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Pietà Hotspurs Football Club is a
Pietà Hotspurs had their league debut on 23 October 1934, but any success the club had hoped to achieve was postponed due to the outbreak of World War II. After the war's end, Pietà took part in the Anglo Maltese Football League, before joining the Third Division of the National Championships, where they spent ten seasons. Pietà Hotspurs, however, were replaced in the league with ''Pietà Atlanta'' in 1962, a team which later changed their name to Pietà Hotspurs in 1973, joining the Fourth Division in 1974. The team won the league and promotion, but spent ten years in the Third Division. They eventually won promotion in 1985, but were soon relegated again. However, they bounced back up and won promotion again in 1988. In 1994 they finally won promotion to the Premier Division.
The club's football nursery has acquired a fame of producing talented footballers such as
Official website
Football clubs in Malta 1968 establishments in Malta Pietà, Malta Association football clubs established in 1968 {{Malta-footyclub-stub
Maltese
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football
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club based in Pietà, founded in 1968, the club currently plays in the Maltese Premier League.
History
Pietà Hotspurs had their league debut on 23 October 1934, but any success the club had hoped to achieve was postponed due to the outbreak of World War II. After the war's end, Pietà took part in the Anglo Maltese Football League, before joining the Third Division of the National Championships, where they spent ten seasons. Pietà Hotspurs, however, were replaced in the league with ''Pietà Atlanta'' in 1962, a team which later changed their name to Pietà Hotspurs in 1973, joining the Fourth Division in 1974. The team won the league and promotion, but spent ten years in the Third Division. They eventually won promotion in 1985, but were soon relegated again. However, they bounced back up and won promotion again in 1988. In 1994 they finally won promotion to the Premier Division.
The club's football nursery has acquired a fame of producing talented footballers such as Cleavon Frendo
Cleavon Frendo (born 1 July 1985 in Pietà, Malta) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger.
Playing career
Cleavon started his professional career in 2000 at Pieta Hotspurs, after returning from Torino
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; ...
, Massimo Grima, Valeri Bojinov, Saviour Darmanin
Saviour Darmanin (born 7 February 1977 in Pietà, Malta) is a Maltese former professional footballer, who was most recently working with Maltese First Division side Vittoriosa Stars, where he was the club's assistant manager. During his career, ...
and Attila Filkor, as well as Jovica Milijić
Jovica Milijić ( sr-Cyrl, Јовица Милијић; born 20 January 1986) is a Serbian-born Maltese futsal player, currently playing for Valletta, the reigning champions of Maltese Futsal League. In 2017 he won the Malta Football Associatio ...
, a 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 Malte ...
futsal player of Serbian descent.
Players
Current squad
External links
Official website
Football clubs in Malta 1968 establishments in Malta Pietà, Malta Association football clubs established in 1968 {{Malta-footyclub-stub