Raymond Xuereb

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Raymond Xuereb
Personnel
Surname Raymond Xuereb
birthday September 22, 1952
place of birth Malta
position Midfield / storm
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1969-1981 FC Floriana
1982-1988 Ħamrun Spartans
1988-1990 Naxxar Lions
1990-1991 Montpellier HSC
1991-1992 Olympique Marseille
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1971-1985 Malta 43 (6)
1 Only league games are given.

Raymond Xuereb [ ʃuɜɾɜb ] (* 22. September 1952 ) is a former Maltese football - striker , who is also in midfield acted.

Career

Xuereb played for FC Floriana from 1969 to 1981 , with whom he won seven national titles and was Malta's top scorer three times and was Footballer of the Year in 1977. From 1982 to 1988 he played for Hamrun Spartans, where he also won seven titles.

After the stopover at Naxxar Lions, he dared to move abroad to HSC Montpellier in 1990 , with whom he won the French Cup in 1991 . In 1991/92 he played for Olympique Marseille , where he won the French championship . Then he ended his career.

Xuereb played for the Maltese national team from 1971 to 1985 , where he played 44 international matches and scored six goals. His first match (1: 1 against Algeria in Gżira) ended as well as his last (0: 0 against Czechoslovakia in Valletta ) surprisingly a draw.

successes

  • French champion 1992 (Marseille)
  • French cup winner 1991 (Montpellier)
  • Malta's Footballer of the Year 1977
  • 7 × Maltese champion (1970, 1973, 1975, 1977 with Floriana Valletta; 1983, 1987, 1988 with Hamrun Spartans)
  • 7 × Maltese Cup winners (1972, 1976, 1981 with Floriana Valletta; 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988 with Hamrun Spartans)
  • 3 × top scorer of the Maltese Premier League (1971, 1975, 1977, always as a player of Floriana)

Others

His brother George Xuereb (* 1953) came as a midfielder to 30 international matches and three goals between 1976 and 1985. At George's debut, the brothers played together for the first time in the national team, and at Hamrun Spartans they were part of the squad for six years. Unlike his brother, Georg Xuereb only played for Maltese clubs.

literature

  • Michael Horn: Lexicon of international soccer stars. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89533-466-9 .
personal data
SURNAME Xuereb, Raymond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Maltese soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1952