Ferdinando Apap (born 29 July 1992) is a Maltese

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who plays for Victoria Hotspurs as a defender.

Club career

Apap has played club football for

Għajnsielem Għajnsielem (; meaning "Spring of Sielem") is a municipality on the southeastern coast of the island of Gozo in Malta, including the entire island of Comino. It has a population of 3,200 residents (as of March 2014), and is the first Gozitan vil ...

Sheffield Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its so ...

Mosta Mosta () is a small but densely populated city in the Northern Region of Malta. The most prominent building in Mosta is the Rotunda, a large basilica built by its parishioners' volunteer labour. It features the world's 3rd largest unsupported ...

, Xewkija Tigers and Victoria Hotspurs. He was the

Gozo Football Association The Gozo Football Association (GFA) is the body that co-ordinates and organises football on the island of Gozo, Malta. Formed in 1936, it organises the Gozo Football League, which is split into two divisions, the First Division and the Second Di ...

Player of the Year for the 2013–14 and 2018–19 seasons. On 1 June 2019, he joined Hibernians on a three-year deal. He returned to Victoria Hotspurs in June 2024.

International career

He made his international debut for

Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...

in August 2018. He retired from the national team in June 2024 following his decision to rejoin Victoria Hotspurs. He has also played unofficial matches for the Gozo representative team, making his debut in 2010.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Malta's goal tally first.''

Personal life

His sister was married to

Daniel Bogdanović Daniel Bogdanović (born 26 March 1980) is a retired footballer who played as a striker. Born in Libya, he represented the Malta national team. Club career Bogdanović spent six months with Cherno More during the second half of the 2002–0 ...

, also a footballer.

References

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