Emanuel Farrugia | |
Birth Date: | 1957 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Żabbar, Malta |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | 1977–1985 |
Clubs1: | Valletta |
Years2: | 1987–1989 |
Nationalyears1: | 1977–1985 |
Nationalcaps1: | 29 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Nationalyears2: | 1978–1984 |
Nationalteam2: | Malta XI |
Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 29 June 2024 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 29 June 2024 |
Emanuel Farrugia (born 2 October 1957) is a retired footballer, who represented the Malta national team.
During his career, he played as a defender for Valletta and Sliema Wanderers.
Farrugia made his debut for Malta in a September 1977 friendly match away against Tunisia and earned a total of 32 caps (including 3 unofficial), scoring 1 goal.[1] His final international was a March 1985 World Cup qualification match away against West Germany.[2]
Farrugia and his son Jean Paul were the first father-and-son pair to score for the national team after Jean Paul scored against Slovakia in 2017. Farrugia has worked for the Malta Football Association and was assistant to Edwin Camilleri at the Malta national under-21 football team[3] and to Branko Nišević at the U-19's.[4]