Valletta FC have appointed Antonio Jose Cardoso Mendes, known as ‘Toze’ as their new Head Coach.

The 41 year old Portuguese from Guimarães, who most recently coached at Al Wehda FC, also had spells at Al Nassr, Liaoning and Vitória de Guimarães SC as Head Coach of their under 23s, 19s and 17s. During season 2013/14 he won the Under-17 Portuguese National Championship.

The Citizens are currently joint-eighth on 20 points, eight behind joint-leaders Hamrun Spartans and Sliema Wanderers. They had started the season under the guidance of Jesmond Zerafa and following his resignation by interim coach Gilbert Agius.