC (where he won the Maltese Premier League for the second time with Birkirkara), he signed a deal with Qormi FC. George is a national team regular player and has also played at all levels with the Youth National Team.

International career

Mallia made his international debut in 1997, while he was still playing for Sliema. He earned himself 62 caps, and has scored a total of 6 goals for the Malta national football team. He is remembered for his fantastic goal against Moldova, where the game ended 1-1 (away), as well as an away goal against Denmark. In an August 2005 friendly against Northern Ireland Mallia had an injury time penalty saved by Maik Taylor; had he scored it would have given Malta an unlikely win.^[1]

Season	Team	Matches	Goals
1995 - 1996	Sliema Wanderers	4	0
1996 - 1997	Sliema Wanderers	21	8
1997 - 1998	Sliema Wanderers	19	3
1998 - 1999	Floriana	17	3
1999 - 2000	Floriana	16	2
2000 - 2001	Floriana	25	2
2001 - 2002	Floriana	26	2
2002 - 2003	Birkirkara	26	8
2003 - 2004	Birkirkara	17	3
2004 - 2005	Birkirkara	25	2
2005 - 2006	Birkirkara	22	4
2006 - 2007	Birkirkara	27	3
2007 - 2008	Birkirkara	2	0
2008 - 2009	Birkirkara		4
2009 - 2010	Birkirkara		4
2010 - 2011	Qormi	19	3

International goals

Scores and results list Malta's goal tally first.^{[2] [3]}

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 February 2000	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta		align=center	1–0	align=center	1–1	Rothmans Tournament
2.	6 June 2001	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark		align=center	1–0	align=center	1–2	2002 World Cup qualifier
3	13 February 2002	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta		1–0	3–0	Rothmans Tournament
4				2–0
5.	24 March 2007	Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova		align=center	1–0	align=center	1–1	Euro 2008 qualifier

External links

• George Mallia at MaltaFootball.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Malta 1-1 Northern Ireland . . 17 August 2005 . 15 September 2015.
2. Web site: Match log for George Mallia. eu-football.info. 5 November 2022.
3. Web site: Malta held as Moldova rally. uefa.com. 24 March 2007. 5 November 2022.