Zach Muscat

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|name = Zach Muscat

|image = Zach Muscat West Ham Vs Birkrikara (19754838749) (cropped).jpg

|image_size = 200

|caption = Muscat with Birkirkara in 2015

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|8|22|df=y}}

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|position = Right back

|currentclub = Şanlıurfaspor

|clubnumber =

|years1 = 2010–2012

|clubs1 = Pietà Hotspurs

|caps1 =

|goals1 =

|years2 = 2012–2016

|clubs2 = Birkirkara

|caps2 = 100

|goals2 = 8

|years3 = 2016

|clubs3 = Akragas

|caps3 = 17

|goals3 = 0

|years4 = 2016–2018

|clubs4 = Arezzo

|caps4 = 45

|goals4 = 0

|years5 = 2018–2019

|clubs5 = Pistoiese

|caps5 = 17

|goals5 = 0

|years6 = 2019

|clubs6 = → Olhanense (loan)

|caps6 = 12

|goals6 = 0

|years7 = 2019–2020

|clubs7 = Olhanense

|caps7 = 15

|goals7 = 0

|years8 = 2020–2022

|clubs8 = Casa Pia

|caps8 = 56

|goals8 = 7

|years9 = 2022–2024

|clubs9 = Farense

|caps9 = 43

|goals9 = 5

|years10 = 2025–

|clubs10 = Şanlıurfaspor

|caps10 = 1

|goals10 = 0

|nationalyears1 = 2014–

|nationalteam1 = Malta

|nationalcaps1 = 69

|nationalgoals1 = 3

|club-update = 9 February 2025

|ntupdate = 14 June 2024

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Zach Muscat (born 22 August 1993) is a Maltese professional footballer who plays as a right back for Turkish club Şanlıurfaspor and the Malta national team.

Club career

Muscat has played club football for Pietà Hotspurs, Birkirkara and Akragas.{{NFT player|pid=56821|access-date=18 June 2016}}{{soccerway|zach-muscat/134129|accessdate=18 June 2016}} He moved to Arezzo in June 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.usarezzo.it/zach-muscat-in-amaranto/|title=Zach Muscat in amaranto|date=15 June 2016|access-date=18 June 2016|language=it|publisher=U.S. Arezzo}}

On 28 June 2018, Muscat signed a two-year contract with Pistoiese.{{cite web|url=http://www.uspistoiese1921.it/un-altro-grande-colpo-arancione-difesa-arriva-zach-muscat/|title=Un altro grande colpo arancione: in difesa arriva Zach Muscat|date=28 June 2018|access-date=28 June 2018|language=it|publisher=U.S. Pistoiese 1921}} On 31 January 2019, he moved to Portuguese club Olhanense on loan until the end of the season.{{cite web|publisher=Pistoiese|url=http://www.uspistoiese1921.it/zach-muscat-va-prestito-allolhanense/|title=Zach Muscat va in prestito all’Olhanense|date=31 January 2019|access-date=4 February 2019|language=it}} He played just one game for Pistoiese in the 2019–20 season after returning from loan before on 1 September 2019 his contract was dissolved by mutual consent,{{cite press release|publisher=Pistoiese|url=http://www.uspistoiese1921.it/rescissione-consensuale-muscat/|title=Rescissione consensuale con Muscat|date=1 September 2019|language=it}} and he returned to Olhanense on a permanent basis, before signing for Casa Pia.

He signed for Farense in August 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/malta-defender-zach-muscat-joins-portuguese-club-sc-farense.975584|title=Malta defender Zach Muscat joins Portuguese club SC Farense|website=Times of Malta}}

After leaving Farense at the end of the 2023–24 season, Muscat signed for Turkish club Şanlıurfaspor in January 2025,{{Cite web|url=https://www.maltafootball.com/2025/02/05/zach-muscat-joins-sanliurfaspor-in-turkiye/|title=Zach Muscat joins Şanlıurfaspor in Türkiye - maltafootball.com|first=Antoine|last=Busuttil|date=February 5, 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://sport.timesofmalta.com/2025/02/05/malta-defender-zach-muscat-on-the-verge-of-turkeys-sanliurfarspor-move/|title=Malta defender Zach Muscat completes move to Turkey’s Sanliurfarspor|first=Gianluca|last=Lia|date=February 5, 2025|website=SportsDesk}} making his debut later that month.{{Cite web|url=https://sport.timesofmalta.com/2025/02/09/zach-muscat-makes-turkey-debut-in-late-defeat/|title=Zach Muscat makes Turkey debut in late defeat|first=Gianluca|last=Lia|date=February 9, 2025|website=SportsDesk}}

International

He made his international debut for Malta in 2014.

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Malta's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable"
1.	6 June 2017	Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, Austria	{{fb\|UKR}}	align=center\|1–0	align=center\| 1–0	Friendly
2.	11 October 2021	AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Cyprus	{{fb\|CYP}}	align=center\|1–1	align=center\| 2-2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	12 June 2022	National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	{{fb\|SMR}}	align=center\|1–0	align=center\| 1–0	UEFA Nations League