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Frank Farina

Personal information
Full nameFrank Farina
Date of birth05 September 1964(age 46)
Place of birthDarwin, Australia
Playing positionStriker

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Frank Farina OAM (born 5 September 1964 in Darwin, Northern Territory) is a retired Australian football (soccer) player and manager. He most recently coached the Brisbane Roar.

His playing career spanned Australia, Belgium, France, Italy and England, and was a major player for the Australian National Team in the late 1980s and 1990s as well as subsequently managing the Australian National team in the early 2000s.

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Tommy's Oarsome triumph - Courier Mail Tweet this news
Courier Mail--Former Roar coach -Frank Farina-, who signed Oar to his initial A-League contract, said the Gold Coast product was a worthy winner. ... - Date : Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:11:38 GMT+00:00
No Moore for Socceroo - Sydney Morning Herald Tweet this news
Sydney Morning Herald--Moore also had three seasons in the A-League with Brisbane Roar, but left the club last December after coach -Frank Farina- was sacked and he fell out with ... - Date : Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:56:54 GMT+00:00
Summer concerts in Westfield - Jamestown Post Journal Tweet this news
Jamestown Post Journal---...- 7 to 8:30 pm June 30 � Deutschmeisters Band July 7 � Kokomo Time Band July 14 � Skip Roberts July 21 � Generic Grass July 28 � -Frank Farina- Band ... - Date : Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:17:59 GMT+00:00
Coach Pim Verbeek defends selection of Craig Moore over Sasa Ognenovski - Fox Sports Tweet this news
Fox Sports--Former Roar coach -Frank Farina- also believes Ognenovski should have been in the Socceroos squad, although not at the expense of Moore. ... - Date : Wed, 12 May 2010 21:07:15 GMT+00:00
Eagles push New Canaan baseball to the brink with 2-1 win - NCAdvertiser.com Tweet this news
NCAdvertiser.com--In the second, Alex -Farina- led off with a walk, but the Eagles turned a double play with a strikeout and a caught stealing. Thomas Krieger and Casey ... - Date : Tue, 18 May 2010 09:10:58 GMT+00:00
Culina welcomes Oar's inclusion - Gold Coast Bulletin News Tweet this news
Gold Coast Bulletin News---...- from Broadbeach Waters, who played his formative football on the Glitter Strip before being spirited to the Brisbane Roar by former coach -Frank Farina-. ... - Date : Tue, 11 May 2010 16:12:02 GMT+00:00
Money on Asian tycoon to throw Fury a lifeline - The Australian Tweet this news
The Australian--Former A-League coaches -Frank Farina- and John Kosmina are understood to be among those throwing their hats into the ring. -Farina-, although born in Darwin, ... - Date : Wed, 05 May 2010 14:12:09 GMT+00:00
Pim's biggest problem is getting the defence right - The Roar (blog) Tweet this news
The Roar (blog)--Bosnar's mouth got him in trouble years ago when -Frank Farina- was coach. Even he would admit he must have given up hope of one day getting a Socceroo cap. ... - Date : Wed, 05 May 2010 15:47:15 GMT+00:00
Frank Farina makes play for North Queensland Fury coaching job - Fox Sports Tweet this news
Fox Sports--Former Socceroos coach -Frank Farina- wants to guide North Queensland Fury, with the A-League club set to appoint a coach in May. ... - Date : Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:50:11 GMT+00:00
Farina Eyes Up Taking Fury Gig - Australian FourFourTwo Tweet this news
Australian FourFourTwo--FORMER Brisbane Roar coach -Frank Farina- admits he is tempted by the vacant coaching role at North Queensland Fury but doesn't know whether politics will ... - Date : Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:51:20 GMT+00:00

Awards
Preceded by
Bobby Russell
Graham Arnold
NSL Player of the Year
1987-1988
Succeeded by
Zlatko Nastevski
Preceded by
Graham Arnold
NSL Golden Boot
1987-1988
Succeeded by
Zlatko Nastevski

Senior career
YearsClubAppearances (Gls)
1983 - 1984
1985 - 1986
1987 - 1988
1988 - 1991
1991 - 1992
1991 - 1992
1992 - 1994
1994 - 1995
1995 - 1998
1998 - 1999
Canberra Arrows
Sydney City
Marconi Fairfield
Club Brugge
AS Bari
Notts County (loan)
RC Strasbourg
Lille OSC
Brisbane Strikers
Marconi Fairfield
Career Total
 41  (15)
 43  (21)
 47  (33)
 75  (43)
  8   (0)
  3   (0)
 47  (14)
 27  (14)
 43  (13)
  2   (0)
336 (145)

Youth career
YearsClub

1982 - 1983
Cairns
AIS

National team
YearsNational teamAppearances (Gls)
1983
1984
1984 - 1995
Australia U-20
Australia U-23
Australia


 67  (14)

