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Juan Carlos Corbalan (born 3 March 1997) is a Maltese footballer who plays as a winger for Maltese Premier League club Ħamrun Spartans F.C. and the Malta national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Carlos Corbalan | ||
Date of birth | 3 March 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Malta | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ħamrun Spartans | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Youth career | |||
Balzan | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2016 | Balzan | 6 | (0) |
2016–2019 | Gżira United | 87 | (6) |
2019– | Ħamrun Spartans | 79 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
Malta U17 | |||
Malta U21 | |||
2018– | Malta | 24 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 April 2024 |
Corbalan started his career within Balzan's youth system, making his debut for the senior team on 24 February 2013 in a 3–1 win against Ħamrun Spartans.[1] In the end of January 2015, he joined the Virtus Lanciano's Primavera squad for a six-month period.[2]
In the summer of 2016, Corbalan joined Gżira United, making his debut in the third game of the 2016–17 season, a 1–0 win against Sliema Wanderers.[3] His first goal in the Premier League came on 22 September, scoring the last goal in a 3–0 win against Pembroke Athleta.[4] Corbalan played for the first time in a European competition, coming on in the last few minutes of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League preliminary round tie against Sant Julià played on 5 July 2017.[5]
In 2019, Corbalan joined Ħamrun Spartans. He made his debut during Ħamrun Spartans' 4-0 victory over Sirens FC. During the 2020/21 season, he won the Maltese Premier League with Ħamrun, his first major honour. He would win the league again during the 2022/23 season and won the Maltese Super Cup during the subsequent season.
Corbalan was selected as part of the Maltese squad for the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, playing in all three matches in the group stage.[6]
Following appearances with the under-21 team, Corbalan was selected for the first time with the senior team for the matches against Faroe Islands and Azerbaijan as part of the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D.[7] His official debut came in the same competition, in the 1–3 defeat against Kosovo on 11 October 2018.[8]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Malta | 2018 | 4 | 1 |
2019 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 10 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 19 November 2018 | National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Ta' Qali, Malta | Faroe Islands | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D |
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