Frank Temile (born 15 July 1990) is a Nigerian

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who plays as a

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Playing career

Covenant Lagos

Born in

Lagos Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national ca ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

, Frank Temile began his football career in his native country

where he began with Covenant Lagos.

Shooting Stars

Temile joined leading

Nigerian Premier League The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is the highest level of the Nigerian football league system, for the Nigerian club-football championships. The Nigerian league has suffered, like many others, from the financial impact and dwindl ...

side Shooting Stars where he played the 2006–07 season with the club.

Valletta

Following some impressive displays for Shooting Stars, Frank gained a move to

Valletta Valletta (, mt, il-Belt Valletta, ) is an Local councils of Malta, administrative unit and capital city, capital of Malta. Located on the Malta (island), main island, between Marsamxett Harbour to the west and the Grand Harbour to the east, i ...

, where he was allocated the number 14 shirt. He was chosen as the third foreigner to play for

. On 4 October 2007, he made his debut in the 2–1 defeat against

Sliema Wanderers Sliema Wanderers Football Club, nicknamed "tax-Xelin" ( of the shilling), is a professional Maltese football club. It is the most successful team in Malta and hails from the seaside town of Sliema. It currently plays in the Maltese Premier Leag ...

. In his first season ( 2007–08) he scored 10 goals, and helped the club win the

Maltese Premier League The Maltese Premier League, known as BOV Premier League for sponsorship reasons with Bank of Valletta (colloquially known as ''Il-Kampjonat Premjer''), is the highest level of professional football in Malta. Managed by the Malta Football Associa ...

for the first time in seven years. His impact during the first season was so great that he was nominated for three prestigious awards in the Malta Football Awards. These are ''Best Forward'', ''Most Promising Player'' and ''Best Foreign Player''. Morevover he managed to win all the three awards he was nominated in. He also won Replay Gala Night Player of the Year, where the local players voted for him. On 26 May 2008, it was reported that Temile, together with his agent Henry Ekezie, had travelled to

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for a trial with a leading German club.

Dynamo Kyiv

Temile joined

FC Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was offici ...

in the summer of 2008. In his five-years with the club he only made one league cap and three caps in the Ukrainian Cup. In his tenure with Dynamo, Temile was mostly used in the reserve team

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that played in the

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Back to Malta

Temile joined

Birkirkara Birkirkara (abbreviated as B'Kara) is a city in the central region of Malta. It is the second most populous on the island, with 24,356 inhabitants as of 2020. The town consists of five autonomous parishes: Saint Helen, Saint Joseph the Worker, Ou ...

in the 2013 summer transfer market. The next season Temile joined

Qormi Qormi ( mt, Ħal Qormi ; pronounced in the Qormi dialect), also known by its title Città Pinto, is a city in the Southern Region of Malta, southwest of Valletta in the centre of the island. It has a population of 16,324 (as of March 2018), mak ...

. On February 2, 2015 he moved to

Naxxar Lions Naxxar Lions Football Club is a football club from the town of Naxxar in northern Malta Their historical and arch-rivals are Mosta FC. A match between Naxxar Lions and Mosta FC, is known as the derby of the north, but because there are other ...

Personal life

Temile was an orphan. Unfortunately he lost his mother when he was three and his father when he was 11. He moved to Malta when he was 16 years old where he was adopted by the family

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. Temile comes from a football family. His uncle,

Clement Temile Clement Temile is a Nigerian football coach and former player who was the manager of English side Kentish Town, who played at Step 5 of the English Non-League football pyramid. He is the father of Israeli international Toto Tamuz, who was raised ...

, who is the father of Israeli international

Toto Tamuz Toto Adaruns Tamuz Temile ( he, טוטו אדיוראנס תמוז טמילה; born 1 April 1988) is a Nigerian-born Israeli professional footballer who plays as a forward. Born in Nigeria, he grew up in Israel from infancy after his father, ...

, was capped by

several times and his brother, Omonigho Temile, played for

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv ( bg, „Ботев“ Пловдив, ) or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, that competes ...

Honours

Club

** Winner : 2007–08 with

* Maltese Super Cup ** Winner : 2013–14 with

Individual

* Malta Football Awards ** Best Forward *** Winner : 2007–08 ** Most Promising Player *** Winner : 2007–08 ** Best Foreign Player *** Winner : 2007–08

References

External links

Frank Temile
at MFA * {{DEFAULTSORT:Temile, Frank 1990 births Living people Nigerian footballers Nigerian expatriate footballers Shooting Stars S.C. players Birkirkara F.C. players Valletta F.C. players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Oleksandriya players Sliema Wanderers F.C. players Qormi F.C. players Naxxar Lions F.C. players Lija Athletic F.C. players Ukrainian Premier League players Maltese Premier League players Men's association football forwards

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