Frank Farina

Frank Farina is the kind of figure I gravitate toward: a Darwin-born forward who tested himself across Belgium, Italy and England before bringing that hard-won knowledge home as a coach. The detail that stays with me is that he was the first Indigenous Australian to manage the national side. That is more than a trivia line; it is a door opened for everyone who follows. I admire careers that complete the circle from player to mentor, and his Medal of the Order of Australia suggests he left a mark on the whole country, not only on the pitch.

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Name (English)

Frank Farina

Name (Japanese)

フランク・ファリーナ

Reading

ふらんく・ふぁりーな

Born

September 5, 1964 (age 62)

Origin

Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Height

177 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dragon

University

St Augustine's College

Awards & achievements

• 2000 Medal of the Order of Australia

• Official sitehttp://www.frankfarina.net
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Farina
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q710474

Tags

• Northern Territory
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.