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Since 1985 to 1988, Raymond Xuereb held Malta's record for international goals
Scored one hat-trick in international matches

Football player Raymond Xuereb

Raymond Xuereb

Born on 22 September 1952, Marsa (age 72)

National team appearances of Raymond Xuereb

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Malta	1971 - 1985	45		7	6	6	1	0.133
Total:		45		7	6	6	1	0.133

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Floriana FC, Furjana	08 Dec 1971 - 15 Nov 1981	33		5	3	2		0.061
Ħamrun Spartans FC, Ħamrun	14 Oct 1982 - 21 Apr 1985	12		2	3	4	1	0.333

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Sub. in

Sub. off

Goals

Pen.

Goals/ Caps

European Championship qualifiers (QE)

13

1

2

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

15

3

2

1

0.067

Friendly matches and other tournaments

17

3

2

5

1

0.294

Total:

45

7

6

6

1

0.133

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
8 Dec 1971	Algeria	debut	19 years 2 months 16 days
28 Sep 1973	Canada*	first goal	21 years 6 days
3 Apr 1985	Jordan	record for goal scoring (held up to 7 Feb 1988); first hat-trick	32 years 6 months 12 days
21 Apr 1985	Czechoslovakia	last appearance	32 years 6 months 30 days

Record of Raymond Xuereb's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Jordan	3	1	1			1		3.000	1	3.000
Canada*	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
West Germany	1		1	1				1.000	5	0.200
Tunisia	1		1	1				1.000	5	0.200
(+) other teams									33
Total:	6	1	4	3	0	1	0	1.500	45	0.133

Record of national team matches played by Raymond Xuereb

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Malta football team	45	7	7	31	28	123	23.4

Raymond Xuereb's international caps

as player of Floriana FC, Furjana:

debut age - 19 years 2 months 16 days

1

08 Dec 1971 14:45 (+1:00)

Gżira, The Stadium

1-1

Malta vs Algeria

Friendly International

substituted off, ?′

2

15 Oct 1972 13:30 (+1:00)

Gothenburg, Ullevi Stadion

7-0

Sweden vs Malta

1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 1

3

25 Nov 1972 14:30 (+1:00)

Gżira, The Stadium

0-2

Malta vs Austria

1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 1

age when scoring first goal - 21 years 6 days

4

28 Sep 1973 15:30 (+2:00)

Gżira, The Stadium

2-0

Malta vs Canada*

Friendly International

1х

goal

substituted in, 46′

5

11 Nov 1973 14:30 (+1:00)

Gżira, The Stadium

1-2

Malta vs Sweden

1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 1

substituted in, 63′

6

04 Sep 1974

Tripoli, June 11 Stadium

0-0

Libyan Revolution 5th Anniversary Tournament

substituted in, ?′

7

22 Dec 1974 14:30 (+1:00)

Gżira, The Stadium

0-1

Malta vs West Germany

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 8

8

23 Feb 1975 15:30 (+1:00)

Gżira, The Stadium

2-0

Malta vs Greece

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 8

9

04 Jun 1975 20:00 (+3:00)

Thessaloniki, Stadium Toumpas (P.A.O.K.)

