Ylenia Carabott

Ylenia Carabott (born 2 March 1989) is a Maltese football forward who plays for Women's National League Southern Premier Division side Gillingham. During her time in Malta with Hibernians, she won the top scorer award for 9 times and in 8 consecutive seasons.[1] She also finished runner up in the best player award in 3 seasons and was also nominated for the Malta Sports Woman of the year where she finished with the top 5.

Ylenia Carabott
Personal information
Full name Ylenia Carabott
Date of birth (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989
Place of birth Floriana, Malta
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Gillingham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2018 Hibernians 237 (328)
2018–2019 Birkirkara 24 (14)
2019–2020 Chievo Verona 11 (2)
2020–2021 Charleroi 11 (1)
2021–2022 Keynsham Town 14 (0)
International career‡
2007– Malta 86 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:09, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:09, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

Club career

In her home country Carabott has played for Raiders, Hibernians and Birkirkara, winning a series of league and cup titles.[2]

Outside of Malta she has had spells with Swedish sides Alby FF and Ange IF, and Italian Serie B side Chievo. In August 2020 she signed for Belgian First Division team Charleroi.[2]

In September 2021, Carabott joined English club Keynsham Town, but failed to score in 14 league appearances for the side as they were relegated from the National League Southern Premier Division.[3][4][5] In July 2022 she signed for Gillingham of the National League Southern Premier Division.[6]

Honours

Hibernians

  • Maltese Women's League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16[7]
  • Malta Women's Knock Out: 2005–06, 2014–15, 2015–16[1]
  • Malta Women's Super Cup: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17[1]

Birkirkara

Individual

  • Maltese Women's League Top Scorer: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–2010, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17[1]

See also

References
  1. "Hibernians Women F.C. – Honours". Welcome to Hibernians F.C. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  2. Lia, Gianluca (3 August 2020). "Ylenia Carabott joins Belgium's top-flight RCSC Charleroi". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  3. "Malta international Carabott to join English side Keynsham Town LFC". Times of Malta. 21 September 2021.
  4. "Table | Southern Premier Division | The FA Women's National League". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  5. "Ylenia Carabott player stats | The FA Women's National League". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  6. Lia, Gianluca (7 July 2022). "Malta international Ylenia Carabott agrees to join Gillingham Women". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  7. "Women's Football". maltafootball.com. 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2022-07-31.


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