John Maisano



John Maisano (born 6 January 1979) is an Australian/Italian football manager and former player who is employed by City Football Group and current assistant coach of Troyes in France Ligue 2. 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 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 clubs 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.