John Maisano

John Maisano

Personal information
Full name	John Marcel Maisano
Date of birth	(1979-01-06) 6 January 1979
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder (retired)
Youth career
1996–1997	Australian Institute of Sport
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1998	Atalanta	0	(0)
1998–1999	Westerlo	10	(0)
2000	Helmond Sport	3	(1)
2000–2002	Marconi Stallions	42	(6)
2002–2005	Greenock Morton	92	(19)
2005–2006	Ayr United	3	(1)
2006	Stranraer	4	(0)
International career‡
1994–1995	Australia U17	10	(1)
1997-1999	Australia U20	9	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:00, 11 May 2009 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:00, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

John Maisano (born 6 January 1979) is an Australian former footballer.

John Maisano was born in Melbourne to Italian parents. He holds dual nationality and began his professional football career at Italian Serie A team Atalanta. However his introduction to football came at the world-renowned Australian Institute of Sport and it was after a year there (1996–1997) he moved overseas.

International

During his time at Atalanta, Maisano represented his country at international level. He was part of the Australia under 17 squad in the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Ecuador and the Australia under 20 squad that took part in the under 20 World Championships in Nigeria. Harry Kewell was a team mate in the under 17 competition while Brett Emerton was a team mate in the under 20 tournament.

Club

Maisano returned to Europe in 2002 when he left Marconi Stallions and signed for Greenock Morton. This was only a few months after younger brother Marco Maisano had joined the club. He (John) originally came to Scotland for a trial with Kilmarnock but their manager, at that time, Jim Jefferies said that he was an excellent player but was not quite what he was looking for at that time. Although most thought that he was too good to play in the Scottish Third Division he was enticed by the opportunity to link up with his brother in addition to how impressed he was with the set up at Morton when he went along to watch his brother play.

Maisano was an integral part of the Scottish Third Division championship winning side in season 2002/03. He left his biggest performance for the most important match, where the title was won on the final day of the season versus Peterhead.

After Morton he had brief spells at Ayr United and Stranraer.

Maisano retired from professional football in 2006, aged only 27 years old. He continues to reside in Greenock, Scotland with his Scottish wife, whom he married during his time at Morton.