Paul Trimboli

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Paul Trimboli
Personal information
Full name	Paolo Vincenzo Trimboli
Date of birth	(1969-02-25) 25 February 1969
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Playing position	Striker (Retired)
Youth career
	Brighton
1986	AIS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1987	Sunshine George Cross	28	(4)
1988–2004	South Melbourne	430	(115)
National team^‡
1985	Australia U-17
1987	Australia U-20
1988–2002	Australia	46	(16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 August 2007. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 August 2007

Paolo "Paul" Vincenzo Trimboli (born 25 February 1969) is a former Australian international football (soccer) player and current Football Operations Manager at Melbourne Victory. Trimboli is of Italian ancestry and attended Xavier College, where he was a member of the First XI, and was captained by his brother.^[1]

Club career

He had a distinguished career with South Melbourne in the NSL. Trimboli twice won the award for best under 21 player (in 1988 & 1989), as well as twice winning the award for player of the season, the Johnny Warren Medal (for the 1992/3 & 1997/8 seasons).

International career

He earned 48 caps (39 'A' games) with the Socceroos, marking his debut in 1988 against Fiji with a goal. His last international came in 2002 against Tahiti.

After retirement

In 2006, Trimboli was a commentator on SEN 1116's A-League and Victorian Premier League coverage. He is also employed in a marketing capacity by Puma. Trimboli has said that he would not enter the coaching arena as he would prefer to pursue other opportunities.^{[citation needed]}

On 21 June 2011, he was appointed General Manager of Football at A-League club Brisbane Roar.^[2]

On 25 June 2012, Trimboli reunited with Ange Postecoglou to join Melbourne Victory as Football Operations Manager.^[3]

Honours

With Australia:

FIFA Confederations Cup: 1997 (Runners-Up)
OFC Nations Cup: 1996

With South Melbourne FC:

NSL Championship: 1990-1991, 1997–1998, 1998–1999

Personal Honours:

Johnny Warren Medal: 1992-1993, 1997–1998
NSL Papasavas Medal (U-21): 1988, 1989

Notes

↑ Revealed in a speech at Xavier College in 2009
↑ http://www.brisbaneroar.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=40085 Paul Trimboli appointed General Manager of Football
↑ http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/melbournevictory/news-display/Trimboli-joins-Victory-family/47855

External links

Oz Football profile

Awards
Preceded by John Markovski	NSL U21 Player of the Year 1988-1989	Succeeded by Paul Okon
Preceded by Josip Biskic	Johnny Warren Medallist 1992/93	Succeeded by Mark Viduka
Preceded by Kresimir Marusic	Johnny Warren Medallist 1997/98	Succeeded by Brad Maloney

v t e Johnny Warren Medal

1990: Adžić 1991: Ivanović 1992: Biskic 1993: Trimboli 1994: Viduka 1995: Viduka 1996: Mori 1997: Marušić 1998: Trimboli 1999: Maloney 2000: Chipperfield 2001: Chipperfield 2002: Fernando 2003: Mori 2004: Milicic 2006: Despotovski 2007: Carle 2008: Griffiths 2009: Smeltz 2010: Hernández 2011: Flores 2012: Broich 2013: Rojas

Australia Squads

v t e Australia squad – 1996 OFC Nations Cup Winners (2nd Title)

Tobin Edwards Marth Foster Mori Tiatto Tapai Jurić Polak Spiteri Markovski Trajanovski Bingley Blagojevic Ivanović Trimboli Wade Hooker Enes Cranney Popovic Spink Kalac Coach: Thomson and Blanco (caretaker)

v t e Australia squad – 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-up

1 Bosnich 2 Horvat 3 Lazaridis 4 Ivanović 5 Tobin 6 Zelić 7 Slater 8 Foster 9 Viduka 10 A. Vidmar 11 Kewell 12 Bingley 13 Hooker 14 T. Vidmar 15 Skoko 16 Trimboli 17 Mori 18 Aloisi 19 Tapai 20 Kalac 21 Muscat Coach: Venables

v t e Australia squad – 1998 OFC Nations Cup Runners-up

Tobin Ceccoli Maloney Veart Mori Longo Tapai De Amicis Gwynne Lozanovski Petkovic Wehrman Trajanovski Babic Trimboli Trajkovski Chipperfield Colosimo Halpin Coach: Farina

v t e Australia squad – 2002 OFC Nations Cup Runners-up

Costanzo Juric Milicic Mori Anastasiadis De Amicis North Petkovic Porter Durakovic Blagojevic Kisnorbo Trimboli Middleby Chipperfield Despotovski Horvat Pondeljak Coach: Farina

Persondata
Name	Trimboli, Paul
Alternative names
Short description	Australian soccer player
Date of birth	1969-02-25
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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