Luke Dimech

Luke Dimech
Personnel
birthday	January 11, 1977
place of birth	Valletta ,  Malta
size	180 cm
position	defender
Juniors
Years	station
	Lincoln City
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1995-2001	Sliema Wanderers	133 (3)
2002	Shamrock Rovers	16 (0)
2003	FC Birkirkara	10 (0)
2003-2005	Mansfield Town	45 (1)
2005-2006	Chester City	30 (0)
2006-2007	Marsaxlokk FC	26 (0)
2007-2008	Macclesfield Town	26 (0)
2008-2010	Valletta FC	47 (2)
2010–2012	AEK Larnaka	43 (0)
2012	FC Mosta	14 (0)
2013-2015	Valletta FC	64 (3)
2015-2016	Sliema Wanderers	24 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1999-2013	Malta	78 (1)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of career

Luke Dimech (born January 11, 1977 in Valletta ) is a former Maltese football player . He played for the Maltese national team .

Club career

His career began in the 1995/96 season with the Sliema Wanderers . This season was the same Maltese champion with the club. During his time in Sliema he was able to establish himself in the national team. In 2002 he went to Dublin to join the Shamrock Rovers , with whom he was able to move into the final of the Irish Cup . Just a year later he went back to Malta for FC Birkirkara . In the summer of 2003, however, he moved abroad again, this time to Mansfield Town in England . At the end of the 2004/05 season he left Mansfield Town and moved to Chester City within England . In the summer of 2006 he moved back to his home country, where he won his second Maltese championship title with his new club, FC Marsaxlokk . After just one season he went back to England at the beginning of the 2007/08 season, this time to Macclesfield Town . Since the 2008/09 season he was back in his home country with the champions of 2008, Valletta FC , under contract. In the following two years he reached the runner-up and the 2010 cup win twice.

In summer 2010 Dimech moved to AEK Larnaka in the Cypriot First Division . There he was a regular in defense. He finished the 2010/11 season with his team in fourth place and qualified for the Europa League . He moved into the group stage with his team. In the following season he could not repeat this success. After two seasons, he returned to Malta in the summer of 2012, where he signed on with FC Mosta . After half a year he moved to Valletta FC. There he was able to win the championship in 2013/14 . In 2015 he joined the Sliema Wanderers, where his career began. He ended his career in 2016.

National team career

On April 28, 1999 he made his debut for the Maltese national team in a home game against Iceland (1: 2) . Since then, he has completed 78 international matches in which he was able to score a goal.

successes

• Maltese master
  • 1995/96 (with Sliema Wanderers )
  • 2006/07 (with FC Marsaxlokk )
  • 2013/14 (with FC Valletta )
• Maltese cup winner
  • 1999/2000 and 2015/16 (with Sliema Wanderers)
  • 2002/03 (with FC Birkirkara )
  • 2009/10 and 2013/14 (with Valletta FC)
• FAI Cup finalist
  • 2001/02 (with Shamrock Rovers )
• UEFA Europa League
  • 2011/12 (group stage with AEK Larnaka )

Web links

• Profile on the Macclesfield Town homepage ( Memento from March 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
• Luke Dimech in the database of soccerbase.com (English)
• Luke Dimech in the database of weltfussball.de
• Luke Dimech in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)