Joe Montemurro
Australian soccer player and manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joseph Adrian Montemurro (born 13 September 1969) is an Australian soccer coach and former player who was most recently the head coach of Italian club Juventus Women.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joseph Adrian Montemurro[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1969-09-13) 13 September 1969 (age 54) | ||
Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Juventus Women (head coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
1986–1988 | Brunswick Juventus | ||
1989 | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||
1989 | Potenza | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990 | Brunswick Juventus | 3 | (0) |
1991–1995 | Opitergina | ||
Managerial career | |||
2006–2007 | Sunshine George Cross | ||
2008–2009 | Coburg United | ||
2013 | Port Moresby | ||
2014–2015 | Melbourne Victory Women | ||
2015–2017 | Melbourne City Women | ||
2017–2021 | Arsenal Women | ||
2021–2024 | Juventus Women | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Montemurro played as a midfielder during his short playing career, mainly in Italy, before returning to Australia to play in the Victorian state leagues. He began coaching in youth football for various Victorian clubs, before his first managerial role with Sunshine George Cross, and then later, Coburg United. His first job abroad came in 2013, spending four months as the inaugural manager of Papua New Guinean side Port Moresby. From 2014 to 2017, he managed the women's sides of Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City, and then replaced Pedro Martínez Losa as manager of Arsenal, where he won the league title in his second season with the club. In 2021, Montemurro moved to Italy to join Juventus Women.