Luciano Trani (born 10 August 1966 in

Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung–Taungurung language, Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the St ...

) is an Australian former

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player who currently serves as the assistant manager of

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club

Brisbane Roar FC Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional association football, soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record ...

Coaching career

Trani began coaching at the Victorian Premier League and National Soccer League levels with the

Fawkner Blues Manningham United Blues Football Club is an Australian soccer club from Templestowe, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club was formed in 1965 by local Italian Australians and was formerly known as Fawkner Blues. In 2010, Fawkner SC split ...

Essendon Royals Essendon Royals Soccer Club is an Australian semi-professional association football, soccer club based in the North-Western Melbourne Local government areas of Victoria, local government area of City of Moonee Valley, Moonee Valley. The club's s ...

, Whittlesea Stallions, Brisbane Strikers and the Melbourne Knights. He then took up roles as a coaching instructor for Football Federation Victoria and Head Coach of

Pascoe Vale FC Pascoe Vale Football Club (formerly Pascoe Vale Soccer Club) is a football club from Pascoe Vale, a north-western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club was established in 1966, and the Rams currently compete in the Victorian NPL ...

, before joining

Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the ...

. He then transferred to a job at Adelaide United where he joined as Assistant coach and was the Acting Coach On 23 August 2012, Trani had left his post at Adelaide United after rejecting a reshuffle into a youth coaching role. Trani was officially announced as the new assistant coach of

on 8 August 2013. After a title-winning season with Brisbane Roar, he moved to take up the same role at league rivals Melbourne City FC in May 2014. In May 2016, Trani parted ways with Melbourne City FC. One month later, he joined the Newcastle Jets as their assistant coach. However, he was sacked so as to resolve internal issues between himself and the head coach, Scott Miller. Trani returned to management in October 2017, when he took up a role as senior head coach of

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side

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. Trani resigned from his position on 7 May 2018. Trani joined

Belgian First Division A The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...

club

Sint-Truidense V.V. Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbalvereniging (), commonly known as Sint-Truiden or STVV () or by their nickname De Kanaries (, is a Belgian professional football club located in the city of Sint-Truiden in Limburg. Sint-Truiden plays in the Belg ...

as an assistant coach in 2020. On 1 July 2021, Trani joined

Melbourne Victory FC Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory e ...

as an assistant coach. On 28 July 2023, Trani joined Brisbane Roar as an assistant for the second time. On 24 December 2023, he was announced as interim coach of Brisbane Roar, following the departure of head coach

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. After one match in charge, in which the team lost 1–8 to Melbourne City, the club appointed Ben Cahn as head coach to replace Trani who returned to his assistant coach role.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Trani, Luciano 1966 births Living people Soccer players from Melbourne Australian soccer managers Melbourne City FC non-playing staff Men's association football midfielders Association football players not categorized by nationality Association football coaches Australian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Australian expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand