Michael Mifsud

Sliema Wanderers

Born in Pietà, Mifsud is a youth product of Sliema Wanderers. He made his debut during the 1997–98 season. In his first season, Mifsud made six appearances and scored once, helping Sliema Wanderers to a third-place finish in the Maltese Premier League. The 1998–99 season saw Mifsud make the breakthrough and become a first-team regular. He was quickly becoming one of the hottest properties in Maltese football. He made 23 appearances and scored eight goals, as Sliema Wanderers again recorded a third-place finish in the Maltese Premier League. Mifsud's form the previous season led to a trial with English giants Manchester United in July 1999. However, the trial did not lead to a permanent move and Mifsud returned to Sliema Wanderers for the 1999–2000 season. The failure to secure the move to Manchester United did not affect Mifsud, who was in fine goalscoring form for Sliema Wanderers, netting 21 times in 28 outings. The club finished in fourth position in the Maltese Premier League that season. With interest in Mifsud growing, the 2000–01 season proved to be his last with the club. Mifsud helped the club to a second-place finish in the Maltese Premier League, making 25 appearances and scoring an impressive 20 goals.

Kaiserslautern

His form earned him his first call-up to the national team, and this alerted the Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern to his potential and he signed for the club in the summer of 2001. He was a regular scorer with…

Mifsud made his first appearance under Josip Ilić's Malta national team on 10 February 2000 against Albania in the National Stadium, Ta' Qali. He is considered as one of the most prominent players Malta has ever produced. He was instrumental in Malta's victory against Hungary in the Euro 2008 qualifiers, the country's first competitive home victory since 1982. On 27 March 2008, Mifsud scored five goals for Malta in a 7–1 friendly win over Liechtenstein, completing a hat-trick within just 21 minutes of the kickoff. On 3 March 2010, he surpassed Carmel Busuttil's goalscoring record with the national team, as Mifsud hit the back of the net for Malta in an exhibition match against Finland, which finished in a 1–2 loss for the locals. Mifsud also scored the winning goal (1–0) in Malta's first away win in a World Cup qualifier in many years, against Armenia, on 7 June 2013. On 11 October 2013, Mifsud gained his 100th cap for Malta, in a match against the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic won 4–1, with Mifsud scoring Malta's only goal. On 11 November 2020, Mifsud played his last match and scored his last goal in Malta's victory in a friendly against Liechtenstein.

Club

As of 5 August 2021

International

Scores and results list Malta's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mifsud goal.

Valletta

Maltese Premier League: 2011–12, 2015–16, 2017–18 Maltese FA Trophy: 2009–10 Maltese Super Cup: 2011, 2012