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Joe Montemurro
Australia hasn’t produced many better sporting exports than Joe Montemurro in recent years.
A former boss of Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City in the W-League -- leading the latter to an invincible premiership and championship-winning double in their first year of existence -- he took over the women’s side of football giants Arsenal in 2017 for a celebrated four-year reign.
Winning an FA Women's Super League and FA Women's League Cup, the Melbourne-born coach was also responsible for the recruitment of Matildas Lydia Williams, Caitlin Foord and Steph Catley to the Gunners -- the three part of a wave of Australian women making their way to Europe to play their football.
In early 2021, ‘Pep’, as he is also known, left Arsenal and took a couple of months off before resurfacing as the head coach of Italian giants Juventus’ women’s side -- a dream job for a man that supported the Bianconere growing up and who actually played for Juventus (Brunswick Juventus) in the Victorian state leagues during the 1980s.
Montemurro sat down with ESPN’s Stephanie Brantz to talk his time with Arsenal, why he ultimately decided to depart London, the growth of Williams, Foord, and Catley, why so many Matildas are heading to Europe, and much more.
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By ESPN AU/NZAustralia hasn’t produced many better sporting exports than Joe Montemurro in recent years.
A former boss of Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City in the W-League -- leading the latter to an invincible premiership and championship-winning double in their first year of existence -- he took over the women’s side of football giants Arsenal in 2017 for a celebrated four-year reign.
Winning an FA Women's Super League and FA Women's League Cup, the Melbourne-born coach was also responsible for the recruitment of Matildas Lydia Williams, Caitlin Foord and Steph Catley to the Gunners -- the three part of a wave of Australian women making their way to Europe to play their football.
In early 2021, ‘Pep’, as he is also known, left Arsenal and took a couple of months off before resurfacing as the head coach of Italian giants Juventus’ women’s side -- a dream job for a man that supported the Bianconere growing up and who actually played for Juventus (Brunswick Juventus) in the Victorian state leagues during the 1980s.
Montemurro sat down with ESPN’s Stephanie Brantz to talk his time with Arsenal, why he ultimately decided to depart London, the growth of Williams, Foord, and Catley, why so many Matildas are heading to Europe, and much more.
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