Matthew Guillaumier
{{short description|Maltese footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Matthew Guillaumier
| fullname = Matthew Guillaumier{{Soccerway|matthew-guillaumier/330705}}
| image =
| caption =
| height = 1.83 m
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|4|9}}{{Cite web|last=UEFA.com|title=Matthew Guillaumier - Malta - UEFA Nations League|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/teams/players/250069811--matthew-guillaumier/|access-date=2020-11-15|website=UEFA|language=en}}
| birth_place = Sliema, Malta{{Cite web|title=Malta - M. Guillaumier - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/matthew-guillaumier/330705/|access-date=2020-11-15|website=int.soccerway.com}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Stal Mielec
| clubnumber = 6
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2013
| youthclubs1 = St. Andrews
| youthyears2 = 2013–2015
| youthclubs2 = Empoli
| years1 = 2013
| clubs1 = St. Andrews
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2015–2016
| clubs2 = St. Andrews
| caps2 = 16
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2016–2020
| clubs3 = Birkirkara
| caps3 = 75
| goals3 = 5
| years4 = 2020–2023
| clubs4 = Ħamrun Spartans
| caps4 = 55
| goals4 = 6
| years5 = 2022
| clubs5 = → Siena (loan)
| caps5 = 12
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2023–
| clubs6 = Stal Mielec
| caps6 = 56
| goals6 = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2014
| nationalteam1 = Malta U17
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2014–2016
| nationalteam2 = Malta U19
| nationalcaps2 = 9
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| nationalyears3 = 2015–2018
| nationalteam3 = Malta U21
| nationalcaps3 = 15
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2019–
| nationalteam4 = Malta
| nationalcaps4 = 44
| nationalgoals4 = 3
| pcupdate = 16:42, 22 March 2025 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 16:42, 22 March 2025 (UTC)
}}
Matthew Guillaumier ({{IPA|mt|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.{{WorldFootball.net|matthew-guillaumier}}
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 regularly in the year prior.{{cite news |url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130919/football/Luxol-starlet-Guillaumier-joins-Empoli.486787 |title=Luxol starlet Guillaumier joins Empoli |publisher=Times of Malta |date=19 September 2013 |access-date=23 March 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323170612/https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130919/football/Luxol-starlet-Guillaumier-joins-Empoli.486787 |archive-date=23 March 2019}}
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.{{cite news |last=Mizzi |first=Ivan |url=https://www.birkirkarafc.com/news.php?id=3824 |title=Matthew Guillaumier joins Birkirkara FC |publisher=Birkirkara F.C. |date=11 January 2016 |access-date=23 March 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323170821/https://www.birkirkarafc.com/news.php?id=3824 |archive-date=23 March 2019}} On the 29 September 2020 he moved to Ħamrun Spartans for a record fee in Malta of €300,000.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-29|title=Matthew Guillaumier is officially a Hamrun Spartans player|url=https://www.maltafootball.com/2020/09/29/matthew-guillaumier-is-officially-a-hamrun-spartans-player/|access-date=2020-09-30|website=maltafootball.com|language=en-GB}} In the same season, after winning his first Maltese Premier League title,{{Cite news|title=Ħamrun Spartans declared as Malta champions as MFA halt Premier League|url=https://sportsdesk.com.mt/2021/04/09/hamrun-spartans-declared-as-malta-champions-as-mfa-halt-premier-league/|last=Camilleri|first=Valhmor|date=2021-04-09|access-date=2021-07-21|work=SportsDesk}} he received the award as Maltese Player of the Year.{{Cite news|title=Guillaumier named Player of the Year|url=https://sportsdesk.com.mt/2021/07/21/guillaumier-named-player-of-the-year/|last=Camilleri|first=Valhmor|date=2021-07-21|access-date=2021-07-21|work=SportsDesk}}
On 31 January 2022, Guillaumier joined Siena in the Italian third-tier Serie C on loan with an option to buy.{{cite press release|publisher=Siena|url=https://www.acnsiena.it/notizie/il-nazionale-maltese-guillaumier-in-prestito-con-diritto-di-riscatto/|title=Il Nazionale maltese Guillaumier in prestito con diritto di riscatto|date=31 January 2022|access-date=31 January 2022|language=it}}
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.{{cite web |title=Matthiew Guillaumier a member of PGE FKS Stala Mielec |url=https://stalmielec.com/en/matthiew-guillaumier-a-member-of-pge-fks-stala-mielec/ |publisher=Stal Mielec |language=en |date=13 July 2023}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.birkirkarafc.com/player.php?id=282 |title=Matthew Guillaumier's Profile |publisher=Birkirkara F.C. |access-date=23 March 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323170924/https://www.birkirkarafc.com/player.php?id=282 |archive-date=23 March 2019}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=30609 |title=Matthew Guillaumier |website=EU-Football.info |access-date=23 March 2019}} The match was Malta's first competitive home win, as well as their first UEFA European Championship qualifying win, since October 2006.{{cite news |last=Camilleri |first=Valhmor |url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20190323/football/gutsy-malta-see-off-faroes.705331 |title=Gutsy Malta see off Faroe Islands |publisher=Times of Malta |date=23 March 2019 |access-date=23 March 2019 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/news/0253-0d81ee34e4ab-0fbbb93667ef-1000--euro-2020-qualifying-spain-italy-open-with-victories/ |title=EURO 2020 qualifying: Spain, Italy open with victories |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=23 March 2019 |access-date=23 March 2019}}
Career statistics
=== Club ===
{{updated|match played 15 March 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Maltese FA Trophy, Polish Cup}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|St. Andrews
|0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16
|16 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| rowspan="7"|Birkirkara
|Maltese Premier League |12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17
|Maltese Premier League |21 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 5{{efn|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League|name=EU}} | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18
|Maltese Premier League |11 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 2 | |||
| 2018–19
|Maltese Premier League |16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20
|Maltese Premier League |13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21
|Maltese Premier League |2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!75 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 86 | 6 | |
| rowspan="4"|Ħamrun Spartans
|Maltese Premier League |19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22
|Maltese Premier League |11 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23
|Maltese Premier League |25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8{{efn|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League|name=EC}} | 4 | 36 | 9 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!55 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 68 | 11 | |
| Siena (loan)
|12 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Stal Mielec
|33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 36 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25
|Ekstraklasa |23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!56 | 3 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 59 | 3 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!214 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 242 | 20 |
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=International=
{{updated|match played 21 March 2025|}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="7"|Malta
|2019 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 43 | 3 |
:Scores and results list Malta's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Guillaumier goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Matthew Guillaumier | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center"|1 | 17 November 2020 | National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta | {{fb|FRO}} | style="text-align:center"|1–0 | style="text-align:center"|1–1 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League |
| style="text-align:center"|2 | 5 June 2022 | San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino | {{fb|SMR}} | style="text-align:center"|2–0 | style="text-align:center"|2–0 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League |
| style="text-align:center"|3 | 21 March 2024 | National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta | {{fb|SLO}} | style="text-align:center"|1–1 | style="text-align:center"|2–2 | Friendly |
Honours
Ħamrun Spartans
Individual
References
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External links
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{{Stal Mielec squad}}
{{Maltese Player of the Year}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guillaumier, Matthew}}
Category:Maltese men's footballers
Category:Malta men's youth international footballers
Category:Malta men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Malta men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:St. Andrews F.C. (Malta) players
Category:Birkirkara F.C. players
Category:Hamrun Spartans F.C. players
Category:Maltese Premier League players
Category:Maltese expatriate men's footballers
Category:Maltese expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Category:Maltese expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
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