Tarki Micallef
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| Tarki Micallef | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Constantinous Micallef | |
| Date of birth | January 24, 1961 | |
| Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Cardiff City | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1978-1983 1983-1984 1984 1984-1986 1986-1987 1987-? |
Cardiff City Newport County Gillingham Cardiff City Bristol Rovers Barry Town |
81 (11) 24 (2) 2 (0) 40 (1) 18 (1) ? (?) |
| National team | ||
| Wales U21 | ||
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Constantinous "Tarki" Micallef (born 24 January 1961 in Cardiff) is a former Welsh professional footballer.
[edit] Career
The son of a Greek restaurateur, Micallef was born in the Grangetown area of Cardiff and was a Welsh schoolboy international as a youngster before joining Cardiff City as a trainee, working his way up to the first team, making his debut in December 1978 at the age of seventeen against Sheffield United which was to be his only appearance for the Bluebirds that year. Eventually he established himself in the team during the 1981/82 season but in September 1983 he moved to Newport County as part of a five man swap deal which saw Cardiff players Micallef, John Lewis and Linden Jones move to Newport in exchange for Nigel Vaughan and Karl Elsey.
However he only remained at Newport for one year before joining Gillingham on a short term non-contract basis making two appearances before rejoining Cardiff, only playing a handful of games as they were relegated to the third division. He spent one year at Bristol Rovers before moving to non-league football with Barry Town.
[edit] After football
After retiring from football after leaving Barry Town, Micallef now works as a technician for the Wales National Opera.
He lives in Penylan with his wife Maria and two children, Antonia and Tiago.[1]
