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Michael Degiorgio - Wikipedia

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Michael Degiorgio
Personal information
Full name	Michael Degiorgio
Date of birth	(1962-11-15) 15 November 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Ħamrun, Malta
Position(s)	Defender, Midfielder
Youth career
	Ħamrun Spartans
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1993	Ħamrun Spartans	213	(32)
1993–1996	Naxxar Lions	47	(8)
1996–1997	Ħamrun Spartans	24	(2)
1997–1999	Naxxar Lions	51	(3)
1999–2000	Lija Athletic	17	(0)
2000–2001	Marsaxlokk	17	(1)
2001–2003	Ħamrun Spartans	8	(0)
Total		377	(46)
International career^‡
1981–1993	Malta	78	(4)
Managerial career
2000–2001	Marsaxlokk
2004–2005	Ħamrun Spartans
2012–	Fgura
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 October 2008

Michael Degiorgio (born 15 November 1962) is a Maltese former professional footballer.

Degiorgio played as a midfielder until the end of his career, when he switched to a central defender.

Degiorgio started his career with Hamrun Spartans and then also played for Naxxar Lions, Lija Athletic and Marsaxlokk. Degiorgio is now managing Fgura.^{[citation needed]}

Early life

Degiorgio was born on 15 November 1962 in Pietà. A product of amateur club Ħamrun Liberty, he started his playing career in the MAFA League.

Ħamrun Spartans

Degiorgio was soon promoted to the Ħamrun Spartans . On 13 October 1979 he substituted Tonio Pace in a league game against Żebbuġ Rangers F.C.

On 10 November 1979 Degiorgio played his first full league game in a 0–0 draw against Floriana. Between 1982 and 1993, the Spartans, with Degiorgia won four championships, six FA Trophy winners' medals, and 20 major trophies.

Degiorgio played for the Spartans against Ballymena United, of Ireland. Ħamrun won both legs 1-0 and 2–1 to reach the second round of the Cup Winners' Cup. In the Champions Cup against Dundee United, he played in all 18 matches in Europe, 10 in the Champions Cup and eight in the Cup Winners' Cup.

In 1989–90, he was named MFA player of the year.

National team

On 4 April 1981 Degiorgio earn his first international cap in a national team game against East Germany . Malta lost 1-2 but Degiorgio's performance earned him a regular place in the National XI.

By his own admission, Degiorgio's best international match was in 1985 against Portugal. The national team lost 3–2, but Degiorgio scored one goal.

Later career

In 1993 Ħamrun transferred Degiorgio to the Naxxar Lions. He then help his new club gain promotion to the Premier Division in Malta. In 1996–97, he returned briefly to Ħamrun but the next year went back to Naxxar for two seasons.

In 1999 to 2000, Degiorgio joined Lija Athletic in the First Division and the next season he went to Marsaxlokk. In 2001–02, Degiorgio returned to Ħamrun. However, a successful protest against his eligibility forced him to stop after playing only one game in the Premier League. The next season he played six matches as a substitute before deciding to retire.

Legacy

Degiorgio was also the first player to be included in the newly established professional scheme for national team players. It was a singular honour for the young midfielder, which continued to enhance his reputation as one of the best Maltese footballers of the modern era.

In a career spanning 23 years, Degiorgio rarely missed a game. Injuries hardly affected him. It was only towards the end of his career that he started to miss matches.

By the end of his career, Degiorgio had played 77 times for Malta.

Career statistics

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 June 1981	Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu, South Korea	Thailand	1–0	2–0	President's Cup 1981
2.	21 December 1983	Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain	Spain	1–1	1–12	UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
3.	12 October 1985	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal	Portugal	2–2	2–3	1986 FIFA World Cup qualifying
4.	28 May 1990	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta	Scotland	1–1	1–2	Friendly
5.	7 June 1991	Seoul Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea	Indonesia	3–0	3–0	President's Cup 1991
Correct as of 22 February 2017

References

^ Michael Degiorgio
^ "Colossal 12–1 win for Spain" (PDF). Times of Malta. Seville. 22 December 1983. Retrieved 23 January 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Michael Degiorgio at MaltaFootball.com
Michael Degiorgio at National-Football-Teams.com

Maltese Player of the Year

1957: Debattista
1958: Nicholl
1957: Bonnici
1958: Cilia
1959: Vella James
1960: L. Theobald
1961: Zammit
1962: L. Borg
1963: Schembri
1964: Cilia
1965: Not awarded
1966: Cocks
1967: E. Theobald
1968: Debono
1969: Privitera
1970: Cini
1971: E. Theobald
1972: Darmanin
1973: Debono
1974: Vassallo
1975: E. Vella
1976: Holland
1977: R. Xuereb
1978: Holland
1979: Ġ. Xuereb
1980: N. Buttigieg
1981: Fabri
1982: Spiteri-Gonzi
1983: Busuttil
1984: C. Muscat
1985: Farrugia
1986: Busuttil
1987: R. Vella
1988: J. Buttigieg
1989: Scerri
1990: Degiorgio
1991: R. Vella
1992: Saliba
1993: Brincat
1994: S. Vella
1995: Woods
1996: Turner
1997: G. Agius
1998: M. Muscat
1999: Saliba
2000: Barry
2001: G. Agius
2002: Mifsud
2003: Turner
2004: Giglio
2005: Cohen
2006: Cohen
2007: Sammut
2008: G. Agius
2009: Failla
2010: Bajada
2011: Briffa
2012: Failla
2013: P. Fenech
2014: R. Fenech
2015: Cohen
2016: Briffa
2017: Kristensen
2018: Cohen
2019: A. Agius
2020: S. Borg
2021: M. Guillaumier

v t e Marsaxlokk F.C. – managers
Azzopardi (1994–95) Briffa (1995–96) Cassar (1996–97) Darmanin (1997) Cutajar (1997–00) Degiorgio (2000–01) Vella (2001–02) Aquilina (2002–03) Kelly (2003–04) Marinov (2004–05) Farrugia (2005–06) Talbot (2006–08) Curmi (2008–11)