Haley Bugeja
Haley Bugeja (born 5 May 2004) is a Maltese footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie A club US Sassuolo and the Malta women's national team. Club career. On Saturday, 5 September 2020, at the age of 16, she made her debut in Serie A Femminile in Sassuolo's 3–1 win against Napoli. Bugeja scored the first and third goal for her team. The first one was a gem of individual skill. The second one was a fabulous curving shot in the top corner with her "weaker" foot. Her impressive performance was given a lot  of media attention both in Italy and Malta. Wonderkid Bugeja went on to score another two goals against Fiorentina and Florentia. This also meant that Bugeja scored four goals in her first four matches for the Italian side. 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. She scored her first goal in a 2–1 home friendly defeat by Turkey in January 2020. A first competitive goal arrived in March 2020, in a 2–1 home UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying Group  B win over Georgia. In November 2020 Bugeja scored a hat-trick in Malta's 4–0 win over the same opponents away from home.