Charlie Villani
Personal information
Full name Carlo Villani
Date of birth (1963-03-02) 2 March 1963
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Adelaide Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1989 Adelaide City
Canberra Croatia
Albion Redsox
1993 Canberra Deakin
1994 Para Hills Knights 12 (0)
1994–1997 Morwell Falcons 34 (5)
1998 South Dandenong
1998 Birkalla Eagles
2000–2002 Morwell Pegasus (39)
International career
1987 Australia 1 (0)
1987 Australia B 4 (0)
Managerial career
1994 Para Hills Knights
2002 Adelaide City
2008–2009 Western Strikers
2009 Adelaide City
2010– Western Strikers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlo "Charlie" Villani (born 2 March 1963) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a forward.

Club career

Villani began his senior career at Adelaide City in the National Soccer League where he played between 1984 and 1989. After state league stints in Canberra and Melbourne he returned to the NSL with Morwell Falcons in 1994, playing three seasons for the Gippsland club.[1]

After brief stints with South Dandenong and Birkalla Eagles, Villani returned to the Latrobe Valley in 2000 to finish his career with Morwell Pegasus. He hit 17 goals in his first season with Pegasus to help guide them to promotion from the Victorian State League Division Three South-East.[2]

In his second season with the club, in the Victorian State League Division Two South-East, Villani hit 15 goals (out of Pegasus's season total of 43) to finish the year as the league's second highest scorer - before adding seven in his third and final year with the club, taking his club total to 39 goals.[3]

International career

Villani played one full international match in 1987 for Australia when he came on as an 83rd-minute substitute against Morocco in Gangneung.[4]

He also played four matches with the Socceroo B team.[5]

Coaching career

In 2002 Villani coached Adelaide City in the National Soccer League before resigning mid-season after a poor run of results.[6][7]

On 22 October 2009, he was appointed as coach of the Adelaide City who are now in the South Australian Super League.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Australian Player Database - VE". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  2. ↑ "VicScorers 2000 - VE". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "2001 Victorian State League Division Two South-East Results - VE". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  4. ↑ The Australian National Men’s Football Team: Caps And Captains. Football Federation Australia.
  5. ↑ "Socceroo B Matches for 1987". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  6. ↑ "Villani to coach Adelaide City". ABC Online. 2 May 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  7. ↑ "Adelaide City coach calls it a day". ABC Online. 20 December 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  8. ↑ Bednall, Jai (22 October 2009). "Villani to replace Mori at Adelaide City". Eastern Courier Messenger. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
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