Luke Dimech

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Personal information
Luke Dimech

Full name	Luke Dimech
Date of birth	January 11, 1977 (age 30)
Place of birth	Floriana, Malta
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Marsaxlokk
Number	66
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-2001 2002 2003 2003-2005 2005-2006 2006-	Sliema Wanderers Shamrock Rovers Birkirkara Mansfield Town Chester City Marsaxlokk	133 (3) 16 (0) 10 (0) 45 (1) 30 (0) 0 (0)
National team²
1999-	Malta	47 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 31, 2007). ² National team caps and goals correct as of March 31, 2007). * Appearances (Goals)

Luke Dimech (born January 11, 1977 in Floriana, Malta) is an professional footballer currently playing for Maltese Football League side Marsaxlokk, where he plays as a defender.

Dimech began his career playing for Sliema Wanderers where he spent seven seasons and establishing himself in the national team in 1999, in total Dimech made 133 appearances and scored three times during his time at the club.

After many impressive displays Luke moved to Ireland to join Shamrock Rovers but the move didn't work out for Dimech and after just one season, making 16 appearances Luke found himself back in Malta joining up with Birkirkara in 2003.

Another good season in the Maltese League saw Luke on the move again, this time he joined English side Mansfield Town in August 2003. Luke enjoyed some impressive displays and spent two seasons with Mansfield Town making 45 appearances and scoring once, before moving onto another English club, Chester City on a free in July 2005 on a one year contract.

Luke was a regular in the heart of the Chester City defence and made 30 appearances during the 2005/2006 but due to financial difficulties they where forced to release a fair majority of their squad and Dimech was one of the unlucky ones.

Dimech has now returned back in his homeland joining Marsaxlokk in 2006 in time for the new season, in which he was also elected as captain. He is also still very much a major part of the Malta national team setup.

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Marsaxlokk F.C. - Current Squad
1 Gauci \| 3 Mamo \| 4 Pulucino \| 5 Bogdanovic \| 6 Wellman \| 7 Sammut \| 8 Doda \| 9 Licari \| 10 Schembri \| 11 Sciberras \| 11 Nwoko \| 14 Magro \| 16 Mamo \| 17 Templeman \| 18 Pace \| 19 Garci \| 20 Bajada \| 23 Haber \| 26 Frendo \| 27 Tellus \| 66 Dimech \| 74 Debono \| Manager: Talbot