1. Cameron Ciraldo was born on 30 October 1984 and is a professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League, and a former professional rugby league footballer.
26 Facts About Cameron Ciraldo
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Cameron Ciraldo is known as the defensive coach behind the Penrith Panthers back-to-back premierships in 2021 and 2022.
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Cameron Ciraldo was previously the head coach of the Italy national team and an assistant coach of the Penrith Panthers in the NRL.
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Cameron Ciraldo was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, to parents Nick and Kelly Cameron Ciraldo.
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Cameron Ciraldo is of Italian descent through his paternal grandparents, who migrated from Italy as a child.
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Cameron Ciraldo completed his schooling at Menai High School class of 2002.
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Cameron Ciraldo made his NRL debut for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks on 5 August 2005 in their round 22 game against the Melbourne Storm at Endeavour Field.
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Cameron Ciraldo signed a two-year deal with Newcastle on 19 October 2007.
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Cameron Ciraldo was escorted from the field with his ankle rotated at approximately 90 degrees; the injury was described as "one of the most sickening injuries on a football field".
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On 10 September 2009, Cameron Ciraldo re-signed with Newcastle on a two-year deal.
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On 17 August 2011, Cameron Ciraldo signed a two-year deal with the Penrith Panthers.
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In October 2009, Cameron Ciraldo represented Italy in the Australian Mediterranean Shield at Marconi Stadium in Sydney, a tournament made up completely of Australian residents, such as Blake Austin, John Skandalis and Jarrod Sammut.
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Cameron Ciraldo was named in the Italian squad for the 2009 European Cup, held in October, but was unable to attend due to scheduling conflicts.
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On 5 April 2014, Cameron Ciraldo was appointed as assistant coach of the Italy national team, under head coach Barrett.
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Cameron Ciraldo was promoted to head coach of Penrith's NYC team in 2015.
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Cameron Ciraldo was named as coach in the NYC Team of the Year in both 2015 and 2016.
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In May 2016, Cameron Ciraldo was named as head coach of the Italy national team.
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In 2017, Cameron Ciraldo was promoted to assistant coach of Penrith's NRL team to work under head coach Anthony Griffin.
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Cameron Ciraldo guided Penrith to a 5th-place finish and the club qualified for the finals.
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In October 2018, Cameron Ciraldo was replaced as head coach by Ivan Cleary with Cameron Ciraldo dropping back to an assistant coach role at Penrith.
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Cameron Ciraldo was the assistant coach in the 2020 NRL Grand Final before winning the premiership in 2021.
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On 14 August 2022, the Canterbury-Bankstown side announced that Cameron Ciraldo would join the club as head coach on a five-year arrangement from 2023 onwards.
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Cameron Ciraldo would join Penrith Panthers premiership winners Matt Burton and Viliame Kikau at Belmore.
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Cameron Ciraldo enjoyed an extensive relationship with Canterbury general manager Phil Gould who promoted him into his first coaching roles.
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Canterbury's first season under Cameron Ciraldo would prove a disastrous one as the club finished 15th on the table with the worst points differential in the competition.
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Cameron Ciraldo married model, Kimberly Rendall, in October 2007 at St Andrew's Anglican Church in Cronulla.