Francis Awaritefe
Personal information
Full name Francis Edgar Awaritefe
Date of birth (1964-04-18) 18 April 1964
Place of birth London, England
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Wimbledon
1984–1986 Tooting & Mitcham United 37 (12)
1986–1988 Sutton United 65 (24)
1988 → Barnet (loan) 5 (1)
1989–1992 Melbourne Knights 98 (43)
1992 North Geelong Warriors 10 (10)
1992–1995 South Melbourne 73 (34)
1995–2000 Marconi Stallions 120 (39)
2000–2001 Sydney United 22 (7)
2001–2008 Rockdale City Suns 12 (3)
International career
1993–1996 Australia 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francis Edgar Awaritefe (born 18 April 1964) is a former professional soccer player. Born in England, he made three appearances for the Australia scoring once. He was Director of Football at Melbourne Victory.

Early life

Awaritefe was born in London, England to Nigerian parents. He moved to Nigeria at the age of 4, and moved to Australia in adulthood where he was nationalized.[1] He has a son, Reuben Awaritefe, who had played for Central Coast Mariners Academy and Western Sydney Wanderers Youth.[2]

Administrative career

On 21 June 2011, he was signed by Melbourne Victory as their new Director of Football on a two-year deal, replacing Gary Cole, with Mehmet Durakovic signed as the club's new manager on the same day.[3][4]

However, after a brief five-month stint in his job as the Director of Football with Melbourne Victory, Awaritefe was axed by Melbourne Victory, after a run of poor results.[5]

He appeared on the Australian television program Nerds FC.

Awaritefe is as at February 2019 vice-president of FIFPro (International Federation of Professional Footballers) and has been with Craig Foster participating in the campaign to free Hakeem al-Araibi.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Special feature: The record cohort giving 'millions of us' a new perspective on Australia". 16 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "St George City aim to fire with Reuben Awaritefe". Football NSW. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  3. ↑ http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1061605/Durakovic-gets-Victory-role Archived 4 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine Durakovic gets Victory job
  4. ↑ Courier Mail http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/mehmet-durakovic-to-be-named-melbourne-victorys-new-coach/story-e6frep5o-1226078808073
  5. ↑ "Awaritefe Axed By Melbourne Victory". au.fourfourtwo.com (Australian Four Four Two). Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  6. ↑ Clench, Sam; Johnson, Paul (5 February 2019). "Footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi appears in Thai court pleads against extradition". Archived from the original on 5 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
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