Francis Awaritefe

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Francis Awaritefe
Personal information

Full name	Francis Edgar Awaritefe
Date of birth	(1964-04-18) 18 April 1964
Place of birth	London, England
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Wimbledon
1984–1986	Tooting & Mitcham United	37	(12)
1986–1988	Sutton United	65	(24)
1988	→ Barnet (loan)	5	(1)
1989–1992	Melbourne Knights	98	(43)
1992	North Geelong Warriors	10	(10)
1992–1995	South Melbourne	73	(34)
1995–2000	Marconi Stallions	120	(39)
2000–2001	Sydney United	22	(7)
2001–2008	Rockdale City Suns	12	(3)
National team^‡
1993–1996	Australia	3	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 August 2011

Francis Edgar Awaritefe (born 18 April 1964 in London, England) is an Australian former football (soccer) player, and was Director of Football at Melbourne Victory.

Biography

Awaritefe was raised in England and Nigeria, living in his parents' homeland between the ages of 4 and 12 before returning to England. Awaritefe was capped three times for Australia. He was the leading scorer in the 1992/93 season of the National Soccer League.

He was a football commentator with the SBS network in Australia, until 2011, when he joined Melbourne Victory as Director of Football.

On 21 June 2011, Awaritefe was signed by Melbourne Victory as their new Director of Football on a two-year deal, replacing Gary Cole, with Mehmet Durakovic signed as the club's new manager on the same day.^[1]^[2]

However, after a brief five-month stint in his job as the Director of Football with Melbourne Victory, Awaritefe was axed by Melbourne Victory, after a run of poor results.^[3]

References

↑ http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1061605/Durakovic-gets-Victory-role Durakovic gets Victory job
↑ Courier Mail http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/mehmet-durakovic-to-be-named-melbourne-victorys-new-coach/story-e6frep5o-1226078808073
↑ "Awaritefe Axed By Melbourne Victory". au.fourfourtwo.com (Australian Four Four Two). Retrieved 22 Nov 2011.

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Awards
Preceded by Tim Bredbury, Kimon Taliadoros	NSL Golden Boot 1992/93	Succeeded by Mark Viduka

Persondata
Name	Awaritefe, Francis
Alternative names
Short description	Australian soccer player
Date of birth	18 April 1964
Place of birth	London, England
Date of death
Place of death

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