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'Gary Cole' is an Australian football (soccer) player, who played for the Australia national football team 40 times and scored 20 goals between 1975 and 1984. He is currently Football Operations Manager for A-League club Melbourne Victory FC.^[1]

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Playing career

Coaching career

Honours

External references

Playing career

Transferred from Ringwood Wilhelmina to Fitzroy Alexander (later called Heidelberg United) in 1976 for a transfer fee of 6,000 after 3 years at Ringwood. Cole became one of the early stars of the National Soccer League as a striker, scoring 88 goals in 6 seasons at Heidelberg. In 1984 Cole moved to rival NSL club Preston after injuring his ankle badly in 1983, and whent on to score 21 goals for the club before retiring in 1986.

Coaching career

Cole has coached at various Victorian Premier League clubs and coached the Victorian state representative team after previously working on a full time basis at the AIS in Canberra.

Honours

★ Socceroo 1975-1984 40 times for 20 goals.

★ Victorian Representative Honours (Playing) 1974 - 1975

★ Victorian Representative Honours (Coaching) 2003

External references

1. Melbourne Victory - Board and Management


★ Oz Football Stats

★ Article from ''The Age''