Joe Montemurro, Australia football coach: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Joe Montemurro , nicknamed Pepe, 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 had played as a midfielder, 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 in 2017 as manager of Arsenal womens, where he won the league title in his second season. 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.