Temile, Frank

Club career

Started playing football in Lagos with the Sunshine Stars team. Then in Nigeria he played for the Shooting Stars .

He moved to Malta in September 2006. He first played for the youth team of FC Valletta . In the main squad debuted on November 4, 2007 in the match “Valletta” - “ Slim Wanderers ” (2: 1). According to Maltese experts, it was Frank Temile’s good game ^{[2] that} in many ways allowed Valletta to become Malta's champion in the 2007/08 season , for the first time in seven years. Temile played at Valletta at number 14.

According to the results of the 2007/08 season, he was recognized as the best in the Malta Championship in three categories: as the best forward, the best legionnaire, the most promising young player. As Frank himself says, the great merit in these awards is Valletta head coach Paul Zammit , who constantly supported Temille - even at that time period at the start of the season when he could not play.

Temile signed a five-year contract with Dynamo (Kiev) on July 6, 2008 ^[3] . In Dynamo, he played for the youth team. As of December 5, 2008 in the youth championship for Dynamo Temile spent 13 matches, scored 3 goals. In addition to Dynamo, Temile could be in some German clubs, as well as in the Norwegian Rosenborg . His agent is Henry Ekesie. He made his debut for the main team of Kiev Temile on May 23, 2009 in the match of the Premier League of Ukraine against the Lviv club. In the double, Dynamo twice became the winner of the youth championship of Ukraine in the season 2008/09 and 2009/10.

In August 2011 he transferred on a rental basis to Alexandria ^[4] . As part of Alexandria, he spent only 1 match in the Ukrainian championship, on September 18, 2011 in an away match against Kiev Arsenal (0-0) ^[5] , Temile came out in 61 minutes instead of Taofik Salhi . He spent the 2012/13 season at Dynamo 2 in the First League of Ukraine and spent 26 matches and scored 3 goals.

In July 2013, as a free agent, he signed a contract with the Maltese Birkirkara from the city of the same name ^[6] . The team took number 14. In July 2013, he played 2 matches in the second qualifying round of the Champions League against the Slovenian Maribor . Birkirkara lost in two meetings with a score (0: 2). On September 7, 2013, in the match for the Malta Super Bowl against the Hibernians (3: 2) ^[7] , Temile scored the second goal in the game at the 34th minute.

Team Career

He played for the Nigeria national team for players under 17 years old . As a member of the youth team of Nigeria, he spent 3 matches until the age of 21 .

Team

• Champion of Malta (1): 2007/08
• Malta Super Bowl Winner (1): 2013
• Silver medalist of the youth championship of Ukraine (2): 2008/09 , 2009/10

Personal

• The best forward of the championship of Malta (1): 2007/08
• The best legionnaire of the championship of Malta (1): 2007/08
• The most promising young player of the championship of Malta (1): 2007/08

Temile is an orphan. His mother died when he was 3 years old, and he lost his father at the age of 11. At the age of 16, Temile went to Malta, where he was adopted by the Gauchi family.

His uncle, Clement Temile , played for the Nigeria national team and is the father of Israeli player Toto Tamuz . His brother Omonigo Temile .

• Profile on the website of the Ukrainian Football Association (in Ukrainian)
• Profile on dynamomania.com (Russian)
• Player profile on Transfermarkt
• Soccerway Profile