Francis Edgar Awaritefe (born 18 April 1964 in London, England) is an Australian former

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player, and was Director of Football at

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Biography

On 21 June 2011, Awaritefe was signed by

as their new Director of Football on a two-year deal, replacing

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, with

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signed as the club's new manager on the same day. However, after a brief five-month stint in his job as the Director of Football with Melbourne Victory, Awaritefe was axed by Melbourne Victory, after a run of poor results. He appeared on the Australian television program Nerds FC. Awaritefe is as at February 2019 vice-president of FIFPro (International Federation of Professional Footballers) and has been with

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participating in the campaign to free

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References

External links

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Oz Football profile

The World Game – SBS
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