List of Malta national football team captains explained
The first Malta captain was Salvinu Schembri who captained Malta in their first official match against Austria on 24 February 1957. Since its first competitive match, more than 300 players have made at least one international appearance for the team. Of them, 32 have served as captain of the national team.[1] The record holder is currently Michael Mifsud with 48.
List of captains
Appearances and goals are composed of FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship matches and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Players are initially listed by number of matches captained, followed by number of international caps attained. If the number of matches captained and the number of caps earned are equal, then the player who captained the national team first is listed first. Statistics correct as of 10 September 2018.
| Player | Malta career | data-sort-type="number" | Caps as captain | data-sort-type="number" | Total caps | data-sort-type="isoDate" | First captaincy | data-sort-type="isoDate" | Last captaincy | |
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1 | | 2000– | 48 | 133 | | | [2] |
2 | | 1984–1994 | 48 | 67 | | | [3] |
3 | | 1974–1987 | 42 | 61 | | | [4] |
4 | | 1982–2001 | 36 | 113 | | | [5] |
5 | | 1993–2009 | 32 | 120 | | | [6] |
6 | | 1987–2005 | 19 | 122 | | | [7] |
7 | | 1986–1998 | 16 | 65 | | | [8] |
8 | | 2006– | 14 | 90 | | | [9] |
9 | | 1988–2000 | 13 | 90 | | | [10] |
10 | | 1996–2009 | 12 | 91 | | | [11] |
11 | | 1966–1978 | 12 | 21 | | | [12] |
12 | | 2003– | 9 | 97 | | | [13] |
13 | | 1970–1977 | 9 | 28 | | | [14] |
14 | | 1984–2000 | 6 | 97 | | | [15] |
15 | | 1999–2013 | 6 | 78 | | | [16] |
16 | | 1957–1972 | 6 | 18 | | | [17] |
17 | | 1987–2004 | 5 | 103 | | | [18] |
18 | | 1969–1977 | 5 | 28 | | | [19] |
19 | | 1957–1962 | 5 | 8 | | | [20] |
20 | | 1994–2005 | 2 | 69 | | | [21] |
21 | | 1988–2001 | 2 | 68 | | | [22] |
22 | | 2003– | 2 | 52 | | | [23] |
23 | | 1957–1958 | 2 | 3 | | | [24] |
24 | | 1957–1958 | 2 | 3 | | | [25] |
25 | | 2004–2016 | 1 | 56 | | | [26] |
26 | | 1982–1991 | 1 | 45 | | | [27] |
27 | | 1960–1977 | 1 | 19 | | | [28] |
28 | | 1969–1977 | 1 | 18 | | | [29] |
29 | | 1976–1983 | 1 | 14 | | | [30] |
30 | | 1957–1964 | 1 | 10 | | | [31] |
31 | | 1962–1970 | 1 | 7 | | | [32] |
32 | | 2007–2008 | 1 | 6 | | | [33] | |
See also
Notes and References
- News: Malta international footballers of all-time (captains) by caps as captain . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Michael Mifsud . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Ray Vella . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: John Holland . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Carmel Busuttil . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Gilbert Agius . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: David Carabott . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Chris Laferla . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: André Schembri . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Silvio Vella . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Brian Said . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Ronnie Cocks . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Roderick Briffa . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Willie Vassallo . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: John Buttigieg . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Luke Dimech . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Joe Cini . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Joe Brincat . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Edward Darmanin . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Lolly Borg . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Jeffrey Chetcuti . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Nicky Saliba . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Gareth Sciberras . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Salvinu Schembri . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Pullu Demanuele . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Justin Haber . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Alex Azzopardi . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Freddie Mizzi . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Louis Arpa . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Mario Schembri . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Joe Cilia . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: John Privitera . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: Josef Mifsud . EU-Football.info . 16 September 2018.