Western United FC Youth

Western United Youth

Full name	Western United Football Club Youth
Founded	8 December 2020; 3 years ago (2020-12-08)
Ground	City Vista Recreation Reserve
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Jason Sourasis
Youth Manager	Diogo Ferreira
League	Victoria Premier League 1
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Western United Football Club Youth is the youth system of Western United Football Club based in Truganina, Melbourne. The youth team plays in the Victoria Premier League 1, the second level of Victorian soccer. Diogo Ferreira is the current youth manager. The club also fields under-21s, under-18s, and three other academy teams within the NPL Victoria system.

History

Formation

The team was founded in 2020, with Ante Moric being announced as the inaugural head coach for the 2021 season.^[1] The clubs training base are at City Vista Recreation Reserve at Fraser Rise, Victoria.

Youth current squad

These players can also play with the senior squad and compete in the NPL Victoria 2.

As of 8 July 2023^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player – DF  AUS Adam El Hayek –  AUS Ahmed Iedom –  AUS Alex Hird –  AUS Alex Nassiep – FW  AUS Campbell Dovison – MF  IRQ Charbel Shamoon – DF  AUS Dejan Bakrdanikoski —  AUS Giacomo Luna —  AUS Gus Greer – MF  AUS Jake Najdovski – MF  AUS James York —  AUS Jordan Lauton – MF  AUS Josh Divin – DF  AUS Khoder Kaddour – FW  AUS Lucas Byrns – FW  NZL Luka Coveny

No. Pos. Nation Player –  AUS Luke Vickery – MF  AUS Matthew Grimaldi – FW  AUS Max Bisetto – FW  AUS Michael Ruhs – GK  SSD Mayen Mayen – FW  AUS Max Bisetto – GK  AUS Michael Vonja —  AUS Obiora Eze —  AUS Oliver Lavale – DF  AUS Parker Williams –  AUS Rashid Hayek – GK  AUS Ryan Mudaliar —  AUS Sebastian Lo Monaco –  AUS Thomas Alisandratos –  AUS Vas Lekic –  AUS Yani Nassis – FW  AUS Yianni Panakos

Current staff

As of 3 November 2022.^[3][4]

Anthony Frost	Academy Director
Diogo Ferreira	Senior’s Head Coach
Andrew Durante	Senior’s Assistant Coach
Mate Dugandzic	Senior’s Assistant Coach
Vaughan Coveny	U21 Head Coach
Nikola Markovski	U21 Assistant Coach
Brody Crane	Senior Academy Goalkeeping Coach
Louis Mazza	Strength and Conditioning Coach
Daniel Hanna	Lead Physiotherapist
Harry Reading	Academy Performance Analyst

See also

• Western United FC

References

External links

• Official website