Matthew Guillaumier
Personal information
Full name Matthew Guillaumier[1]
Date of birth (1998-04-09) 9 April 1998[2]
Place of birth Sliema, Malta[3]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Stal Mielec
Number 16
Youth career
0000–2013 St. Andrews
2013–2015 Empoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 St. Andrews 1 (0)
2015–2016 St. Andrews 16 (0)
2016–2020 Birkirkara 75 (5)
2020–2023 Ħamrun Spartans 55 (6)
2022 → Siena (loan) 12 (0)
2023– Stal Mielec 18 (0)
International career‡
2014 Malta U17 6 (0)
2014–2016 Malta U19 9 (2)
2015–2018 Malta U21 15 (1)
2019– Malta 33 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2023

Matthew Guillaumier (Maltese pronunciation: [ˈɡul:ɐjmɪ:r], born 9 April 1998) is a Maltese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polish club Stal Mielec and the Malta national team.[4]

Club career

Guillaumier began his youth career with St. Andrews at the age of five. On 26 April 2013, he made his debut for the senior team in a First Division match against Gudja United, aged only 15 years and 17 days. In the match he played alongside his uncle, midfielder Joseph Farrugia. In September 2013, after trials with English clubs Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion, he joined the youth academy of Italian club Empoli, with whom he had trained with regularly in the year prior.[5]

In 2015, he returned to St. Andrews, making sixteen appearances in the Maltese Premier League. In January 2016, he moved to Birkirkara on a 4.5-year contract, lasting until 2020.[6] On the 29 September 2020 he moved to Ħamrun Spartans for a record fee in Malta of €300,000.[7] In the same season, after winning his first Maltese Premier League title,[8] he received the award as Maltese Player of the Year.[9]

On 31 January 2022, Guillaumier joined Siena in the Italian third-tier Serie C on loan with an option to buy.[10]

On 13 July 2023, Polish Ekstraklasa side Stal Mielec announced the signing of Guillaumier on a two-year deal, with an option for another season.[11]

International career

Guillaumier was included in the squad of hosts Malta for the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. He appeared in all three matches, with the team eliminated in the group stage.[12] He made his international debut for Malta on 23 March 2019, starting in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying home match against the Faroe Islands, which finished as a 2–1 home win.[13] The match was Malta's first competitive home win, as well as their first UEFA European Championship qualifying win, since October 2006.[14][15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 December 2023[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
St. Andrews 2013–14 Maltese First Division 0010—10
2015–16 Maltese Premier League 160——160
Total 1601000170
Birkirkara 2015–16 Maltese Premier League 12020—140
2016–17 Maltese Premier League 211—5[lower-alpha 1]0261
2017–18 Maltese Premier League 112——112
2018–19 Maltese Premier League 16120—181
2019–20 Maltese Premier League 13121—152
2020–21 Maltese Premier League 20——20
Total 7556150866
Ħamrun Spartans 2020–21 Maltese Premier League 19120—211
2021–22 Maltese Premier League 111——111
2022–23 Maltese Premier League 254318[lower-alpha 2]4369
Total 55631846811
Siena (loan) 2021–22 Serie C 120——120
Stal Mielec 2023–24 Ekstraklasa 18030—210
Career total 1761115213420417

International

As of 18 November 2023[13]
Malta
YearAppsGoals
201920
202061
202150
2022101
2023100
Total332

International goals

Scores and results list Malta's goal tally first.

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.17 November 2020National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta Faroe Islands1–01–12020–21 UEFA Nations League
2.5 June 2022San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino2–02–02022–23 UEFA Nations League

Honours

Ħamrun Spartans

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Matthew Guillaumier at Soccerway
  2. ↑ UEFA.com. "Matthew Guillaumier - Malta - UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Malta - M. Guillaumier - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Matthew Guillaumier at WorldFootball.net
  5. ↑ "Luxol starlet Guillaumier joins Empoli". Times of Malta. 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  6. ↑ Mizzi, Ivan (11 January 2016). "Matthew Guillaumier joins Birkirkara FC". Birkirkara F.C. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "Matthew Guillaumier is officially a Hamrun Spartans player". maltafootball.com. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  8. ↑ Camilleri, Valhmor (9 April 2021). "Ħamrun Spartans declared as Malta champions as MFA halt Premier League". SportsDesk. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  9. ↑ Camilleri, Valhmor (21 July 2021). "Guillaumier named Player of the Year". SportsDesk. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Il Nazionale maltese Guillaumier in prestito con diritto di riscatto" (Press release) (in Italian). Siena. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "Matthiew Guillaumier a member of PGE FKS Stala Mielec". Stal Mielec. 13 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Matthew Guillaumier's Profile". Birkirkara F.C. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  13. 1 2 "Matthew Guillaumier". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  14. ↑ Camilleri, Valhmor (23 March 2019). "Gutsy Malta see off Faroe Islands". Times of Malta. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  15. ↑ "EURO 2020 qualifying: Spain, Italy open with victories". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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