Joe Spiteri
{{Short description|Australian soccer player}}
{{about|the Australian soccer player|the Maltese architect|Joseph M. Spiteri}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Joe Spiteri
| fullname = Joseph Spiteri{{Cite web|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/team_info.cgi?pID=194671892|title=Joseph Spiteri – Player Statistics|website=GameDay}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|5|6|df=y}}
| height = {{height|m=1.84}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/joe-spiteri/|title = Joe Spiteri}}
| position = Striker
| years1 = 1992–1993
| clubs1 = Albion Rovers
| caps1 = 46
| goals1 = 17
| years2 = 1993–1994
| clubs2 = Parramatta Eagles
| caps2 = 25
| goals2 = 5
| years3 = 1994–1996
| clubs3 = Melbourne Knights
| caps3 = 53
| goals3 = 20
| years4 = 1996–1998
| clubs4 = Sturm Graz
| caps4 = 35
| goals4 = 4
| years5 = 1998–2001
| clubs5 = Lierse
| caps5 = 35
| goals5 = 7
| years6 = 2001
| clubs6 = IFK Norrköping
| caps6 = 8
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2001–2002
| clubs7 = Sydney Olympic
| caps7 = 4
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2002–2004
| clubs8 = Marconi Stallions
| caps8 = 38
| goals8 = 12
| years9 = 2004–2006
| clubs9 = Kingston City
| caps9 = 45
| goals9 = 27
| years10 = 2007–2008
| clubs10 = Melbourne Knights
| caps10 = 48
| goals10 = 8
| years11 = 2009–2011
| clubs11 = Werribee City{{Cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/2010SD2NWR.html|title=2010 Victorian State League Division Two North-West – Season Results|website=ozfootball.net}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/2011SD2NWR.html|title=Victorian State League Division 2 North-West 2011 Season Results|website=ozfootball.net}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/2009SD2NWR.html|title=2009 Victorian State League Division Two North-West – Season Results|website=ozfootball.net}}
| goals11 = 27
| years12 = 2013–2016
| clubs12 = Point Cook
| goals12 = 54
| totalcaps = 388
| totalgoals = 155
| nationalyears1 = 1995–1997
| nationalteam1 = Australia
| nationalcaps1 = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|AUS}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's Association football}}
{{MedalCompetition|OFC Nations Cup}}
{{Medal|W|1996 Oceania|}}
}}
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 Maltese neighbourhood of a Victorian suburb.{{cite book|title=Leopold Method Quarterly Edition Issue 1: Intelligent, Insightful Football Analysis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vx6TBQAAQBAJ&q=Joe+Spiteri+Maltese&pg=PT39|editor=Mooney, Shaun|publisher=Leopold Method|date=2014|page=39|isbn=978-1-921134-47-0}}
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.{{NFT player|id=12870|accessdate=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/S/SO.html|title=Sneddon-Sribinovski|publisher=Australian Player Database}} While at Lierse he helped them win the 1998–99 Belgian Cup, scoring in the final against Standard Liège.{{cite news |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/belgcup99.html|title=Belgium Cups 1998/99|website=RSSSF|access-date=24 November 2021}} During his time in Belgium, he was known as "Joe The Kangaroo".{{Cite web|url=https://www.lierbelicht.be/content/de-bekeroverwinning-van-lierse-1999-retro-%E2%80%93-150|title=DE BEKEROVERWINNING VAN LIERSE IN 1999 (RETRO – 150) | Lier Belicht|website=www.lierbelicht.be}}
He also earned eight caps for Australia, and participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics.{{FIFA player|166207}}
= International goals =
:Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.
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! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
1. | 15 November 1995 | Breakers Stadium, Newcastle, Australia | {{fb|NZL}} | align=center | 3–0 | align=center | 3–0 | 1995 Trans-Tasman Cup |
2. | 14 February 1996 | Bob Jane Stadium, Melbourne, Australia | {{fb|JPN}} | align=center | 2–0 | align=center | 3–0 | Friendly |
Honours
References
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{{Australia Squad 1996 OFC Nations Cup}}
{{Australia Squad 1996 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Australian men's soccer players
Category:Australia men's international soccer players
Category:Olympic soccer players for Australia
Category:Australian people of Maltese descent
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:1996 OFC Nations Cup players
Category:OFC Nations Cup–winning players
Category:Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Parramatta FC players
Category:Melbourne Knights FC players
Category:SK Sturm Graz players
Category:IFK Norrköping players
Category:Sydney Olympic FC players
Category:Marconi Stallions FC players
Category:Kingston City FC players
Category:Point Cook SC players
Category:Australian expatriate men's soccer players
Category:Australian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Category:Australian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Category:Australian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Category:Soccer players from Sydney
Category:Werribee City FC players
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