Paul Zammit (footballer)

Paul Zammit
Personal information
Zammit in 2010
Full name	Paul Zammit
Date of birth	(1969-09-21) 21 September 1969
Place of birth	Malta
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Birkirkara F.C.
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1990–1996	Rabat Ajax	69	(26)
1996–1998	Hibernians	16	(33)
1997–2002	Ħamrun Spartans	62	(24)
2002–2003	Mosta	18	(27)
Total		165	(110)
National team
	Malta U21		(3)
Teams managed
2003–2005	Mosta
2005–2009	Valletta
2009–2011	Birkirkara
2011–	Birkirkara
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Paul Zammit (born 21 September 1969) is a former Maltese footballer. During his career he played as a striker.

Playing career

He played from 1990 to 2003, for Rabat Ajax, Hibernians, Ħamrun Spartans and Mosta.

Managerial career

At the end of 2003 he retired as a player and became coach of Mosta. In 2005 he moved to Valletta.^[1]

In 2008 he won the Maltese Coach of the Season award for coaching Valletta to victory in the Maltese Premier League.^[2] Valletta competed in the Champions League in July 2008 and were eliminated by Artmedia Petrzalka. Zammit's disciplined preparation for the two games meant the team were competitive.^[3]

In September 2008 he signed a two-year contract to continue coaching the club.^[4]

For the 2009–10 season Paul Zammit became the manager of Birkirkara. He managed to build up a squad with a great team work and on 30 April 2010, his side beat Tarxien Rainbows and won the Maltese Premier League title with a game to play. At the end of the 2010–11 season, he was not offered a new contract by the Birkirkara committee.^[5] On 2 October 2011, Zammit was re-appointed as the club's head coach for the next two seasons.^[6]

Honours

Valletta

Winner

2007/08 Maltese Premier League
2008/09 Maltese Super Cup

Birkirkara

Winner

2009/10 Maltese Premier League
2012/13 Maltese Premier League
2013/14 Maltese Super Cup

References

External links

Paul Zammit at MaltaFootball.com

Birkirkara F.C. – current squad

1 Gauci 2 Herrera 3 Matheus 4 Sciberras (c) 5 D. Zerafa 6 Fenech 7 Camenzuli 8 Vella 10 Shodiya 11 Touré 12 Akpan 14 Temile 16 Haber 17 Mendoza 19 J. Zerafa 20 K. Zammit 21 Scicluna 22 Z. Muscat 23 Jhonnattann Manager: P. Zammit

Valletta F.C. – managers

Harry Tedder (1949–50)
Jock Gilmour (1958–59)
William Dingwall (1959–60)
Carm Borg (1962–63)
Tony Formosa (1968–70)
Josie Urpani (1970–72)
Tony Formosa (1973–75)
Terenzio Polverini (1976–77)
Lolly Debattista (1977–78)
John Calleja (1979–80)
Joe Cilia (1982–84)
Tony Formosa & Joe Micallef (1986–88)
George Busuttil (1989–90)
Eddie Vella (1990–91)
Tony Euchar Grech (1991–93)
Lawrence Borg (1993–94)
Joe Cilia & Edward Aquilina (1994–95)
Edward Aquilina (1995–98)
Krassimir Manolov (1998–2001)
Georgi Deanov (2001–02)
Dennis Fenech (2002–03)
Atanas Marinov (2003–04)
J.J. Aquilina (2004–05)
Paul Zammit & Anton Cremona (2005–09)
Ton Caanen (2009–10)
Jesmond Zerafa (2010–12)
Miller (2012–)

Maltese Premier League managers

Azzopardi (Qormi) D'Amato (Mosta) Greco (Sliema Wanderers) Gregory (Melita) Miller (Valletta) Mizzi (Tarxien Rainbows) Wright (Floriana) Sultana (Ħamrun Spartans) Vella (Rabat Ajax) Woods (Hibernians) Tumiatti (Balzan) P. Zammit (Birkirkara)