Tony Franken

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Tony Franken
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*
Years Team Apps (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)
Managerial career
2006-2018
Australia
(Goalkeeping coach)
2020- Australia Women (Goalkeeping coach)
*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]

Biography

He represented

Under-23 level in 1984.[2]

Tony started playing junior soccer for East Fremantle Tricolore before he played for many professional clubs in

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's the goalkeeping coach for the Australian women's national soccer team.[5]

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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