Tony Franken

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Tony Franken
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Personal information
Full name Anthony Franken
Date of birth (1965-01-11) 11 January 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Perth, Western Australia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Australia Women (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
East Fremantle Tricolore
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1982–1983 A.I.S.
1984–1986 Canberra City SC 65 (0)
1987–1991 Sydney Croatia 91 (0)
1991–1992 APIA 24 (0)
1992–1993 Sydney Croatia 15 (0)
1993 Sutherland Sharks 8 (0)
1993–1994 Sydney Croatia 1 (0)
1994 Rockdale Ilinden 11 (0)
1994–1995 Parramatta Eagles 24 (0)
1996–1997 Sydney Olympic FC 16 (0)
1997–2003 Perth Glory 39 (0)
International career‡
1983 Australia U20 3 (0)
1984 Australia U23 0 (0)
1984–1985 Australia B 6 (0)
1992 Australia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2007

Anthony (Tony) Franken (born 11 January 1965) is an Australian professional football goalkeeper coach and former professional goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of the Australian women's national football team. [1]

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Biography

He represented Australia on 14 occasions between 1984 and 1992 and represented his country at Under-20 level at the 1983 World Youth Cup Finals in Mexico and at Under-23 level in 1984. [2]

Tony started playing junior soccer for East Fremantle Tricolore before he played for many professional clubs in Australia including Sydney Croatia, APIA Leichhardt, Perth Glory, Sydney Olympic, Parramatta Eagles and Canberra City. He was awarded the NSL Under 21 Player of the Year in 1984. [3]

Between 2006 and 2018 he was the goalkeeper coach for the Australian men's national soccer team. [4] Since 2020, he has been the goalkeeping coach for the Australian women's national soccer team. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tony Franken | Matildas". www.matildas.com.au. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Anthony Franken". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Australian Soccer Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Tony Franken | Matildas". www.matildas.com.au. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Rugari, Vince (15 August 2023). "From Uruguay to France, Tony Franken has seen it all – but nothing quite like this". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 August 2023.


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