Champions Connect | Malta's #1 Business Podcast

CHAMPIONS

CONNECT

A community decoding the mindset of CHAMPIONS.

EST. 2024· MALTA, EUROPE

COMMUNITY · PODCAST

(CC INTRO)

Champions Connect is a space for real talks with Entrepreneurs, CEOs, Athletes and Leaders. It’s about honest conversations on life: the good, the tough and everything in between. These are the stories behind who they are and what shaped them.

(INTRO)

Luca sits down with leaders, athletes, and creatives to explore honest stories, defining moments, and the mindset shifts that shape purpose, growth, and what it means to really lead.

(THEPOD)

THE

PODCAST

Always Real Talk.

(OUR VERY OWN)

OUR

GUESTS

The Champions.

(Work)

POPULAR

EPISODES

All changing perspectives and disrupting.

MARCO

AMELIA

Marco Amelia won the World Cup with Italy in 2006 without playing a minute. Called up 80 times in the era of Gianluigi Buffon, he played nine games, scored a header for Livorno in Belgrade, kept goal for AC Milan and Chelsea, and now coaches Hamrun Spartans in Malta. In this episode, he talks about the mother who gave up her job for his dream, Igor Protti, the silence before the final in Berlin, and the day Mourinho called. It is a conversation about patience, resilience, and being happy to be yourself.

MARCO

AMELIA

Marco Amelia won the World Cup with Italy in 2006 without playing a minute. Called up 80 times in the era of Gianluigi Buffon, he played nine games, scored a header for Livorno in Belgrade, kept goal for AC Milan and Chelsea, and now coaches Hamrun Spartans in Malta. In this episode, he talks about the mother who gave up her job for his dream, Igor Protti, the silence before the final in Berlin, and the day Mourinho called. It is a conversation about patience, resilience, and being happy to be yourself.

MARCO

AMELIA

Marco Amelia won the World Cup with Italy in 2006 without playing a minute. Called up 80 times in the era of Gianluigi Buffon, he played nine games, scored a header for Livorno in Belgrade, kept goal for AC Milan and Chelsea, and now coaches Hamrun Spartans in Malta. In this episode, he talks about the mother who gave up her job for his dream, Igor Protti, the silence before the final in Berlin, and the day Mourinho called. It is a conversation about patience, resilience, and being happy to be yourself.

SIMON

DE CESARE

Simon De Cesare has spent 26 years inside his family's business, the group behind Eden Cinemas, the InterContinental and Casino Malta, and became its CEO in 2018. He never thought he had a choice, and he is the one who decides what gets built and what gets closed. In this episode he talks about how one hotel in Sliema became a whole street, why every new business gets two years, where the money in a cinema ticket goes, and what the tests told him at 50. It is a conversation about ownership, judgement, and what it costs to carry it.

SIMON

DE CESARE

Simon De Cesare has spent 26 years inside his family's business, the group behind Eden Cinemas, the InterContinental and Casino Malta, and became its CEO in 2018. He never thought he had a choice, and he is the one who decides what gets built and what gets closed. In this episode he talks about how one hotel in Sliema became a whole street, why every new business gets two years, where the money in a cinema ticket goes, and what the tests told him at 50. It is a conversation about ownership, judgement, and what it costs to carry it.

SIMON

DE CESARE

Simon De Cesare has spent 26 years inside his family's business, the group behind Eden Cinemas, the InterContinental and Casino Malta, and became its CEO in 2018. He never thought he had a choice, and he is the one who decides what gets built and what gets closed. In this episode he talks about how one hotel in Sliema became a whole street, why every new business gets two years, where the money in a cinema ticket goes, and what the tests told him at 50. It is a conversation about ownership, judgement, and what it costs to carry it.

MICHAEL

VALENZIA

Michael Valenzia gave eleven years of his life to Birkirkara FC, and the real cost of it only showed up at home. In this episode, he talks about the players being asked to fix matches, the fake transfer that nearly took €200,000 out of the club, the cup final he believes was decided before kick off, and how politics quietly gets inside a dressing room. It is a conversation about power, loyalty, and what a man gives away without ever noticing.

MICHAEL

VALENZIA

Michael Valenzia gave eleven years of his life to Birkirkara FC, and the real cost of it only showed up at home. In this episode, he talks about the players being asked to fix matches, the fake transfer that nearly took €200,000 out of the club, the cup final he believes was decided before kick off, and how politics quietly gets inside a dressing room. It is a conversation about power, loyalty, and what a man gives away without ever noticing.

MICHAEL

VALENZIA

Michael Valenzia gave eleven years of his life to Birkirkara FC, and the real cost of it only showed up at home. In this episode, he talks about the players being asked to fix matches, the fake transfer that nearly took €200,000 out of the club, the cup final he believes was decided before kick off, and how politics quietly gets inside a dressing room. It is a conversation about power, loyalty, and what a man gives away without ever noticing.

MARK

LAURENCE ZAMMIT

Mark Laurence Zammit has spent 14 years covering the hardest stories in Malta, but the interview that changed him most never aired. In this episode, he talks about the gap between accuracy and honesty in journalism, the boy whose crime made national news but whose childhood nobody asked about, the afternoon Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb, and why after everything he has seen he still believes there are no evil people. It is a conversation about truth, judgment, and what the most dangerous headline is really hiding.

MARK

LAURENCE ZAMMIT

Mark Laurence Zammit has spent 14 years covering the hardest stories in Malta, but the interview that changed him most never aired. In this episode, he talks about the gap between accuracy and honesty in journalism, the boy whose crime made national news but whose childhood nobody asked about, the afternoon Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb, and why after everything he has seen he still believes there are no evil people. It is a conversation about truth, judgment, and what the most dangerous headline is really hiding.

MARK

LAURENCE ZAMMIT

Mark Laurence Zammit has spent 14 years covering the hardest stories in Malta, but the interview that changed him most never aired. In this episode, he talks about the gap between accuracy and honesty in journalism, the boy whose crime made national news but whose childhood nobody asked about, the afternoon Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb, and why after everything he has seen he still believes there are no evil people. It is a conversation about truth, judgment, and what the most dangerous headline is really hiding.

(Process)

3-THREE

MAIN PILLARS

Our space is built on real stories.

CREATING

DISRUPTORS

They called us disruptors like it was a problem. We wear it like a badge. This is a space for the ones who never fit in — to speak louder, take up space, and build something that actually matters.

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CREATING

DISRUPTORS

They called us disruptors like it was a problem. We wear it like a badge. This is a space for the ones who never fit in — to speak louder, take up space, and build something that actually matters.

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MAKE

NOISE

This isn’t about being loud for the sake of it. It’s about saying what needs to be said. Make noise for your story, your truth, your people. Because silence never changed a thing, but your voice might.

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MAKE

NOISE

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DAY-01

JOURNEY

Everyone has a Day 01, the moment you choose to start. It might be messy, unclear, even scary. But it’s yours. We’re here to help you take that first step and turn it into something real, bold, and bigger than you imagined. Start scared. Start anyway.

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DAY-01