Malcolm Licari (born 18 April 1978 in

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) is a retired professional footballer playing for

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and

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in the

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, where he plays as a striker, and also occasionally as a defender. Malcolm Licari used to be captain of

before his move to Floriana at the end of 2011.Greens buoyed by new signings, new sponsorship deal Club president Said welcomes ‘local lad’ Licari
- Times of Malta During the early stages of his career with

, Malcolm was usually employed as a flank player or forward, but later on during his

career, Licari became primarily a right-sided wingback. He is also a set piece taker, and was often

's a penalty kick taker.

Playing career

Youth career

Malcolm represented

at under 16 level, winning the Malta Football Association's Most Promising U16 Player award in 1993–94. The following season, he had a three-month spell with

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, then went on to play for

Kirkop United Kirkop United Football Club is a Maltese Football team, football club based in Kirkop, Ħal Kirkop, Malta. The club currently plays in the Maltese National Amateur League, Maltese National Amateur League B. They also play in the annual Maltese FA ...

for six months.

Pietà Hotspurs

Malcolm joined

for 1995–96 season. Licari spent the season playing in the youth and reserve teams. In the 1996–97 season, Licari made his

league debut, and almost instantly becoming an automatic choice in the first team. He made 23 appearances during the season, finding the net on seven occasions, helping his team to a 7th-place finish in the

. Malcolm went into the 1997–98 season, hoping to help

to a higher league finish, which the club achieved as

recorded a 6th-place finish in the

, with Licari making 26 appearances and scoring five goals. For the 1998–99 season, Malcolm helped

to a 7th-place finish in the

, making 23 appearances and scoring three goals. Malcolm and

went into the 1999–00 season, again looking to improve on their previous league campaign, and following an impressive season

recorded a creditable 5th-place finish in the

, with Licari making 27 appearances and notching 12 goals. For the 2000–01 season, Malcolm helped

to a 7th-place finish in the

, making 22 appearances and scoring 19 goals. Malcolm went into the 2001–02 season as one of

most valuable players, and his performances helped

to another 7th-place finish in the

. During the season Licari made 22 appearances and scored 12 goals. The 2002–03 season proved to be Malcolm's last as a

player, he helped the club to a 5th-place finish in the

, making 23 appearances and scoring five goals.

Marsaxlokk

Malcolm Licari left

and joined fellow

team

for the 2003–04 season. He helped his new club to a 4th-place finish in the

, making 26 appearances and scoring 8 goals. In Malcolm's second season with

, the club managed to record a 5th-place finish in the

for the 2004–05 season, as Licari made 23 appearances and scored four goals. Licari went into the 2005–06 season, with

slowly improving, the club went on to record their highest finish in their history, as the finished in 3rd position in

, with Malcolm making 22 appearances and scoring four goals. The 2006–07 season was Malcolm's fourth season with

and proved to be the most successful season in his career. During the season, Licari made 26 appearances, and scored one goal, as

were crowned as champions of the

for the first time in the club's history. For the 2007–08

were victims of their own success, and following the previous season's triumph, many of the club's star players moved on to explore different ventures, which left the club short of talent. Licari, however stuck around and despite the club's loss of players, they still managed to record a very creditable 2nd-place finish in the

, with Malcolm making 22 appearances and scoring seven goals. Malcolm went into the 2008–09 season hoping to help

gain some more silverware, however the club had an extremely disappointing start to the season by their own high standards, and only managed to gain a place in the championship pool by beating Msida Saint-Joseph in the final game of the first round. Licari made 25 appearances and scored three goals during the season, and despite the club's extremely disappointing start to the season, they managed to finish the season in 4th position in the

. For the 2009–10 season,

were due to play in the

, however following a guilty verdict on corruption case from the previous season,

were demoted to the

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, despite this Malcolm stayed with the club.

International career

Licari has gained two caps for

Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...

. On 15 August 2001, Malcolm made his international debut for Malta in a

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against

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coming on as a substitute in a 2–0 loss. Licari picked up his second cap on 1 September 2001, in a

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match against

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, again coming on as a substitute, as Malta again lost 2–0.

Honours

Marsaxlokk

Winner * 2006/07

* 2009/10

Runner Up * 2004

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Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 1 August 2009.''

References

External links

Malcolm Licari at MaltaFootball.com
* *
Licari joins Rabat Ajax

Rabat Ajax Player Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Licari, Malcolm 1978 births Living people Maltese men's footballers Pietà Hotspurs F.C. players Marsaxlokk F.C. players Sportspeople from Pietà, Malta Men's association football defenders Men's association football forwards Malta men's youth international footballers Malta men's under-21 international footballers Malta men's international footballers