Tony Franken

Anthony "Tony" Franken (born 11 January 1965) is an Australian professional soccer goalkeeper coach and former professional goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of the Australian women's national football team.

Biography Franken represented Australia on 14 occasions between 1984 and 1992 and represented his country at Under-20 level at the 1983 World Youth Cup Finals in Mexico and at Under-23 level in 1984.

Franken started playing junior soccer for East Fremantle Tricolore before he played for many professional clubs in Australia including Sydney Croatia, APIA Leichhardt, Perth Glory, Sydney Olympic, Parramatta Eagles and Canberra City. He was awarded the NSL Under 21 Player of the Year in 1984.

Between 2006 and 2018 he was the goalkeeper coach for the Australian men's national soccer team. Since 2020, he has been the goalkeeping coach for the Australian women's national soccer team.