Michael Matricciani

Michael Matricciani (born 15 March 1986) is a former Australian footballer who currently coaches Melbourne City in the A-League Women.

Michael Matricciani

Personal information
Full name	Michael Matricciani
Date of birth	(1986-03-15) 15 March 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth	Adelaide, Australia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Melbourne City Women (coach)
Youth career
	Campbelltown City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003	MetroStars	14	(0)
2004	Campbelltown City	17	(4)
2005–2006	Adelaide United	3	(0)
2006–2007	Campbelltown City	28	(10)
2008–2011	MetroStars	65	(42)
2011–2012	Chirag United	6	(1)
2012–2013	MetroStars	20	(13)
2013–2016	Campbelltown City	79	(50)
2017	Western Strikers	22	(8)
Total		254	(128)
International career‡
2009–2014	Australia (Beach Soccer)
Managerial career
2016–2018	Football SA NTC Girls
2018–2020	Adelaide City
2020–2021	Adelaide University
2022–2024	Campbelltown City
2024–	Melbourne City Women
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 September 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 August 2014

Matricciani coached Adelaide City in the National Premier League until the end of the 2020 season. Prior to this, Matricciani spent three years as head coach of Football SA NTC Girls and was awarded the 2018 Bob Bush Trophy, recognising the Women's National Premier League's Coach of the Year. He also served as Technical Director at the Campbelltown City Soccer Club from 2013 to 2016 and has undertaken study visits to Chievo Verona, Inter Milan and FC Barcelona.^[1]

Club career

He played for Adelaide United in the newly formed A-League's inaugural season,^[2] but was delisted in the close of the 06/07 season. Michael also has a younger brother who is also a footballer named Dominic.

On 3 September 2011 it was announced that he had signed with I-League club Chirag United.^[3] He scored his first goal for Chirag on 28 October 2011 against Mohun Bagan.