Gary Donald Marocchi is an Australia

Australia

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n football (soccer)

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 coach and former player.

Playing career

Marocchi represented Australia 13 times in full internationals playing as a midfielder. His playing career at club level began in Perth in 1971 with Perth Azzurri

Perth SC

Perth Soccer Club is a football club based in West Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the Football West Premier League.-Perth Italia:...

 in the Western Australia State League

Western Australia State League

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 and concluded in 1980 with Adelaide City

Adelaide City

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 in the National Soccer League

National Soccer League

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. He represented Western Australia

Western Australia state association football team

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 22 times and South Australia three times.

Coaching career

Marocchi's first venture into coaching at semi-professional level was with Perth Italia

Perth SC

Perth Soccer Club is a football club based in West Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the Football West Premier League.-Perth Italia:...

 in 1991. He remained at Perth Italia until he joined Perth Kangaroos

Perth Kangaroos IFC

Perth Kangaroos International Football Club is a now-defunct soccer club from Perth, Australia. Perth Kangaroos played as an overseas team in the Singapore Premier League in 1994 and won the league title...

 where in 1994 he coached the Kangaroos to the FAS Premier League

FAS Premier League

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 league title. When Perth Glory

Perth Glory FC

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 entered the National Soccer League

National Soccer League

The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...

 in 1996 Marocchi was chosen to lead the new team. His tenure saw the Glory narrowly miss the post-season final series in each of his two seasons in charge. He was replaced by Bernd Stange

Bernd Stange

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 before the beginning of the 1998/1999 season. In 2003 he joined Swan IC in the WA State League where he coached until June 2005 when he resigned, stating player performance issues as one reason for his departure.