4-0

Greece vs Malta

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 8

10

11 Jun 1975 19:30 (+2:00)

Sofia, National Stadium Vasil Levski

5-0

Bulgaria vs Malta

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 8

substituted in, 68′

11

28 Feb 1976 15:30 (+1:00)

Dortmund, Westfalenstadion

8-0

West Germany vs Malta

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 8

12

10 Mar 1976 16:15 (+1:00)

Gżira, The Stadium

2-2

Friendly International

13

31 Oct 1976 14:30 (+2:00)

Izmir, İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu

4-0

Turkey vs Malta

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

14

24 Nov 1976 14:45 (+1:00)

Gżira, The Stadium

1-1

Malta vs Tunisia

Friendly International

15

05 Dec 1976 14:30 (+1:00)

Gżira, The Stadium

0-1

Malta vs Austria

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

substituted off, 75′

16

05 Mar 1977

Tunis, Stade Olympique El Menzah

0-1

Tunisia vs Malta

Friendly International

1х

goal

17

02 Apr 1977 16:00 (+1:00)

Gżira, The Stadium

0-1

Malta vs East Germany

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

18

30 Apr 1977 15:00 (+1:00)

Salzburg, Lehener Stadion

9-0

Austria vs Malta

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

19

06 Sep 1977 20:45 (+2:00)

Tunis, Stade Chédly Zouiten

2-1

Tunisia vs Malta

Friendly International

20

29 Oct 1977 14:00 (+1:00)

Potsdam, Karl Liebknecht Stadion (KarLi), Babelsberg

9-0

East Germany vs Malta

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

21

14 May 1978 17:30 (+2:00)

Tripoli

1-0

Friendly International

22

25 Oct 1978 19:30 (+1:00)

Wrexham, The Racecourse

7-0

UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying, Group 7

23

25 Feb 1979 14:30 (+1:00)

Gżira, The Stadium

0-0

Malta vs West Germany

UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying, Group 7

24

18 Mar 1979 15:30 (+4:00)

Izmir, İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu

2-1

Turkey vs Malta

UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying, Group 7

25

02 Jun 1979 18:00 (+2:00)

Gżira, The Stadium

0-2

UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying, Group 7

26

28 Oct 1979 15:00 (+1:00)

Gżira, The Stadium

1-2

Malta vs Turkey

UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying, Group 7

substituted off, 90′

27

04 Apr 1981 16:00 (+2:00)

Gżira, The Stadium

1-2

Malta vs East Germany

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7

substituted in, 46′

28

14 Jun 1981

Jeonju, Jeonju World Cup Stadium

1-1

Liechtenstein* vs Malta

President`s Cup 1981

29

18 Jun 1981

Daegu, Daegu Civic Stadium

0-1

Indonesia vs Malta

President`s Cup 1981

30

22 Jun 1981

Daegu, Daegu Civic Stadium

0-2

Thailand vs Malta

President`s Cup 1981

31

24 Oct 1981 15:00 (+1:00)

Tunis, Stade Chédly Zouiten

0-1

Tunisia vs Malta

Friendly International

32

11 Nov 1981 17:00 (+1:00)

Jena, Ernst Abbe Sportfeld

5-1

East Germany vs Malta

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7

33

15 Nov 1981 12:00 (+1:00)

Wrocław, Stadion Olimpijski

6-0

Poland vs Malta

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7

as player of Ħamrun Spartans FC, Ħamrun:

34

14 Oct 1982 18:30 (+2:00)

Sofia, National Stadium Vasil Levski

7-0

Bulgaria vs Malta

Friendly International

35

19 Dec 1982 15:00 (+1:00)

Aachen, Tivoli Stadion

0-6

Malta vs Netherlands

UEFA Euro 1984 Qualifying, Group 7

substituted off, 32′

36

01 Feb 1983 15:30 (+1:00)

Marsa, Marsa Stadium

1-2

Malta vs Tunisia

Friendly International

37

30 Mar 1983 17:00 (+2:00)

Attard, Ta`Qali National Stadium

0-1

Malta vs Rep. of Ireland

UEFA Euro 1984 Qualifying, Group 7

38

05 Jun 1983 17:00

Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur

1-0

Iceland vs Malta

UEFA Euro 1984 Qualifying, Group 7

39

09 Oct 1983

Tripoli, June 11 Stadium

4-0

Friendly International

substituted off, ?′

40

05 Dec 1984 14:30 (+1:00)

Attard, Ta`Qali National Stadium

1-2

Malta vs Italy*

Friendly International

substituted in, 46′

complete list

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Raymond Xuereb's most often teammates

John Holland (1974 - 1985) - 39 games
Edwin Farrugia (1973 - 1983) - 29 games
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