Frank Farina

Frank Farina
OAM

Personal information
Full name	Frank Farina
Date of birth	(1964-09-05) 5 September 1964 (age 60)[1]
Place of birth	Darwin, Australia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Stratford United
	Edge Hill United
1982–1985	AIS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981	Mareeba United	4	(0)
1983–1984	Canberra City	41	(15)
1985–1986	Sydney City	43	(21)
1987–1988	Marconi Stallions	47	(33)
1988–1991	Club Brugge	75	(43)
1991–1992	Bari	8	(0)
1992	→ Notts County (loan)	3	(0)
1992–1994	Strasbourg	47	(14)
1994–1995	Lille	27	(6)
1995–1998	Brisbane Strikers	63	(33)
1998–1999	Marconi Stallions	2	(0)
Total		336	(145)
International career
1982–1983	Australia U20	8	(3)
1984	Australia U23	5	(1)
1985	Australia B	2	(0)
1984–1995	Australia	37	(11)
Managerial career
1996–1998	Brisbane Strikers
1998–1999	Marconi Stallions
1998–2005	Australia
2006–2009	Brisbane Roar
2011–2013	Papua New Guinea
2012–2014	Sydney FC
2015	Fiji U20
2015–2016	Fiji
2016	Fiji U23
2021–2022	Wynnum District
Medal record Men's football Representing  Australia (as manager) OFC Nations Cup Winner 2000 Runner-up 2002 Winner 2004 FIFA Confederations Cup 2001
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Farina OAM (born 5 September 1964) is an Australian football (soccer) coach and former player who played as a forward.

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 managing the national team in the early 2000s. He was the first Indigenous Australian to manage the national team. As of November 2021^[update] he is a member of the inaugural National Indigenous Advisory Group of Football Australia.