Tony Franken

Anthony Franken is an Australian professional football goalkeeper coach and former professional goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of the [Australia women's national soccer team|Australian women's national football team].

Biography

He represented Australia on 14 occasions between 1984 and 1992 and represented his country at Under-20 level at the 1983 World Youth Cup Finals in Mexico and at Under-23 level in 1984.
Tony started playing junior soccer for East Fremantle Tricolore before he played for many professional clubs in Australia including Sydney Croatia, APIA Leichhardt, Perth [Glory FC|Perth Glory], Sydney [Olympic FC|Sydney Olympic], Parramatta Eagles and Canberra [City SC|Canberra City]. He was awarded the National [Soccer League|NSL] Under 21 Player of the Year in 1984.
Between 2006 and 2018 he was the goalkeeper coach for the Australian men's national soccer team. Since 2020, he has been the goalkeeping coach for the Australian women's national soccer team.