After losing Edison Luis dos Santos to Kecskeméti in Hungary, Hibernians secured the services of two new strikers – John Nwoba and Anderson Mendes Ribeiro.

Nigerian forward John Nwoba started his career in Malta with the Sliema Wanderers youths before joining St. George’s in Division 1 in season 2010/11. He started last season with Gharghur in Division 2 but in January joined Mqabba in the Premier League.

On the other hand, Brazilian striker Anderson Mendes Ribeiro started his career in Brazil before moving to Ukraine to play for FC Arsenal Kharkiv, FC Helios Kharkiv, FC Metalist Kharkiv and FC Kharkiv. He arrived in Malta in summer 2009 and after a succesful season with Tarxien Rainbows, he moved back to Ukraine to play for Metalurh Zaporizhya. However last summer, Ribeiro returned to Malta to join Hamrun Spartans.