Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frank Temile | ||
Date of birth | 15 July 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Birkirkara | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
Covenant Lagos | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Shooting Stars | ||
2007–2008 | Valletta | 20 | (10) |
2008–2013 | Dynamo Kyiv | 1 | (0) |
2010 | → FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2011 | → PFC Olexandria (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv (loan) | 25 | (3) |
2013–2014 | Birkirkara | 25 | (6) |
2014–2015 | Qormi | 19 | (4) |
2015 | Naxxar Lions | 5 | (0) |
2015– | Birkirkara | 2 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2010 | Nigeria U-20 | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2008-06-06. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2009-02-20 |
Frank Temile (born 15 July 1990) is a Nigerian footballer who currently plays for Birkirkara in the Maltese Premier League. He plays as a striker.
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Frank Temile began his football career in his native Nigeria where he began with Covenant Lagos.
Temile joined leading Nigerian Premier League side Shooting Stars where he played the 2006–07 season with the club.
Following some impressive displays for Shooting Stars, Frank gained a move to Valletta, where he was allocated the number 14 shirt. He was chosen as the third foreigner to play for Valletta. On 4 October 2007, he made his debut in the 2–1 defeat against Sliema Wanderers.
In his first season (2007–08) he scored 10 goals, and helped the club win the Maltese Premier League 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 Munich for a trial with a leading German club.
Temile joined FC Dynamo Kyiv 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 FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv that played in the Ukrainian First League.