Born in Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria, Bojinov moved to Malta at the age of 12 with his mother Pepa, a former Bulgarian national basketball team player and stepfather Sasho Angelov, who had played for the Bulgarian national football team during the 1990s.
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A promising youngster, Bojinov settled in Lecce and continued his studies there while playing for U.S. Lecce youth teams.
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Bojinov was discovered at the age of 14 by Lecce sports director Pantaleo Corvino, while playing for Pietà Hotspurs, and signed for just 30,000,000 ITL (around €15,000).
Valeri Liukin | Valeri Kubasov | Valeri Bure | Valeri Bojinov | Valeri Bganba | Diego Valeri |
The club's football nursery has acquired a fame of producing talented footballers such as Cleavon Frendo, Massimo Grima, Valeri Bojinov, Saviour Darmanin and Attila Filkor.