Zach Muscat

Zach Muscat

Muscat with Birkirkara in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-08-22) 22 August 1993 (age 31)
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	43	(5)
International career^‡
2014–	Malta	64	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2024

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. "Zach Muscat". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
3. 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.