Luca Camilleri
| Luca Camilleri | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 November 2005 Malta |
| 🏡 Residence | Gżira, Malta |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Maltese |
| 💼 Occupation | Podcaster, content creator, former footballer |
| 📆 Years active | 2024–present (podcasting) |
| Known for | Founder and host of Champions Connect |
| 🌐 Website | teamchampionsconnect |
Luca Camilleri (born 25 November 2005) is a Maltese podcaster, content creator and former footballer. He is the founder and host of Champions Connect, a long-form interview podcast founded in 2024, whose guests have included Prime Minister of Malta Robert Abela and former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.[1][2] As a goalkeeper he played in the Maltese Premier League and represented Malta at under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 level, including a squad place at the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[3][4]
Early life
Camilleri grew up in Malta. He has described himself as a disruptive pupil at school who was written off by teachers, and has cited his parents' separation as a turning point in his life.[2]
Football career
Club
Camilleri played as a goalkeeper for Mosta F.C., for whom he made a Maltese Premier League appearance in the 2020–21 season.[3] In July 2024 he joined Żabbar St. Patrick F.C. on a free transfer, and made 16 league appearances for the club in the 2024–25 season.[3] He later left football, saying he no longer loved the game.[2]
International
Camilleri made his full debut for the Malta under-17 team in a 3–1 friendly win over Georgia on 6 March 2022,[5] and played for the under-18 side against Northern Ireland that June.[6]
He kept goal for the Malta under-19 team from October 2022, when he played in a friendly against North Macedonia,[7] until March 2024.[8] He was named in Malta's squad for the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, which Malta hosted,[9] and started all three of Malta's matches in the 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round against Ukraine, Slovakia and Kosovo in November 2023.[10][11][12] On 22 March 2024, in a friendly against Albania at the Centenary Stadium, he left his goal in stoppage time and scored the equaliser from close range in a 2–2 draw.[8][13]
He was later called up to the Malta under-21 team, playing in a friendly away to San Marino in June 2025[14] and in a UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier against Greece in September 2025.[15][4]
Media career
Champions Connect
Camilleri founded Champions Connect in 2024, describing it as "a community decoding the mindset of champions".[16] The podcast features long-form conversations, usually one to two hours, with entrepreneurs, executives, athletes, politicians and artists, and is aimed mainly at listeners aged 15 to 25.[16][17] The first episode was released on 1 February 2025, and 43 episodes had been released by October 2026.[1]
Guests have included Robert Abela (2025), Joseph Muscat (2026), European commissioner Glenn Micallef, tenor Joseph Calleja, boxer Joe Cordina, and footballers Andrew Hogg, Gilbert Agius and Matthew Guillaumier.[1] In a 2026 episode, Camilleri interviewed EBO chief executive Gege Gatt about the next five years of artificial intelligence.[18]
Format and channels
Full episodes are published on the show's main YouTube channel and on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.[16][17] Short and long clips from each episode are released on a separate YouTube clip channel, Champs+, and on the show's Instagram, TikTok and Facebook accounts.[16][19] The brand describes itself around three pillars: "Creating Disruptors", "Make Noise" and the "Day-01 Journey".[16] Camilleri edits much of the show's video content himself.[16]
Personal channels
Alongside the podcast, Camilleri publishes short-form video under his own name on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn, drawing on his football background, interviews and work on the show.[20][21][22]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Champions Connect Podcast – episode list". Podnews. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Luca's Story". Champions Connect. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Luca Camilleri". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Luca Camilleri". UEFA. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ "Back-to-back wins for Under-17 side against Georgia". maltafootball.com. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ "Narrow defeat for Malta Under-18 to Northern Ireland". maltafootball.com. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ "Second draw for Under-19 side against North Macedonia". maltafootball.com. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Busuttil, Antoine (22 March 2024). "Goalkeeper Luca Camilleri notches dramatic equaliser for Malta U-19 against Albania". maltafootball.com. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ "Toze Mendes names final Under-19 squad ahead of UEFA Under-19 Championship". maltafootball.com. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ "Positive performance for Under-19 side despite defeat to Ukraine". maltafootball.com. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ "Under-19s beaten 0-3 by Slovakia". maltafootball.com. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ "Malta Under-19 ends UEFA Under-19 qualifiers with a draw with Kosovo". maltafootball.com. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ Fraser, Maia (23 March 2024). "Watch: Goalkeeper Luca Camilleri Abandons Post And Earns Malta's Draw Against Albania". Lovin Malta. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ "Under-21s turn defeat into victory as they beat San Marino". maltafootball.com. 7 June 2025. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ "Greece prove too strong for Under-21 side". maltafootball.com. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 "Champions Connect". Champions Connect. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Champions Connect Podcast". Spotify. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ "AGI, Ethics and the Oppenheimer moment". EBO. 3 August 2026. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ "Champs+". YouTube. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ "Luca Camilleri". YouTube. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ "Luca Camilleri (@lucacamilleri_)". Instagram. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
- ↑ "Luca Camilleri – Champions Connect". LinkedIn. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
External links
- Official website
- Champions Connect on YouTube
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