AC Omonia of Cyprus will be Andre Schembri’s new club for the next two years.

The Malta striker signed a new deal yesterday morning after successfully completing a medical test in the capital city, Nicosia, where AC Omonia are based.

After turning down a number of club offers in Europe, especially from Greece where Schembri played last season, AC Omonia offered a two- year deal to the Maltese international. Schembri put pen to paper yesterday morning and was officially presented to the media in Cyprus. The interest in the player started during his stay in Greece while he played for Panionios.

Schembri explained that this was one of the busiest summers in his career dealing with many offers and finally deciding to choose this prestigious club from the Cypriot 1st division. “I had to choose wisely, I had no hurry but pressure sometimes didn’t help” Schembri said. After signing his new contract, Schembri was delighted and is now looking forward to his first training session with his new teammates.

This is Schembri’s sixth foreign club in his international career after playing with Eintracht Braunshweig (Germany), Carl Zeis Jena (Germany), Austria Karnten (Austria), Ferencvaros (Hungary), Olympiakos Volos (Greece) and Panionios (Greece).

For the past 60 years, AC Omonia played in the 1st division winning 20 League Championships, 14 Cypriot Cups and 16 Super Cups. The club is one of the main clubs in Nicosia and their main rivals are Apoel Nicosia. The club placed third last season and hence played in the Europa League qualifiers, losing 6-5 on penalties in the 3rd round against the Serbians FK Crvena Zvezda.

The Cypriot 1st division kicks off on Saturday 1 September and Schembri will make his first appearance with AC Omonia on Sunday 2 September against Ayia Napa FC.