Matthew Ellul is a Maltese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Hibernians and the Malta national under-21 football team[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mathhew Elull[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 May 2002 | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hibernians | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2018-2019 | Hibernians | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019-present | Hibernians | 18 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018-2018 | Malta U16 | ||
| 2018-2018 | Malta U17 | ||
| 2018-2019 | Malta U19 | ||
| 2019-present | Malta U21 | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 June 2023, 14:07 (CEST) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2023, 14:20 (CEST) | |||
Club career edit
Ellul started his youth career at the Hibernians academy when he was 16. He made his senior debut in July 2019.[3] While at Hibernians he played in the Maltese Premier League and scored 1 goal there through his career. Ellul also played in Europe. He played in the Champions League qualifying in the 2021-22 season and the 2022-23 season. In the Europa League qualifying at the 2019-20 season and the 2020-21 season[4]
International career edit
Ellul made his international debut with Malta Under 16 national team at 24 April 2018 against the Andorra Under 16 national team. Ellul played a total of 249 mins (4 hrs 9 mins) with the Malta Under 16 team. Ellul made his debut at Malta under 17 national team at a match against North Macedonia under 17 national team played at 24 August 2018, Ellul played a total of 218 mins (3 hrs 38 mins) with the under-17 team. Ellul made his debut with Malta under 19 national team against Italy Under 19 national team. Ellul hasn't played any minutes with the Under-19 team because of being in the bench all matches. Ellul made his debut for the Malta Under 21 national team at a match played 4 September 2019 against Northern Ireland Under 21 national team. Ellul still plays for Malta Under 21 national team but has currently played a total of 899 minutes (14 hrs 59 mins) for the national team.
Career statistics edit
club edit
Statistics accurate as of match played 21 April 2023.
| Club | Season | League | Maltese Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hibernians | 2019-20 | Maltese Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2022-23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
International edit
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malta Under-16 | 2018 | 4 | 0 |
| Malta Under-17 | 2018 | 4 | 0 |
| Malta Under-19 | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| Malta Under-21 | 2020 | 6 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 0 | |
Honours edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Malta - M.Ellul". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ a b "Matthew Ellul - Worldfootball". worldfootball.net.
- ^ a b "Matthew Ellul – Welcome to Hibernians F.C." hiberniansfc.mt.
- ^ a b "Matthew Ellul - Hiberians - UEFA Champions League 2022/23". uefa.com.