Teams managed
YearsTeam
1996 - 1998
1998 - 1999
1999 - 2005
2006 - 2009
Brisbane Strikers
Marconi Fairfield
Australia
Brisbane Roar FC


Australia squad

Olver, van Egmond, Jennings, Yankos, Dunn, Wade, Farina, Petersen, Arnold, Kosmina, Crino, Davidson, Tobin, Hunter, Koczka, Bozinovski, Slater, Mitchell, Ollerenshaw, Gibson
Coach : Arok

Australia squad 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Third Place

Schwarzer, Muscat, Moore, Okon, T. Vidmar, Popovic, Skoko, Lazaridis, Aloisi, Emerton, Zdrilic, Bolton, Bresciano, Murphy, Foxe, Horvat, Corica, Chipperfield, A. Vidmar, Zane, Thompson, Sterjovski, Jurić
Coach : Farina

Australia squad 2004 Summer Olympics

Jones, North, Cansdell-Sherriff, Moore, McKain, Madaschi, Elrich, Wilkshire, Aloisi, Cahill, Brosque, Tarka, Valeri, Holman, Danze, Dilevski, Griffiths, Galeković
Coach : Farina

Australia squad 2007 AFC Asian Cup

Schwarzer, Muscat, Moore, Neill, T. Vidmar, Popovic, Emerton, Skoko, Viduka, Cahill, Chipperfield, Petkovic, Wilkshire, Colosimo, Aloisi, Zdrilic, McKain, Kalac, Čulina, Miličević, Elrich, Thompson, Sterjovski
Coach : Farina

Oceania Footballer of the Year

1988: Farina * 1989: Rufer * 1990: Rufer * 1991: Slater * 1992: Rufer * 1993: Slater * 1994: Vidmar * 1995: Karembeu * 1996: Okon * 1997: Bosnich * 1998: Karembeu * 1999: Kewell * 2000: Viduka * 2001: Kewell * 2002: Emerton * 2003: Kewell * 2004: Cahill * 2005: Vahirua * 2006: Nelsen * 2007: Smeltz * 2008: Smeltz * 2009: Vicelich

Belgian First Division Top Scorers

1908-09: Kevorkian * 1909-10: Vertongen * 1910-11: Six * 1911-12: Bunyan * 1912-13: Brébart * 1913-14: Bunyan * 1919-20: Vlamynck * 1920-21: Thys * 1921-22: Thys * 1922-23: Meyskens * 1923-24: Jooris * 1924-25: Taeymans * 1925-26: Grimmonprez * 1926-27: Fabry * 1927-28: Braine * 1928-29: Braine * 1929-30: De Vidts * 1930-31: Secrétin * 1931-32: Delmez * 1932-33: Ulens * 1933-34: Van Landeghem * 1934-35: Mondelé * 1935-36: Lambrechts * 1936-37: Collet * 1937-38: Mondelé * 1938-39: Wagner * 1941-42: De Cleyn * 1943-44: Mermans * 1945-46: De Cleyn * 1946-47: Mermans * 1947-48: Mermans * 1948-49: Thirifays * 1949-50: Mermans * 1950-51: Dehert * 1951-52: Coppens * 1952-53: Coppens * 1953-54: Van Den Bosch * 1954-55: Coppens * 1955-56: Mathonet * 1956-57: Willems * 1957-58: Van Gool & Vliers * 1958-59: Wégria * 1959-60: Wégria * 1960-61: Wégria * 1961-62: Stockman * 1962-63: Wégria * 1963-64: Van Himst * 1964-65: Colonval * 1965-66: Van Himst * 1966-67: Mulder * 1967-68: Van Himst & Claessen * 1968-69: Nagy * 1969-70: Emmerich * 1970-71: Kostedde * 1971-72: Lambert * 1972-73: Rensenbrink & Riedl * 1973-74: Ladinsky * 1974-75: Riedl * 1975-76: Posthumus * 1976-77: Van Der Elst * 1977-78: Nickel * 1978-79: Albert * 1979-80: Vandenbergh * 1980-81: Vandenbergh * 1981-82: Vandenbergh * 1982-83: Vandenbergh * 1983-84: Claesen * 1984-85: Martens * 1985-86: Vandenbergh * 1986-87: Gudjohnsen * 1987-88: Severeyns * 1988-89: Krncevic * 1989-90: Farina * 1990-91: Vandenbergh * 1991-92: Weber * 1992-93: Weber * 1993-94: Weber * 1994-95: Vidmar * 1995-96: Stanić * 1996-97: Špehar * 1997-98: Strupar * 1998-99: Koller * 1999-00: Årst & Brogno * 2000-01: Radzinski * 2001-02: Sonck * 2002-03: Sonck & Roussel * 2003-04: Pieroni * 2004-05: Jestrović * 2005-06: Dosunmu * 2006-07: Sterchele * 2007-08: Akpala * 2008-09: Ruiz * 2009-10: Lukaku



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