Western United FC Youth

Western United Football Club Youth is the youth system of Western United Football Club based in Truganina, Melbourne. The youth team plays in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2, the second level of Victorian soccer. The club also fields Diogo Ferreira is the current youth manager. The club also fields under-21s, under-18s, and three other academy teams within the NPL Victoria system.

Western United Youth
Full nameWestern United Football Club Youth
Founded8 December 2020 (2020-12-08)
GroundCity Vista Recreation Reserve
Capacity3,000
ChairmanJason Sourasis
Youth ManagerDiogo Ferreira
LeagueNPL Victoria 2
WebsiteClub website
Departments of Western United
Football
(Men's)		Football
(Men's Youth)		Football
(Women's)

History

Formation

The team was founded in 2020, with Ante Moric being announced as the inaugural head coach for the 2021 season.[1] The clubs training base are at City Vista Recreation Reserve at Fraser Rise, Victoria.

Youth current squad

These players can also play with the senior squad and compete in the NPL Victoria 2.

As of 24 June 2022[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Charlie Emery
2 Australia AUS Alex Baker
3 DF Australia AUS Benjamin Collins
4 DF Australia AUS Ajak Deu
6 MF Australia AUS Noah Holmes
11 MF Australia AUS Sabit James
13 Australia AUS James Tountas
14 MF Australia AUS Rhys Bozinovski
15 DF Australia AUS Jalil Regague
17 Australia AUS Leighton Lauton
21 Australia AUS Gus Greer
23 MF Australia AUS Zac Kocankovski
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 GK Australia AUS Luka Romic
31 Australia AUS Abel Walatee
38 DF Australia AUS Daniel Di Francesco
— GK Australia AUS Christian Cogo
– Australia AUS Samuel Ghobrial
– MF Australia AUS Eligian Kifle
– Australia AUS Todd Lindsay
– GK South Sudan SSD Mayen Mayen
– MF Australia AUS Jake Najdovski
– MF Australia AUS Sebastian Pasquali
– FW Australia AUS Noah Botic
– MF Iraq IRQ Charbel Shamoun
– Samoa SAM Greg Siamoa

Current staff
As of 3 November 2022.[3][4]
Australia Anthony FrostAcademy Director
Australia Diogo FerreiraSenior’s Head Coach
New Zealand Andrew DuranteSenior’s Assistant Coach
Australia Mate DugandzicSenior’s Assistant Coach
New Zealand Vaughan CovenyU21 Head Coach
North Macedonia Nikola MarkovskiU21 Assistant Coach
Australia Brody CraneSenior Academy Goalkeeping Coach
Louis MazzaStrength and Conditioning Coach
Daniel HannaLead Physiotherapist
Harry ReadingAcademy Performance Analyst

See also

References
  1. Matthew Comino (9 December 2020). "Around the grounds: Stefan Nigro joins Mariners, Western United announce NPL venture". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  2. "Western United NPL: Players". Western United FC. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  3. "Western United announces senior academy coaching structure". Western United FC. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  4. "Western United announce inaugural NPL squad". Western United. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
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