1. John Aloisi is an Australian former soccer player and current head coach of A-League club Western United.
24 Facts About John Aloisi
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John Aloisi returned to Australia in 2007, with four seasons in the A-League.
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John Aloisi appeared for the Socceroos in two Confederations Cups.
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John Aloisi did not appear in any official games for the club, and played sparingly for his next team, fellow top division outfit Royal Antwerp FC.
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John Aloisi scored 12 goals in his first season in England as Portsmouth narrowly avoided relegation, bettering that total to 13 in the following campaign.
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In 2001, John Aloisi moved to Spain, joining Pamplona's CA Osasuna.
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John Aloisi scored nine goals in 30 games in his first season in La Liga, being regularly used during his four-year spell in Navarre.
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On 20 October 2007, it was announced that John Aloisi had signed with the Central Coast Mariners FC for the remainder of the season.
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On 3 March 2008, after failing to re-sign with the Mariners, John Aloisi penned a two-year deal with Sydney FC, for an undisclosed fee reported to be $1.4 million a season, making him the highest-paid player based in Australia in any of the four football codes.
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On 18 February 2009,33-year-old John Aloisi was linked with a loan move to Shanghai Shenhua FC in China.
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John Aloisi soon decided against the deal, opting instead to spend the entire pre-season with Sydney FC, under the club's new coach Vitezslav Lavicka.
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John Aloisi made his debut for the Australian national team in 1997.
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On 21 July 2007, John Aloisi scored in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup's quarterfinal match against Japan, in an eventual penalty shootout exit in Australia's first ever participation in that tournament.
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On 28 December 2013, John Aloisi was sacked as the manager of Melbourne Heart following the club's seventeenth competitive match without a win.
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On 9 February 2015, John Aloisi joined Melbourne Victory FC as the development coach of its National Youth League and National Premier League sides.
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On 26 May 2015, John Aloisi was named manager of Brisbane Roar.
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In May 2017, John Aloisi signed a new three-year contract to stay on as manager of Brisbane.
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On 28 December 2018, John Aloisi resigned as manager of Brisbane Roar following the club's poor start to the season, with the Roar second-last on the A-League ladder with just 1 win in 9 matches at the time of his departure.
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In July 2021, John Aloisi was appointed as head coach of Western United, signing a two-year contract.
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John Aloisi has been credited for overhauling the club's culture, which saw the club go from 10th place the previous season to champions the next season.
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John Aloisi is of Italian descent through his grandparents, who are from Calabria.
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John Aloisi's older brother Ross, was a professional footballer, and has served under him as an assistant coach.
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John Aloisi appeared on the cover of the Australian version of Pro Evolution Soccer 6.
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In 2020, John Aloisi successfully underwent surgery to fix a tear in his mitral valve.