Frank Temile
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frank Temile | ||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Birkirkara F.C. | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Covenant Lagos | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2007 | Shooting Stars | ||
| 2007–2008 | Valletta | 20 | (10) |
| 2008– | FC Dynamo Kyiv | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | → FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2011 | → PFC Olexandria (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2012 | → FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2013 | – Birkirkara F.C. | 1 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2008-06-06. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Frank Temile (born 15 July 1990) is a Nigerian footballer who currently plays for Birkirkara F.C. in the Maltese Premier League. He plays as a striker.
Playing career
Covenant Lagos
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Frank Temile began his football career in his native Nigeria where he began with Covenant Lagos.
Shooting Stars
Temile joined leading Nigerian Premier League side Shooting Stars where he played the 2006–07 season with the club.
Valletta
Following some impressive displays for Shooting Stars, Frank gained a move to Valletta, where he was allocated the number 14 shirt. He was chosen as the third foreigner to play for Valletta. On 4 October 2007, he made his debut in the 2–1 defeat against Sliema Wanderers.
In his first season (2007–08) he scored 10 goals, and helped the club win the Maltese Premier League for the first time in seven years. His impact during the first season was so great that he was nominated for three prestigious awards in the Malta Football Awards. These are Best Forward, Most Promising Player and Best Foreign Player.[1][2] Morevover he managed to win all the three awards he was nominated in.[3][4] He also won Replay Gala Night Player of the Year, where the local players voted for him.
On 26 May 2008, it was reported that Temile, together with his agent Henry Ekezie, had travelled to Munich for a trial with a leading German club.[5]
Dynamo Kyiv
Temile joined FC Dynamo Kyiv in the summer of 2008.
Birkirkara F.C.
Temile joined Birkirkara F.C. in the 2013 summer transfer market.[6]
Personal life
Temile was an orphan. Unfortunately he lost his mother when he was three and his father when he was eleven. He moved to Malta when he was sixteen years old where he was adopted by the family Gauci.[7]
Temile comes from a football family. His uncle, Clement Temile, who is the father of Israeli international Toto Tamuz, was capped by Nigeria several times and his brother, Omonigho Temile, played for Botev Plovdiv.
Honours
Club
- Maltese Premier League
- Winner : 2007–2008 with Valletta F.C.
- Maltese Super Cup
- Winner : 2013-2014 with current local champions Birkirkara F.C.
Individual
- Malta Football Awards
- Best Forward
- Winner : 2007–2008
- Most Promising Player
- Winner : 2007–2008
- Best Foreign Player
- Winner : 2007–2008
- Best Forward
References
- ↑ "Melita Digital Malta Football Awards – Players keen to shine at the Palace". www.timesofmalta.com. 6 June 2008.
- ↑ "Melita Digital Malta Football Awards 2007/08 – The Finalists". www.maltafootball.com (in Maltese). Retrieved 7 June 2008.
- ↑ "Melita Digital Malta Football Awards 2007/08 – The Winners". www.maltafootball.com (in Maltese). 6 June 2008.
- ↑ "City starlet steals show". www.timesofmalta.com. 7 June 2008.
- ↑ "Temile in Germany for trial". www.timesofmalta.com. 26 May 2008.
- ↑ "Frank Temile signs for the Stripes". www.birkirkarafc.com. 6 July 2013.
- ↑ "Temile thrives in the city". www.timesofmalta.com. 11 December 2007.
External links
- (English) (Russian) (Ukrainian) F.C. Dynamo Kiev Official Website
- (English) Frank Temile @
- F.C. Dynamo Kiev Official Website
- Shooting Stars F.C. Official Website