Carlo "Charlie" Villani (born 2 March 1963) is an Australian former

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player who played as a

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Club career

Villani began his senior career at

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in the

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where he played between 1984 and 1989. After state league stints in Canberra and Melbourne he returned to the NSL with

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in 1994, playing three seasons for the

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club. After brief stints with

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and Birkalla Eagles, Villani returned to the Latrobe Valley in 2000 to finish his career with Morwell Pegasus. He hit 17 goals in his first season with Pegasus to help guide them to promotion from the Victorian State League Division Three South-East. In his second season with the club, in the Victorian State League Division Two South-East, Villani hit 15 goals (out of Pegasus's season total of 43) to finish the year as the league's second highest scorer - before adding seven in his third and final year with the club, taking his club total to 39 goals.

International career

Villani played one full international match in 1987 for

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when he came on as an 83rd-minute substitute against

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. He also played four matches with the Socceroo B team.

Coaching career

In 2002 Villani coached

in the

before resigning mid-season after a poor run of results. On 22 October 2009, he was appointed as coach of the

who are now in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Villani, Charlie Living people 1963 births Australian men's soccer players Men's association football forwards Australia men's international soccer players Para Hills Knights SC players Adelaide City FC players Falcons 2000 SC players Place of birth missing (living people)