Malta national team player Jean Paul Farrugia has signed for Swiss second tier side FC Chiasso.

"Jean Paul Farrugia al Chiasso" read the title in the news section of the official FC Chiasso site.  The talented 25-year-old former Sliema Wanderers striker was presented in the official team presentation event and also featured in the official team squad photo for the coming season 2017-18.

Farrugia, regarded as one of the upcoming talents of Maltese football has donned the jerseys of Hibernians FC, Marsaxlokk FC and Sliema Wanderers FC in Malta with a brief spell in Slovakia in the ranks of Slovak Premier Division side Spartak Trnava in 2014 before returning home to Hibernians FC.

Farrugia, who has been in fine form for Sliema Wanderers FC during the past two seasons caught the eye of the Swiss Challenge League.  The Malta international has signed terms with the red blues until June of next year with another option.

The Malta Independent caught up with Farrugia himself and this is what he had to say "Want to thank everyone involved in particular those who believed in me in my career.  Without their support and their belief I would not he here starting off with my family"

FC Chiasso, who play their home games at the Stadio Comunale di Chiasso, start off this season's commitments with a tricky away match to Servette FC on Saturday.

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