James

Vella

CM Gudja United #23

Central Midfield – Midfielder

James Vella

Gudja United Challenge League

#1410 central midfielder aged 22–25

Date of birth / Age: 17 Aug 2002 (24)
Citizenship: Malta
Main position: Central Midfield
Contract until: 2027

Benchmarks

central midfielders with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#4702

central midfielder in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#1410

among central midfielders aged 22–25

In his league

of Challenge League central midfielders rank below him

Finishing

−1.5

goals below expected · better than 20% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

2 Expected

3.5

39 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

1 Expected

1.1

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Season 2024/25

Appearances: 20
Starting eleven: 18
Goals: 0
Assists: 1
Yellow cards: 5
Second yellows: 1
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 1,540

Starting eleven90%

18 of 20 appearances

Minutes played1,540

77 per appearance

Goal involvement1

0 goals · 1 assists

Positions played

59 matches · since 2022/23

LBCFDMAMCM

Position	Apps	G	A
Central Midfield	30	2	0
Attacking Midfield	16	0	0
Defensive Midfield	11	0	1
Centre-Forward	1	0	0
Left-Back	1	0	0

Career stats

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2024/25	Challenge League	Zebbug Rangers	19	18	0	1	4	1	0	1,515
2024/25	FA Trophy	Zebbug Rangers	1	0	0	–	1	–	0	25
2023/24	Challenge League	Zurrieq	21	18	2	0	3	0	0	1,521
2023/24	FA Trophy	Zurrieq	1	0	0	–	1	–	0	16
2022/23	Challenge League	Zurrieq	19	16	0	0	4	0	0	1,380
No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			61	52	2	1^*	13	1^*	0	4,457

By competition	Apps	G	A
Challenge League	59	2	1
FA Trophy	2	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jul 2026 Jul 2026 · Transfer Zebbug Rangers Gudja United Transfer
Jul 2024 Jul 2024 · Transfer Zurrieq Zebbug Rangers Transfer
Aug 2022 Aug 2022 · Free Transfer – Zurrieq Free Transfer Free

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Zebbug Rangers 2024 20 0
Zurrieq 2022–2024 41 2

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