Fausto De Amicis

{{short description|Australian former soccer player|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| name = Fausto De Amicis

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1968|6|26}}

| birth_place = Melbourne, Australia

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| position = Defender

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| youthclubs1 = Brunswick Juventus

| years1 = 1992–1996

| years2 = 1996–2003

| years3 = 2005

| clubs1 = Melbourne Knights

| clubs2 = South Melbourne

| clubs3 = Heidelberg United

| caps1 = 47

| caps2 = 174

| caps3 = 28

| goals1 = 2

| goals2 = 2

| goals3 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1998–2002

| nationalteam1 = Australia

| nationalcaps1 = 13

| nationalgoals1 = 2

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|manageryears1=2017–

|managerclubs1=Moreland Zebras

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Fausto De Amicis (born 26 June 1968) is an Australian former soccer player. He was a member of the Australian national team that scored a record 31 goals against American Samoa in a FIFA World Cup qualifier.[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3863/matches/match=22243/report.html FIFA.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202051304/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D4395/preliminaries/preliminary%3D3863/matches/match%3D22243/report.html |date=2 February 2009 }} Overall, De Amicis was involved in four National Soccer League title winning sides, twice with the Melbourne Knights, and twice with South Melbourne. In the latter's 1998 Grand Final win over Carlton, De Amicis was awarded the Joe Marston Medal for best afield.

Playing career

De Amicis made his debut for Australia against Chile in February 1998, at the age of 29.{{Cite news |last=Reid |first=Michael |date=15 February 1998 |title=De Amicis making up for lost time |pages=8 |work=The Sunday Age}}{{Cite news |last=Reid |first=Michael |date=7 February 1998 |title=South Melbourne utility set for Australian debut |pages=22 |work=The Age}}

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
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1.	11 April 2001	Coffs Harbour International Stadium, Coffs Harbour, Australia	{{fb\|ASA}}	align=center\|19–0	align=center\| 31–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	10 July 2002	Ericsson Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand	{{fb\|FIJ}}	align=center\|8–0	align=center\| 8–0	2002 OFC Nations Cup

Coaching career

After the departure of Moreland Zebras senior head coach Danny Gnjidic at the end of the 2016 NPL2 West season, the club appointed former player De Amicis as the new manager.{{cite web|title=NEWS: COACHING ANNOUNCEMENT|url=http://websites.sportstg.com/club_info.cgi?client=1-8746-124209-0-0&sID=308736&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=48660102|website=Moreland Zebras Football Club|access-date=13 October 2016}}

Honours

Melbourne Knights

National Soccer League Champion: 1995, 1996{{Cite news |last=Desira |first=Peter |date=1 June 2001 |title=Fausto goes for high five |pages=115 |work=Herald Sun}}

South Melbourne

National Soccer League Champion: 1998, 1999

Australia

OFC Nations Cup: runner-up 1998,{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/98oc.html|title=Oceania Nations Cup 1998|access-date=October 14, 2024}} 2002{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/02oc.html|title=Oceania Nations Cup 2002|access-date=October 14, 2024}}
AFC–OFC Challenge Cup: runner-up 2001{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/asoce.html|title=AFC–OFC Challenge|access-date=October 14, 2024}}