John Crawley (footballer)

John Crawley

Crawley coaching for Central Coast Mariners in 2012
Personal information
Full name John Crawley
Date of birth (1972-03-05) 5 March 1972
Place of birth Parramatta, Australia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1990 Blacktown City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1995 Colo Colo
1992 Lota Schwager
1993 Magallanes
1994 Juventud Puente Alto
1996 Blacktown City
1998–1999 Macarthur Rams 48 (0)
1999–2000 Sydney United 4 (0)
2000–2005 Blacktown City 75 (0)
2005–2007 Central Coast Mariners 5 (0)
2014 Central Coast Mariners 0 (0)
Teams managed
2007–2015 Central Coast Mariners (goalkeeping coach)
2015– Sydney FC (goalkeeping coach)
2015– Australia U-23 (goalkeeping coach)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 June 2007.


John Crawley (born 5 March 1972 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former football (soccer) player and the goalkeeping coach for A-League club Sydney FC.

Biography

Having played early in his career for Chilean team Colo Colo and loaned to Lota Schwager, Magallanes and Juventud Puente Alto,[1] he played one season with National Soccer League team Sydney United. Before the A-League began, he played for Blacktown City Demons.

Crawley made 13 appearances for the Mariners in season one of the A-League before he suffered a career ending hip injury. However, Crawley's influence on the Central Coast remained prominent, further developing the careers of Danny Vuković, Mat Ryan and Liam Reddy as the Mariners' goalkeeping coach until his departure from that role in July 2015.[2]

Immediately following his departure from the Mariners, Crawley was appointed as goalkeeping coach for Sydney FC, working with head coach (and former Mariners head coach) Graham Arnold.[3]

He became the first Australian to play in Chile and in South America.

References

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