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Haley Bugeja (born 5 May 2004) is a Maltese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Malta women's national team.

Haley Bugeja

Personal information
Full name	Haley Bugeja[1]
Date of birth	(2004-05-05) 5 May 2004 (age 18)[2]
Place of birth	Pietà, Malta
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward[3]
Club information
Current team	Orlando Pride
Number	7
Youth career
	Mġarr United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2020	Mġarr United	29	(52)
2020–2022	Sassuolo	30	(15)
2022–	Orlando Pride	3	(0)
National team‡
2019–2021	Malta U17	6	(0)
2020–	Malta	15	(7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 October 2022

Club career

Mġarr United

Bugeja made her senior club debut at the age of 14 for Maltese Women's League club Mġarr United during the 2018–19 season.[4] She finished the season as the league's top scorer with 26 goals and was named the league's Player of the Year at the Malta FA awards.[5] Bugeja retained her player of the year title the following season although, despite matching her 26 goal total from the previous season, was beaten to the golden boot by Loza Abera of Birkirkara who scored 30.[6][7] Mġarr United finished second to Birkirkara in the league both seasons.

Sassuolo

In July 2020, Bugeja signed a thee-year deal with Italian Serie A club Sassuolo.[8] She made her debut for the club on 5 September 2020, at the age of 16, in Sassuolo's 3–1 win against Napoli. Bugeja scored the first and third goal for her team.[9]

Orlando Pride

On 1 July 2022, it was announced Bugeja had signed for Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) through the end of the 2023 season.[10]

International career

Bugeja won her first senior cap for Malta as a 14-year-old in April 2019, starting a 2–0 friendly defeat by Romania in Bucharest.[11] She scored her first goal in a 2–1 home friendly defeat by Turkey in January 2020.[12] A first competitive goal arrived in March 2020, in a 2–1 home UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying Group B win over Georgia.[13] In November 2020 Bugeja scored a hat-trick in Malta's 4–0 win over the same opponents away from home.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 October 2022.

Club	Season	League			Cup[lower-alpha 1]		Playoffs		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Mġarr United	2018–19[15]	Maltese Women's League	19	26			—		—		19	26
	2019–20[15]		10	26			—		—		10	26
	Total		29	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	52
Sassuolo	2020–21	Serie A	18	12	2	0	—		—		20	12
	2021–22		12	3	2	0	—		1[lower-alpha 2]	0	15	3
	Total		30	15	4	0	0	0	1	0	35	15
Orlando Pride	2022	NWSL	3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
Career total			62	67	4	0	0	0	1	0	67	67

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 6 September 2022.

Year	Malta
	Apps	Goals
2019	2	0
2020	7	6
2021	2	0
2022	4	1
Total	15	7

International goals

As of match played 16 February 2022. Malta score listed first, score column indicates score after each Bugeja goal.

No.	Date	Cap	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 January 2020[12]	4	Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	Turkey	1–1	1–2	Friendly
2	5 March 2020[16]	5	Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	Georgia	2–0	2–1	Euro 2022 qualifying
3	26 November 2020[17]	8	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia	Georgia	1–0	4–0
4					2–0
5					3–0
6	1 December 2020[18]	9	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel	Israel	2–0	2–0
7	16 February 2022[19]	12	Hibernians Stadium, Paola, Malta	Moldova	3–1	3–1	2022 Malta International Tournament

Honours

• Malta FA Women's League Player of the Year: 2018–19, 2019–20
• Maltese Women's League top goalscorer: 2018–19[20]

See also

• List of Malta women's international footballers

References

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Haley Bugeja (Pietà, 5 maggio 2004) è una calciatrice maltese, attaccante del Sassuolo e della nazionale maltese.

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