Tonina Dimech

Tonina Dimech
Personal information
Date of birth (1960-12-22) 22 December 1960 (age 63)[1][2]
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper[1][4]
Team information
Current team
 Birkirkara
Number 12
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Melita FC 16 (0)
2002– Birkirkara 148 (0)
International career‡
2003–2010 Malta 8[1] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 February 2020[3]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 June 2010[4]

Tonina "Nina"[5] Dimech (born 22 December 1960) is a Maltese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for First Division club Birkirkara FC. She has played for the Malta women's national team.

Dimech last capped for Malta at senior level during the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 in a 1–5 away loss to Turkey on 11 April 2010,[6] at 49 years, 3 months and 20 days old. She surpassed MacDonald Taylor Sr. as the oldest player (both genders) to appear in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match.

Dimech's most recent league appearance was on 18 February 2020, at 59 years, 1 month and 28 days old.

  1. ^ a b c Tonina Dimech – UEFA competition record (archive)
  2. ^ "BOV Women's League". Malta Football Association. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Player Profile". Birkirkara FC. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b Tonina Dimech at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  5. ^ "We're ready for this challenge, says coach Bajada". Malta Football Association. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Women's World Cup 2011 - Turkey-Malta". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2020.