Transfer Market Round-Up
by Ayrton Galea - 1st September 2018
The summer transfer market in Malta closed last night and Birkirkara FC were among the most active teams in this transfer market by signing no less than twelve new players.
The Stripes revamped their squad in the first summer transfer market under the helm of Coach Mr. Paul Zammit since he was re-appointed at the helm of the team last September. In fact, only two new foreigners were retained from last season namely goalkeeper Kristijan Naumovski and Mislav Andelkov.
New Signings
The Stripes signed twelve new players, in which nine are foreigners while the other three are Maltese. The Maltese players were the well-experience Paul Fenech and Michael Mifsud as well as promising youngster Myles Beerman.
The list of new signings is the following:
05-06-2018 | Paul Fenech – Maltese – 31 years
06-06-2018 | Marcelo Henrique – Brazilian – 24 years
06-06-2018 | Uchenna Umeh – Nigerian – 26 years
07-06-2018 | Terence Agius – Maltese – 24 years
08-06-2018 |Eduardo Dos Santos – Brazilian – 22 years
10-06-2018 | Michael Mifsud – Maltese – 37 years
14-06-2018 |Arian Mrsulja – Croatian – 20 years
17-07-2018 | Carlos Chavarria – Nicaragua – 24 years
18-07-2018 | Thiago Brito – Brazilian – 26 years
20-07-2018 | Danilo Chapoval - Brazilian – 24 years
16-08-2018 | Milan Basrak – Serbian – 23 years
29-08-2018 | Myles Beerman – Maltese – 19 years
New Contacts
Birkirkara FC retained just two foreigners from last season namely goalkeeper Kristijan Naumovski and Mislav Andelkovic, with the latter being appointed as the new club's captain. The Club also gave three Youth Academy products their first contract.
07-05-2018 | Kristijan Naumovski – One year contract
07-06-2018 | Mislav Andelkovic – One year contract
25-08-2018 | Nick Borg – Five year contract
25-08-2018 | Zack Cassar – Four year contract
17-08-2018 | Ayrton Attard – Five year contract
Loaned Players
Three players were loaned to Senglea Athletic FC to gain more experience and playing time in the BOV Premier League.
17-08-2018 | Brandon Muscat – Senglea Athletic FC
17-08-2018 | Philip Schranz – Senglea Athletic FC
17-08-2018 | Zack Cassar – Senglea Athletic FC
