Francis Awaritefe


Francis Edgar Awaritefe is an Australian former football player, and was Director of Football at Melbourne Victory.

Biography

On 21 June 2011, Awaritefe was signed by Melbourne Victory as their new Director of Football on a two-year deal, replacing Gary Cole, with Mehmet Durakovic signed as the club's new manager on the same day.
However, after a brief five-month stint in his job as the Director of Football with Melbourne Victory, Awaritefe was axed by Melbourne Victory, after a run of poor results.
He appeared on the Australian television program Nerds FC.
Awaritefe is as at February 2019 vice-president of FIFPro and has been with Craig Foster participating in the campaign to free Hakeem al-Araibi.