Frank Farina (born 5 September 1964 in Darwin, Northern Territory) is a retired Australian football (soccer) player and manager. He most recently coached the Brisbane Roar.
His playing career spanned Australia, Belgium, France, Italy and England, and was a major player for the Australian National Team in the late 1980s and 1990s as well as subsequently managing the Australian National team in the early 2000s.
Farina spent part of his childhood in...
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Frank Farina (born 5 September 1964 in Darwin, Northern Territory) is a retired Australian football (soccer) player and manager. He most recently coached the Brisbane Roar.
His playing career spanned Australia, Belgium, France, Italy and England, and was a major player for the Australian National Team in the late 1980s and 1990s as well as subsequently managing the Australian National team in the early 2000s.
Farina spent part of his childhood in Papua New Guinea and grew up in Cairns, north Queensland and went to school at St Augustine's College. He won a prestigious position and scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in 1982 and played in the National Soccer League for the Canberra Arrows the following year.
Farina's early playing career was spent in Australia, playing the National Soccer League. He played for the Canberra Arrows, Sydney City and Marconi-Fairfield. His early seasons were solid, scoring just under 10 goals a season for Canberra in the 1983 and 1984...
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