# John Maisano

John Maisano (born 6 January 1979) is an Australian/Italian football manager and former player who is employed by Sydney FC as current assistant head coach in the Australian A-League. At club level, he played for Atalanta in Serie A, K.V.C. Westerlo in the Belgian Pro League, Helmond Sport in the Dutch Eerste Divisie, Marconi Stallions in the National Soccer League, Greenock Morton, Ayr United and Stranraer. Internationally, he represented Australia at the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship and 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

## Club career

Maisano helped Greenock Morton win the 2002–03 Scottish Third Division title, after beating Peterhead on the final day of the season. After Morton he had brief spells at Ayr United and Stranraer.
Maisano retired from playing professionally in 2006, aged only 27, after suffering health issues.

## Managerial career

In 2016, Maisano became a coach for the Bulleen Lions under-20 side in the Victoria Premier League. He then took over as senior men head coach in 2018 where he took the club to the Round of 16 and live stages of the Australia Cup for the first time in the clubs history. He also took the club to the semi finals of the Dockerty Cup, an annual association football knock-out competition, for the first time in the clubs history. In the same year, he took the club to the Grand Final playoff at AAMI Park, missing out on promotion with a 1-0 loss. In 2021 Maisano was employed by the City Football Group to be Melbourne City FC NPL head coach. He won automatic promotion to the NPLM2 in 2022, for the first time in the club's history. In 2022 Maisano was appointed Melbourne City FC assistant coach where he helped lead the club to become A-League Men champions. In 2023 he was appointed ES Troyes AC assistant coach in Ligue 2.

## Personal life

In 2011, Maisano and his wife decided to return to Australia settling in Mornington Peninsula and launching their business venture Alien Fitness. He is the brother of Marco Maisano.

## Career statistics
### Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | League cup | League cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Westerlo | 1998–99 | Belgian First Division | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 |
| Helmond Sport | 1999–2000 | Eerste Divisie | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 1 |
| Marconi Fairfield Stallions | 2000–01 | National Soccer League | 17 | 0 | | | – | – | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Marconi Fairfield Stallions | 2001–02 | National Soccer League | 23 | 6 | | | – | – | | | 23 | 6 |
| Marconi Fairfield Stallions | Total | Total | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 6 |
| Greenock Morton | 2002–03 | Scottish Third Division | 33 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 6 |
| Greenock Morton | 2003–04 | Scottish Second Division | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 8 |
| Greenock Morton | 2004–05 | Scottish Second Division | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 6 |
| Greenock Morton | Total | Total | 92 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 106 | 20 |
| Ayr United | 2005–06 | Scottish Second Division | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 1 |
| Stranraer | 2005–06 | Scottish First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 153 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 169 | 28 |
* ↑ Appearances in National Soccer League Finals
* 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Scottish Challenge Cup

## Honours

Australia U-20
* OFC U-19 Men's Championship: 1998