Joe Spiteri

{{Short description|Australian soccer player}}

{{about|the Australian soccer player|the Maltese architect|Joseph M. Spiteri}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}

{{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

| caps12 = 51

| 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 1995Breakers Stadium, Newcastle, Australia{{fb|NZL}}align=center | 3–0align=center | 3–01995 Trans-Tasman Cup
2.14 February 1996Bob Jane Stadium, Melbourne, Australia{{fb|JPN}}align=center | 2–0align=center | 3–0Friendly

Honours

Lierse SK

Australia

  • OFC Nations Cup: 1996{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96oc.html|title=Oceania Nations Cup 1996|access-date=14 October 2024}}

References