| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ross Aloisi | ||
| Date of birth | (1973-04-17)17 April 1973 (age 51) | ||
| Place of birth | Adelaide,South Australia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Adelaide City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1991 | Adelaide City | 42 | (12) |
| 1992 | Modbury Jets | 6 | (0) |
| 1993 | Enfield City Falcons | 4 | (3) |
| 1993 | FC Boom | 4 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Melbourne SC | 13 | (4) |
| 1994 | Thomastown Devils[1][2] | 4 | (0) |
| 1994–1997 | West Adelaide Sharks | 57 | (8) |
| 1997–1998 | FC Aarau | 34 | (6) |
| 1998–1999 | FC Lorient | 1 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Grazer AK | 20 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Alzano | 41 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Pro Sesto | 29 | (3) |
| 2003–2004 | Adelaide United | 26 | (4) |
| 2004 | White City | 9 | (3) |
| 2004 | Selangor FC | ||
| 2005–2007 | Adelaide United | 50 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | Wellington Phoenix | 13 | (2) |
| Total | 353 | (48) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1989 | Australia U-17 | ||
| 1994–1996 | Australia U-23 | 14 | (4) |
| 1994–1998 | Australia | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2013 | West Adelaide | ||
| 2013–2015 | Adelaide United Women | ||
| 2015–2019 | Brisbane Roar (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2022 | Adelaide United (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Yokohama F. Marinos (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Brisbane Roar | ||
| 2024– | Shanghai Port (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 July 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 May 2007 | |||
Ross Aloisi (born 17 April 1973) is a formerAustraliansoccer player and current assistant coach ofShanghai Port.[3] He was the captain ofAdelaide United in theHyundai A-League – a team he guided to a minor premiership, a pre-season cup and twoAsian Champions League campaigns. After leaving Adelaide united due to being red carded in the 2006 A-league grand final, he played forWellington Phoenix in theA-League, where he was appointed their inaugural captain. Now, after his retirement as a football player, (having also featured as an assistant coach forAdelaide United), he was most recently one of the assistant coaches ofJ1 League clubYokohama F. Marinos. Aloisi was offered a contract for the next season after winning the league but didn't accept it.
Aloisi was born inAdelaide,South Australia, the older brother of formerSoccerooJohn Aloisi. He signed withNational Soccer League clubAdelaide City, for whom he made 6 appearances in the 1990–91 as the team finished third before losing in the preliminary final.[4]
Aloisi continued with Adelaide City in 1991–92, and played 11 matches, scoring a goal in their preliminary final victory againstSouth Melbourne FC as Adelaide went on to take the championship.[5] Between seasons, he played for theModbury Jets (1992) andEnfield City (1993) in theSouth Australia Super League, and after a final stint with Adelaide City in 1992–93 he moved to Europe withK. Boom F.C. inBelgium. He played just four matches for the club before returning to Australia to play forBrunswick Juventus in the 1993–94 NSL season.
Aloisi scored 4 goals in 13 matches as the team finished 13th of the 14 teams.[6] The club merged withBox Hill Inter and theBulleen Lions to become theMelbourne Zebras, and Aloisi made 8 appearances in 1994–95, scoring a goal in the Zebras' 2–0 victory over theMelbourne Knights in the Johnny Walker Cup.[7] He signed on with theWest Adelaide Sharks for the 1995–96 NSL season. Aloisi made 31 appearances for 4 goals as West Adelaide missed the finals by a single point,[8] Aloisi played another 17 matches for West Adelaide, but again they missed the finals series, and he decided again to attempt to build a career overseas.
Aloisi signed withSwiss clubFC Aarau, and played 38 matches for them in the 1997–98 season for 6 goals, and a further 2 matches in 1998–99,[9] before moving to play forFC Lorient inFrance. Aloisi only played 1 match for FC Lorient over two seasons before moving on toGrazer AK inAustria'sBundesliga. Aloisi made 18 appearances for GAK in 1999–2000, and a further 2 in 2000–01, where the club reached the second round of theUEFA Cup. Moving toItaly, Aloisi made 41 appearances over two seasons forAlzano Virescit, before moving toPro Sesto where he scored 3 goals in 29 matches in 2002–03.
