Malta call-up for friendly match against Venezuela 

A squad of 29 players has been selected by the Head Coach of the National Teams Devis Mangia ahead of the friendly match that will see the national team play on home soil against Venezuela on Wednesday 1^st June.     

Head Coach Devis Mangia had selected 33 players in the beginning of May for a training camp ahead of these games.  He held on to Floriana’s Mattia Veselji who was called up for the first time.    

The squad will be further trimmed down later on this week ahead of the three Nations League qualifiers against San Marino (home and away), and Estonia.   

The 29-man squad is made up of:

Goalkeepers

Henry Bonello (Hamrun Spartans FC), Cain Formosa (San Gwann FC), Jake Galea (Balzan FC)

Defenders

Ferdinando Apap (Hibernians FC), Jean Borg (Valletta FC), Steve Borg (Hamrun Spartans FC), James Brown (St. Johnstone FC - SCO), Karl Micallef (Hamrun Spartans FC), Zach Muscat (Casa Pia - POR), Enrico Pepe (Birkirkara FC)

Midfielders

Cain Attard (Birkirkara FC), Ryan Camenzuli (Floriana FC), Juan Carlos Corbalan (Hamrun Spartans FC), Matias Nicolas Garcia (Floriana FC), Matthew Guillaumier (A.C. Siena - ITA), Adam Magri Overend (Floriana FC), Joseph Essien Mbong (Hamrun Spartans FC), Nikolai Muscat (Gżira United FC), Brandon Diego Paiber (Floriana FC), Teddy Teuma (R.U. Saint Gilloise - BE), Dunstan Vella (Hibernians FC)

Forwards

Jan Busuttil (Floriana FC), Jurgen Degabriele (Hibernians FC), Luke Gambin (Hamrun Spartans FC), Jake Grech (Hibernians FC), Paul Mbong (Birkirkara FC), Luke Montebello (Birkirkara FC), Alexander Satariano (U.S. Pergolettese 1932 - ITA), Mattia Veselji (Floriana FC)