John Maisano (born 6 January 1979) is an Australian

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

coach and former player who is head coach of Melbourne City FC's NPL side. At club level, he played for

Atalanta Atalanta (; grc-gre, Ἀταλάντη, Atalantē) meaning "equal in weight", is a heroine in Greek mythology. There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia, whose parents were Iasus and Clymene and who is primarily known ...

Westerlo Westerlo () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises seven towns: * Westerlo centrum * * Tongerlo * Heultje * Voortkapel * Oosterwijk * In 2021, Westerlo had a total population of 25,288. The ...

, Helmond Sport, Marconi Stallions,

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Championship. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greeno ...

, Ayr United and

Stranraer Stranraer ( , in Scotland also ; gd, An t-Sròn Reamhar ), also known as The Toon, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located in the historical parish of Inch in the historic county of Wigtownshire. It lies on the shores of L ...

. Internationally, he represented Australia at the

1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship The FIFA U-17 World Championship 1995, the sixth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Guayaquil, Portoviejo, Quito, Ibarra, Ecuador, Ibarra, Cuenca, Ecuador, Cuenca, and Riobamba in Ecuador between 3 and 20 August 1995. Players bo ...

and

1999 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between 3 and 24 April 1999. This was the 12th edition of the tournament. Qualification The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. :1.Teams that ...

Club career

Maisano helped

win the

2002–03 Scottish Third Division The 2002–03 Scottish Third Division was won by Greenock Morton who, along with second placed East Fife, gained promotion to the Second Division. East Stirlingshire finished bottom. Table Events In the course of a 3-1 loss to Albion Rovers, ...

title, after beating Peterhead on the final day of the season. After Morton he had brief spells at Ayr United and

. Maisano retired from playing professionally in 2006, aged only 27, after suffering health issues.

Managerial career

In 2016, Maisano became a coach for the

Bulleen Lions FC Bulleen Lions is an Australian semi-professional football club based in the Melbourne suburb Bulleen. Founded in 1974 by Melbourne's Italian community, the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2, the second high ...

under-20 side in Victoria. His Melbourne City FC NPL3 side won automatic promotion to the NPLM2 in 2022, missing out on the championship to Preston on the final day of the season.

Personal life

In 2011, Maisano and his wife decided to return to Australia settling in

Mornington Peninsula The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is surrounded by Port Phillip to the west, Western Port to the east and Bass Strait to the south, and is connected to the mainland in the north. Geogra ...

and launching their business venture Alien Fitness.

Career statistics

Club

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maisano, John 1979 births Living people Australian people of Italian descent Australian men's soccer players Soccer players from Melbourne Men's association football midfielders Belgian Pro League players Eerste Divisie players National Soccer League (Australia) players Scottish Football League players Atalanta BC players K.V.C. Westerlo players Helmond Sport players Marconi Stallions FC players Greenock Morton F.C. players Ayr United F.C. players Stranraer F.C. players Australian expatriate men's soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Australian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Australian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Australian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Australian Institute of Sport soccer players