Steve Mautone

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Steve Mautone
Full name	Steven Mautone
Date of birth	August 10, 1970 (1970-08-10) (age 37)
Place of birth	Myrtleford, Australia
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Melbourne Victory
Number	30
Youth clubs
	AIS
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-1990 1990-1991 1992-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1996 1997 1997-1999 1999 1999 1999-2000 2000-2002 2008–present	Blacktown City Paramatta Eagles Morwell Falcons South Melbourne Canberra Cosmos West Ham United → Crewe Alexandra (loan) → Reading FC (loan) Reading FC Wolverhampton Wanderers Crystal Palace Gillingham FC Slough FC Melbourne Victory	08 (0) 02 (0) 58 (0) 18 (0) 20 (0) 01 (0) 03 (0) 15 (0) 14 (0) 00 (0) 02 (0) 01 (0) 48 (0) 00 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Steve Mautone (born August 10, 1970) is an Australian football (soccer) coach who is the goalkeeper coach for the Melbourne Victory in the Hyundai A-League. He was listed as a third choice goalkeeper for the Victory during their 2008 AFC Champions League campaign.

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After fulfilling a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport, Steve's professional career began obscurely in 1989, when as an 18-year-old he made eight appearances for Blacktown City in the National Soccer League as an understudy to Bill Londos. He made the switch to Parramatta Eagles the following season, serving another apprenticeship to Alex McPherson. Mautone returned to regional Victoria in 1992, taking up a contract with Morwell Falcons, firstly in the Victorian Premier League in 1992, and ultimately securing the first team spot in the senior squad for the club's inaugral season in the National Soccer League.

In two seasons with the Gippsland based club, Mautone proved outstanding, not missing a single league game, and his performances led to a move to Victorian rivals South Melbourne. The following season Mautone signed for the newly formed Canberra Cosmos, where he played 20 of 24 league games before a move to London-based English Premier League outfit West Ham United beckoned.

Following a loan spell with Crewe Alexandria, he made his League debut for the Hammers in September 1996, keeping a clean sheet against Nottingham Forest. He was then loaned out to Reading, where he became a fans favourite, eventually signing for the club in March 1997 in a deal worth £250,000. He made 34 appearances in all competitions for Reading before eventually being released from his contract.

Mautone spent the 1999/00 season making a handful of appearances.at various clubs, including Wolverhampton, Crystal Palace and Gillingham. He eventually moved to non-league Slough Town FC where he spent a couple of seasons and made over 50 appearances before eventually returning to Australia to pursue a coaching career.