Joe Spiteri
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joseph Spiteri | ||
Date of birth | 6 May 1973 | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1993 | Albion Rovers | 46 | (17) |
1993–1994 | Parramatta Eagles | 25 | (5) |
1994–1996 | Melbourne Knights | 53 | (20) |
1996–1998 | Sturm Graz | 35 | (4) |
1998–2001 | Lierse | 35 | (7) |
2001 | IFK Norrköping | 8 | (1) |
2001–2002 | Sydney Olympic | 4 | (0) |
2002–2004 | Marconi Stallions | 38 | (12) |
2004–2006 | Kingston City | 45 | (27) |
2007–2008 | Melbourne Knights | 48 | (8) |
2009–2011 | Werribee City | (27) | |
2013–2016 | Point Cook | 51 | (54) |
Total | 388 | (155) | |
International career | |||
1995–1997 | Australia | 8 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Joseph Spiteri (born 6 May 1973) is an Australian former soccer player who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.
Personal life
Spiteri is of Maltese descent and lives in a Indian neighbourhood of a Melbourne suburb.
Career
Spiteri played at club level in Australia, Austria, Belgium and Sweden for Albion Rovers, Parramatta Eagles, Melbourne Knights, Sturm Graz, Lierse, IFK Norrköping, Sydney Olympic, Marconi Stallions and Kingston City. While at Lierse he helped them win the 1998–99 Belgian Cup, scoring in the final against Standard Liège. During his time in Belgium, he was known as "Joe The Kangaroo".
He also earned eight caps for Australia, and participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
International goals
- Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 15 November 1995 | Breakers Stadium, Newcastle, Australia | New Zealand | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1995 Trans-Tasman Cup |
2. | 14 February 1996 | Bob Jane Stadium, Melbourne, Australia | Japan | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
Honours
Lierse SK
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Australian men's soccer players
- Australia men's international soccer players
- Olympic soccer players for Australia
- Australian people of Maltese descent
- Men's association football forwards
- 1996 OFC Nations Cup players
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Parramatta FC players
- Melbourne Knights FC players
- SK Sturm Graz players
- Lierse S.K. players
- IFK Norrköping players
- Sydney Olympic FC players
- Marconi Stallions FC players
- Kingston City FC players
- Point Cook SC players
- Australian expatriate men's soccer players
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Soccer players from Sydney
- Australian soccer forward stubs