George Mallia

George Mallia is a retired professional footballer who last played for Maltese Premier League side Qormi FC as a midfielder.

Playing career

George made his debut with Sliema Wanderers in the Maltese Premier League in the season 1995–1996. In the season 1998-1999 he joined Floriana. In 2002-2003 he joined Birkirkara and became one of the best players on the team. At the end of the 2009–2010 season with Birkirkara FC, he signed a deal with Qormi FC. George is a national team regular player and has also played at all levels with the Youth National Team.

Mallia made his international debut in 1997, while he was still playing for Sliema. He earned himself 62 caps, and has scored a total of 6 goals for the Malta national football team. He is remembered for his fantastic goal against Moldova, where the game ended 1-1, as well as an away goal against Denmark. In an August 2005 friendly against Northern Ireland Mallia had an injury time penalty saved by Maik Taylor; had he scored it would have given Malta an unlikely win.

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 February 2000	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta		1–0	1–1	Rothmans Tournament
2.	6 June 2001	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark		1–0	1–2	2002 World Cup qualifier
3	13 February 2002	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta		1–0	3–0	Rothmans Tournament
4	13 February 2002	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta		2–0	3–0	Rothmans Tournament
5.	24 March 2007	Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova		1–0	1–1	Euro 2008 qualifier