Joe Montemurro

Joe Montemurro
Montemurro as head coach of Melbourne Victory Women in 2014
Personal information
Full name Joseph Adrian Montemurro
Date of birth (1969-09-13) 13 September 1969
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Australia women (head coach)
Youth career
1986–1988 Brunswick Juventus
1989 Neuchâtel Xamax
1989 Potenza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990 Brunswick Juventus 3 (0)
1991–1995 Opitergina
Managerial career
2006–2007 Sunshine George Cross
2008–2009 Coburg United
2013 FC Port Moresby
2014–2015 Melbourne Victory Women
2015–2017 Melbourne City Women
2017–2021 Arsenal Women
2021–2024 Juventus Women
2024–2025 Lyon Women
2025– Australia Women
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph Adrian Montemurro (born 13 September 1969) is an Australian soccer coach and former player who has been the head coach of the Australian women's national team since June 2025.

Montemurro played as a midfielder during, mainly in Italy in the 1990s, before returning to Australia to play for Victorian State League teams. He began coaching in youth football for various Victorian clubs in 2002 and was promoted to men's teams by 2006. His first international posting was in 2013, as the inaugural manager of Papua New Guinean side, FC Port Moresby. From 2014 to 2017, he managed the women's sides of Melbourne Victory and then Melbourne City. He replaced Pedro Martínez Losa as manager of Arsenal womens, where he won the league title in his second season with them. In 2021, Montemurro moved to Italy to manage Juventus Women, and in 2024, he became coach of the French side, Olympique Lyonnais Féminin. He won league titles at all three European clubs.