Llywelyn Cremona
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 May 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Pietà, Malta | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Valletta | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2011 | Valletta | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2017 | Valletta | 97 | (7) |
| 2017–2020 | Birkirkara | 9 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Gudja United (loan) | 36 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Gudja United | 24 | (3) |
| 2022– | Valletta | 11 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Malta U17 | 3 | (0) | |
| Malta U19 | 7 | (0) | |
| 2014 | Malta U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2015– | Malta | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:03, 4 June 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:03, 4 June 2023 (UTC) | |||
Llywelyn Cremona (born 7 May 1995) is a Maltese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or second striker for Maltese Premier League side Valletta.[1]
Club career
[edit]Cremona was part of the Valletta F.C. youth nursery from 1999 to 2011, playing important part in the capital city youth sides.[2] He made his debut in 2011 for the senior Valletta side, however he was part of the senior squad as from 2007.
During his time as part of the senior Valletta squad, he won 5 honours, 2 of which were a Double, in 2013–14. These were 4 Maltese Premier League trophies in (2007-08, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2015-16) and 1 Maltese FA Trophy: 2013-14.
On 4 July 2017, Birkirkara made a signed Cremona from rivals Valletta.[3][4] Valletta F.C. also confirmed the news on their website.[5] Cremona signed for The Stripes for 3 seasons.[6] Cremona was banned for match-fixing in January 2018 for one year.[7]
When Cremona went back from the suspension in January 2019, he was loaned out to Gudja United for the rest of the season.[8]
International career
[edit]Cremona featured in the Malta national under-17 football team and the Malta national under-19 football team. He also featured in the Malta national under-21 football team under Silvio Vella, making his debut on 5 September 2014.
Cremona was called up to the Malta senior national team for the first time on 29 September 2014.[9] He made his official debut on 12 November 2015 under Pietro Ghedin.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Soccerway profile
- ^ http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2011-12-02/sports-others/Youth-Football-%E2%80%93-APS%E2%80%88Bank-Under-17-Section-A:-Easy-win-for-Valletta-against-Rabat-302598
- ^ "Trasferimenti: Birkirkara jissorprendu hekk kif jiffirmaw lil Llywelyn Cremona - TVM".
- ^ "Birkirkara FC - News".
- ^ "Llywelyn Cremona joins Birkirkara FC".
- ^ "Cremona joins Birkirkara".
- ^ Six Malta U-21 players banned for match-fixing, timesofmalta.com, 9 January 2018
- ^ MAURIZIO VELLA JOINS BIRKIRKARA, maltafootball.com, 11 January 2019
- ^ "Nazzjonal: Llywelyn Cremona fl-iskwadra proviżorja - TVM".
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Maltese men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Birkirkara F.C. players
- Valletta F.C. players
- Maltese Premier League players
- Gudja United F.C. players
- Malta men's youth international footballers
- Malta men's under-21 international footballers
- Malta men's international footballers