Biography
Born in the Bulgarian town of Gorna Oryahovitsa, 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.
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).
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