With the formation ofAdelaide United in theNSL, Aloisi was lured to finally return home to Australia, and he became an integral member of the team, playing 26 games and scoring 4 goals as the new club reached the preliminary final. The collapse of the NSL, however, saw Aloisi move toMalaysia to play forSelangor FC helping them to finish second in the newly formedMalaysian Premier League.[10] With the introduction of the A-League, Aloisi returned again toAustralia andAdelaide United, signing with the team in November 2004. The retirement of 2003–04 captainAurelio Vidmar saw Aloisi inducted as captain of the club for the first A-League season,[11] and he played 23 of Adelaide's 24 matches, scoring 2 goals as the team won the inauguralA-League Premiership. Aloisi shared the LifeFM Adelaide Player of the Year award withAngelo Costanzo,.[12]
In the2006–07 A-League season, Aloisi captained Adelaide United in a successful campaign that saw the side reach theGrand Final againstMelbourne Victory on 18 February 2007 in Melbourne. Controversy followed Aloisi's appearance in that game, with him earning a red card in the 34th minute, leaving his side 1 man down for the rest of the match. United lost the Grand Final 6–0, a then record losing margin and aggregate score in a match in the short history of the A-League. Two months later Aloisi was sacked. John Kosmina (coach) had been asked to resign (sacked) by the Adelaide United board the Thursday following the grand final.[13][14] Aloisi then left the club altogether and has promised in magazine interviews to one day "tell all".[15]
Aloisi's allegedly unamicable departure was cited by brotherJohn as being a principal reason why he rejected United's offer to become theirmarquee player for the 2007/2008 season. John also noted that Ross' departure lessened his desire to play for United, as his previously stated desire to play for United was based upon the incentive of finishing his career playing alongside his brother.
Aloisi was offered the role of captaining the newA-League franchiseWellington Phoenix, for the2007–08 season.[16] He scored twice in his only season with the Phoenix, before retiring at the end of the season.
Following retirement, Ross Aloisi joined Fox Sports as a commentator. He is also a columnist for Soccer International magazine and co-owns a ceramics business with his brother.[citation needed]
He now also co-hosts a weekly internet television show about football withJohn Kosmina, Two Up Front[17] for AustraliaLiveTV.com.
At the age of 16 travelled toScotland to play forAustralia at the1989 FIFA Under-16 World Championship. He made one appearance off the bench against theUnited States, playing 39 minutes in the 2–2 draw.[18]
It was in 1994 that Aloisi broke into the Australian national team, playing 12 matches (for 2 goals) for the under-23 side (the Olyroos),[19] and making his top-level debut for the Socceroos againstKuwait in a friendly in September that year.[20] He played a second match for Australia againstJapan five days later, earning ayellow card in the 0–0 draw. Aloisi played two matches for the Olyroos in 1995,[21]
In early 1996, Aloisi participated in the Olyroos' qualifying campaign for the1996 Summer Olympics, scoring 5 goals in 5 games as Australia finished on top of theOceania group.[22] Aloisi appeared in the away leg of the qualifying play-off tie againstCanada, which Australia won 7–2 on aggregate to qualify for the Games. He played in all three of Australia's Olympic matches, but the team were knocked out in the group stages after losses toFrance andSpain.[23]
In June 1998, Aloisi made his third appearance for the Australian national team, playing 16 minutes in a 7–0 friendly loss againstCroatia.[24]
In mid-1999, he returned home briefly to play two matches for Australia inMelbourne, friendlies against English clubManchester United,.[25]
Aloisi was appointed as coach ofWest Adelaide in 2010, two years after their revival. During his three years at the club, he got them promoted from the third division into the semi-professional top-tierSouth Australia National Premier League, including a 40-game undefeated streak.[26][27]
In August 2013, Aloisi enteredwomen's soccer, and was appointed as the head coach ofAdelaide United's women's team competing in theW-League.[28] Following a season of improvement with the club, he was also appointed byFootball South Australia as the head of South Australia's women's program.[29]
In July 2015, Aloisi joinedA-League clubBrisbane Roar as an assistant coach under his brotherJohn.[30] In January 2019, 3 weeks after his brother, he left the club.[31]
In October 2020, Aloisi returned toAdelaide United, this time as the assistant coach for theA-League team.[32] He departed the club in March 2022 to join an Asian club.[33]
In April 2022, Aloisi joinedYokohama F. Marinos as an assistant coach, under fellow Australian and former team-mateKevin Muscat.[34][35]
In May 2023, Aloisi returned to a position of head coach, signing as the head coach ofBrisbane Roar's team in theA-League Men, where he had previously spent four years as an assistant coach under his brotherJohn.[36] After just 9 games at the helm, Aloisi departed the Roar on December 24.
All competitive league games (league and domestic cup) and international matches (including friendlies) are included.
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
| West Adelaide |  | 1 January 2010 | 30 June 2013 | 87 | 63 | 4 | 20 | 072.41 | |
| Adelaide United Women | | 1 July 2013 | 30 June 2015 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 025.00 | |
| Adelaide United Men | | 31 December 2021 | 8 January 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 000.00 | |
| Brisbane Roar | | 1 July 2023 | 23 December 2023 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 066.67 | |
| Career Total | 125 | 77 | 12 | 36 | 061.60 | ||||
WithAdelaide United:
WithAdelaide City:
Aloisi also coached local South Australian National Premier League outfit West Adelaide from 2010 to 2013, leading them from the third division to the top-flight of semi-professional football in the state courtesy of a remarkable undefeated streak that stretched for more than 40 games.
