Vince Magro (born 24 July 1952) is a retired
footballer
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, who represented the
Malta national team.
Club career
Small and stocky built, Magro made his debut for hometown club
Valletta in February 1970 against
Sliema Wanderers and won 4 league titles and 3 domestic cups with the club. He had quickly established a good understanding with teammate
Carlo Seychell to bring back successes to Valletta, but after an injury-hit season he was loaned to second-tier
Msida Saint-Joseph in 1981.
International career
Nicknamed ''il-Maxi'', Magro made his debut for
Malta in a September 1973
friendly match against
Canada and earned a total of 24 caps (including 1 unofficial), scoring 2 goals. One of his goals was in a famous win over
Greece in 1975, Malta's first-ever competitive game win. His final international was an October 1979
European Championship qualification match against
Turkey.
Honours
;FC Valletta
*
Maltese Premier League: 4
::
1974
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,
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
,
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
,
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
*
FA Trophy
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: 3
:: 1975, 1977, 1978
References
External links
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1952 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Valletta
Men's association football wingers
Maltese men's footballers
Malta men's international footballers
Valletta F.C. players
Msida Saint-Joseph F.C. players
St. Andrews F.C. (Malta) players
Maltese Premier League players
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