Luciano Trani

Luciano Trani
Personal information
Full name Luciano Trani
Date of birth (1966-08-10) 10 August 1966
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
Thomastown Devils
Fawkner Blues
Teams managed
2003–2004 Fawkner Blues
2004 Whittlesea Stallions
2006 Essendon Royals
2007 Fawkner Blues
2009–2011 Wellington Phoenix (asst coach)
2011–2012 Adelaide United (asst coach)
2013–2014 Brisbane Roar FC (asst coach)
2014– Melbourne Heart FC (asst coach)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 July 2011

Luciano Trani (born 10 August 1966 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian former football (soccer) player currently employed as the senior assistant coach at A-League club Melbourne Heart.

Coaching career

Trani has joined the Reds from the Wellington Phoenix. Before the Phoenix he was a coaching instructor for Football Federation Victoria and Head Coach of Pascoe Vale FC. He has previously coached at Victorian Premier League and National Soccer League level with the Fawkner Blues, Essendon Royals, Whittlesea Stallions, Brisbane Strikers and the Melbourne Knights.

On 23 August 2012 it was announced he had left his post at Adelaide United after rejecting a reshuffle into a youth coaching role.[1] Trani was officially announced as the new Assistant Coach of Brisbane Roar FC on 8 August 2013.[2] After a title-winning season with Brisbane Roar, he moved to take up the same role at league rivals Melbourne Heart in May 2014.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Adelaide United assistant coach Luciano Trani has quit the club". Herald Sun. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Roar welcome Luciano Trani to coaching staff". Football Federation Australia. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Van’t Schip finalises coaching team". Football Federation Australia. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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