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Joe Montemurro
Joseph Adrian Montemurro (13 September 1969), nicknamed Pepe, is an Australian soccer coach and former player who has been the head coach of the Australian women's national team since June 2025.
Montemurro had played as a midfielder, mainly in Italy in the 1990s, before returning to Australia to play for Victorian State League teams. He began coaching in youth football for various Victorian clubs in 2002 and was promoted to men's teams by 2006. From 2014 to 2017, he managed the women's sides of Melbourne Victory and then Melbourne City. He replaced Pedro Martínez Losa in 2017 as manager of Arsenal womens, where he won the league title in his second season. In 2021, Montemurro moved to Italy to manage Juventus Women, and in 2024, he became coach of the French side, Olympique Lyonnais Féminin the first non-French coach in the club's history. He won league titles at all three European clubs.
Montemurro spent his entire junior playing career at Brunswick Juventus and made his first senior appearance for the club in 1986 in the National Soccer League as a 16-year-old. He was also a member of the Victorian State Youth team between 1986–1988, which won two national titles.
In 1987 he declined a scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport, to remain at Brunswick Juventus. In 1988, he was spotted by Swiss club Neuchâtel Xamax youth team and accepted the opportunity to play in Europe in the following year. After two years back at Brunswick, he transferred to Italian Serie C2 club Potenza before spending five years at Opitergina (1992–1996), in the Italian non-professional Leagues.
Montemurro returned to Australia in 1996 and resumed playing in the Victorian State league teams while continuing his coaching education. He has UEFA A and UEFA Pro Licences, which he attained in Florence, Italy, alongside a Master of Sports Coaching from Queensland University.
Montemurro retired from playing at age 28. His first coaching position commenced at his former junior club Brunswick Juventus. His first major role was as youth coach (U21) in the Victorian Premier league with Green Gully, which he took to the runner-up position in his first year.
In the 2002–2003 season he took over the youth team at Melbourne Knights in the National Soccer League, which he guided to a Southern Division Championship. The team lost the playoff for National Youth Champions. The demise of the National League occurred and the club offered Montemurro the senior position in the Victorian Premier League. He opted to continue his youth coaching with local rivals South Melbourne, which he guided to the runner-up position in 2005.
In mid-2006, Montemurro was approached by Sunshine George Cross to take over their firsts team and save it from relegation. He succeeded and continued his position until mid-2007. His next role was head coach of Coburg United in Victorian State League 1, which he guided to their first ever promotion to top flight football in the club's 30-year history.
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Joe Montemurro
Joseph Adrian Montemurro (13 September 1969), nicknamed Pepe, is an Australian soccer coach and former player who has been the head coach of the Australian women's national team since June 2025.
Montemurro had played as a midfielder, mainly in Italy in the 1990s, before returning to Australia to play for Victorian State League teams. He began coaching in youth football for various Victorian clubs in 2002 and was promoted to men's teams by 2006. From 2014 to 2017, he managed the women's sides of Melbourne Victory and then Melbourne City. He replaced Pedro Martínez Losa in 2017 as manager of Arsenal womens, where he won the league title in his second season. In 2021, Montemurro moved to Italy to manage Juventus Women, and in 2024, he became coach of the French side, Olympique Lyonnais Féminin the first non-French coach in the club's history. He won league titles at all three European clubs.
Montemurro spent his entire junior playing career at Brunswick Juventus and made his first senior appearance for the club in 1986 in the National Soccer League as a 16-year-old. He was also a member of the Victorian State Youth team between 1986–1988, which won two national titles.
In 1987 he declined a scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport, to remain at Brunswick Juventus. In 1988, he was spotted by Swiss club Neuchâtel Xamax youth team and accepted the opportunity to play in Europe in the following year. After two years back at Brunswick, he transferred to Italian Serie C2 club Potenza before spending five years at Opitergina (1992–1996), in the Italian non-professional Leagues.
Montemurro returned to Australia in 1996 and resumed playing in the Victorian State league teams while continuing his coaching education. He has UEFA A and UEFA Pro Licences, which he attained in Florence, Italy, alongside a Master of Sports Coaching from Queensland University.
Montemurro retired from playing at age 28. His first coaching position commenced at his former junior club Brunswick Juventus. His first major role was as youth coach (U21) in the Victorian Premier league with Green Gully, which he took to the runner-up position in his first year.
In the 2002–2003 season he took over the youth team at Melbourne Knights in the National Soccer League, which he guided to a Southern Division Championship. The team lost the playoff for National Youth Champions. The demise of the National League occurred and the club offered Montemurro the senior position in the Victorian Premier League. He opted to continue his youth coaching with local rivals South Melbourne, which he guided to the runner-up position in 2005.
In mid-2006, Montemurro was approached by Sunshine George Cross to take over their firsts team and save it from relegation. He succeeded and continued his position until mid-2007. His next role was head coach of Coburg United in Victorian State League 1, which he guided to their first ever promotion to top flight football in the club's 30-year history.
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