Joseph Spiteri (born 6 May 1973) is an Australian former

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player who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.

Personal life

Spiteri is of

Maltese Maltese may refer to: * Someone or something of, from, or related to Malta * Maltese alphabet * Maltese cuisine * Maltese culture * Maltese language, the Semitic language spoken by Maltese people * Maltese people, people from Malta or of Maltese ...

descent and lives in a Maltese neighbourhood of a Victorian suburb.

Career

Spiteri played at club level in Australia, Austria, Belgium and Sweden for Albion Rovers,

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Melbourne Knights Melbourne Knights Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the suburb of Sunshine North, Melbourne. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, the second-tier of the Australian soccer league ...

Sturm Graz Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian professional association football club, based in Graz, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white. In its history, Sturm Graz has won the Austr ...

, Lierse,

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollför ...

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Marconi Stallions Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian semi-professional association football club based in Fairfield, Sydney, New South Wales. The club has been crowned Australian champion four times. The Stallions are the soccer team of Club Marc ...

and

Kingston City Kingston City was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Kingston riding. It consisted of the cit ...

. While at Lierse he helped them win the 1998–99 Belgian Cup, scoring in the final against

Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège ( ; ; ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the most successful clubs in Belgium, having won t ...

. During his time in Belgium, he was known as "Joe The Kangaroo". He also earned eight caps for

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

, and participated at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

International goals

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

Honours

Lierse SK *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (; ; ) is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Royal Belgian FA. The competition started in 1908 with provincial selections as the "Belgian Provinces Cup". Starting from 1912 only actual clubs were allowed ...

: 1998–99 Australia *

OFC Nations Cup The OFC Men's Nations Cup, known as the OFC Nations Cup before the 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup, 2024 edition, is the primary association football competition contested by the senior list of men's national association football teams, men's natio ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

References

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 OFC Nations Cup–winning 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 Werribee City FC players {{Australia-footy-forward-stub