Zach Muscat

Maltese footballer
Zach Muscat
Muscat with Birkirkara in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-08-22) 22 August 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth St Julian's, Malta
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back[2]
Team information
Current team
 Farense
Number 6
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Pietà Hotspurs
2012–2016 Birkirkara 100 (8)
2016 Akragas 17 (0)
2016–2018 Arezzo 45 (0)
2018–2019 Pistoiese 17 (0)
2019 → Olhanense (loan) 12 (0)
2019–2020 Olhanense 15 (0)
2020–2022 Casa Pia 56 (7)
2022– Farense 21 (3)
International career‡
2014– Malta 54 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:14, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:44, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Zach Muscat (born 22 August 1993) is a Maltese professional footballer who plays as a right back for Portuguese club Farense and the Malta national team.

Club career

Muscat has played club football for Pietà Hotspurs, Birkirkara and Akragas.[2][3] He moved to Arezzo in June 2016.[4]

On 28 June 2018, Muscat signed a two-year contract with Pistoiese.[5] On 31 January 2019, he moved to Portuguese club Olhanense on loan until the end of the season.[6] He played just one game for Pistoiese in the 2019–20 season after returning from loan before on 1 September 2019 his contract was dissolved by mutual consent,[7] and he returned to Olhanense on a permanent basis, before signing for Casa Pia.[3]

He signed for Farense in August 2022.[8]

International

He made his international debut for Malta in 2014.[2]

International goals

Scores and results list Malta's goal tally first.[2]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 June 2017 Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, Austria  Ukraine 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2. 11 October 2021 AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Cyprus  Cyprus 1–1 2-2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 12 June 2022 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta  San Marino 1–0 1–0 UEFA Nations League

References

  1. ^ "Profile" (in Italian). S.S. Akragas Città dei Templi. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Zach Muscat". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b Zach Muscat at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Zach Muscat in amaranto" (in Italian). U.S. Arezzo. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Un altro grande colpo arancione: in difesa arriva Zach Muscat" (in Italian). U.S. Pistoiese 1921. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Zach Muscat va in prestito all'Olhanense" (in Italian). Pistoiese. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Rescissione consensuale con Muscat" (Press release) (in Italian). Pistoiese. 1 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Malta defender Zach Muscat joins Portuguese club SC Farense". Times of Malta.
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