Tom Sermanni
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| Tom Sermanni | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Dorby Sermanni | |
| Date of birth | July 1, 1954 | |
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 19??-19?? 1977-1978 1979-1982 1982-1983 1983 1984-1985 19??-19?? |
Albion Rovers Blackpool F.C. Torquay United Dunfermline Athletic F.C. Marconi Stallions Canberra City SC Christchurch United |
151 (38) 10 (0) 89 (12) 5 (0) ? (?) 57 (7) ? (?) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1991-1994 1994-1997 1997-1998 1999-2001 200?-200? 200?-200? 2005-present |
Canberra Metros Australian womens national team Sanfrecce Hiroshima "Assistant Coach" Canberra Cosmos San Jose CyberRays New York Power Australian women's national team |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Tom Sermanni (born 1 July 1954 in Glasgow) is a Scottish football (soccer) coach, who is currently in charge of the Australian womens national team and the female AIS program.
Sermanni has been coach of the Australian side, also known as the Matildas, since 2005. This is the second time he has been Matilda's coach after first taking the role from 1994 to 1997.
As a player in the late 1970s and early 1980s, he played in Scotland at Albion Rovers and in England with Blackpool F.C. and Torquay United, before returning to Scotland to play with Dunfermline Athletic. He moved to Australia in 1983 to join Marconi Stallions and later with Canberra City SC.
In 1997, he resigned to take charge of Japanese side Sanfrecce Hiroshima with Eddie Thomson.
At the end of his first spell at the Matilda's helm, Sermanni followed a series of coaching appointments in Australia, including a time at NSL side Canberra Cosmos from 1999-2001, before heading to San Jose CyberRays and New York Power in the former United States Women's Professional Soccer League, where he was named as one of league's top three coaches. After a short time as director of soccer development in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, he returned to the national coaching appointment.
