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| Hamza Barry |
Gambia international midfielder Hamza Barry has
signed a one-year contract with Maltese Premier League side Valletta FC, this blog can reveal.
The 19-year-old
midfielder left local club Gambia Ports Authority to join the southern European
club in the 2013 summer transfer window after representing Gambia in its 2014
FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Ivory Coast and Morocco respectively.
Barry has
been an instrumental figure for the Gambia’s youth teams having represented the
country at both U17 and U20 level.
He made
his debut for the senior team in June 2012 in a 1-1 draw with Morocco at home and
in the same month, he was presented with his second cap in Gambia’s 2-1 away
loss to Tanzania.
He becomes
the second Gambian to join the Maltese Premier League after former Scorpions
vice-captain and defender Matthew Mendy moved to join Balzan FC.
About Valletta FC
Valletta
Football Club is a Maltese football club based in Valletta, the capital city of
Malta. Valletta achieved a lot of success in the 1990s, and were the dominant
force around the turn of the 21st century, before financial difficulties forced
the club into a decline.
Valletta
Football Club was founded in 1943, as a merger of Valletta Prestons, Valletta
St. Paul’s and the extinct Valletta United which had won two league
championships before World War II. Valletta also have a futsal team which
participates in Malta’s top futsal league.
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