Steve Borg
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 15 May 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Mosta, Malta | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Valletta | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2009 | Mosta | ||
2009–2015 | Valletta | 113 | (7) |
2015–2016 | Aris Limassol | 28 | (1) |
2016–2020 | Valletta | 91 | (6) |
2020– | Gzira United | ||
International career‡ | |||
2011– | Malta | 48 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019 |
Steve Borg (born 15 May 1988 in Mosta, Malta) is a footballer who currently plays for Maltese Premier League side Gzira United and the Malta national football team, where he plays as a defender.
Club career
Mosta
In 2005, he signed for local Maltese outfit Mosta. He played there until 2009.[1]
Valletta and Aris Limassol
In 2009, he signed with one of the most successful clubs in Malta, Valletta.[2] In six years he won three Maltese Premier League titles (2010-11, 2011-12, 2013-14) and two Maltese FA Cups (2009–10 and 2013–14).
After a short spell in the Cypriot team Aris Limassol, in 2016 he came back to Valletta, where he spent four more years, winning two more Maltese titles (2017-18 and 2018-19) and another Maltese Cup (2017–18).
Gzira United
In 2020 he signed a five-years contract with the Maltese Premier League team Gzira United[3]. In the same year he received the award as Maltese Player of the Year, for his performances with Valletta in the previous season[4].
Honours
Valletta
- Maltese Premier League: 2010-11, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2017-18, 2018-19
- Maltese Cup: 2009–10, 2013–14, 2017–18
- Maltese Super Cup: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018
- Individual
International career
On 7 October 2011 he made his debut for the Malta national football team in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying rounds against Latvia and then 4 days later also played against Israel.[5]
International goals
- Scores and results list Malta's goal tally first.[1]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 22 March 2019 | Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta | Faroe Islands | 2–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
References
- ^ a b Steve Borg at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/steve-borg/
- ^ Camilleri, Valhmor (5 June 2020). "Updated: Gżira sign defender Steve Borg". Times of Malta. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Steve Borg named MFA Player of the Year". Times of Malta. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/steve-borg/4/
- Use dmy dates from November 2011
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Maltese footballers
- Maltese expatriate footballers
- Malta international footballers
- Mosta F.C. players
- Valletta F.C. players
- Aris Limassol FC players
- Maltese Premier League players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Maltese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- People from Mosta
- Association football central defenders