Joe Montemurro
|
Montemurro as head coach of Melbourne Victory Women in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Adrian Montemurro | ||
| Birth name | Joseph Adrian Montemurro | ||
| Date of birth | 13 September 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Australia Women (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1986 | Brunswick Juventus | ||
| 1987 | Neuchâtel Xamax | ||
| 1988 | Potenza | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989-91 | Brunswick Juventus | 22 | (0) |
| 1991–1994 | US Opitergina | 58 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Sunshine George Cross | ||
| 2008–2009 | Coburg United | ||
| 2013–2014 | Melbourne Victory Women | ||
| 2014–2017 | Melbourne City Women | ||
| 2017–2021 | Arsenal Women | ||
| 2021–2024 | Juventus Women | ||
| 2024–2025 | Lyon Women | ||
| 2025– | Australia Women | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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 Women, 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.