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Anthony Magnacca
Personal information
Date of birth	9 April 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–1998	Sunshine Georgies
1998–1999	Canberra Cosmos
1999–2000	South Melbourne
2000–2001	Newcastle United
2001	→ Brann (loan)
2003–2004	Green Gully
2005–2006	Preston Lions
2007–2008	Sunshine Georgies
2008	Coburg United
2009	Heidelberg United
2010	Bulleen Lions
2011	Box Hill United
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anthony Magnacca (born 9 April 1978) is an Australian retired soccer player who played as a midfielder. He played in the Norwegian Premier League, his first professional stint, in 2001.

Career

He made 57 appearances in the Australian A-League in the early stages of his career; 22 at Canberra Cosmos, 26 at the (then) South Melbourne Lakers and 9 at Newcastle United. ^[4]

On trial with SK Brann of the Norwegian Premier League in 2001,^[5] Magnacca saw Brann as a springboard to a higher league upon transferring to the club and was received well, earning a salary of about 30000 krone per month.^[6] He then made his league debut opposing Bodø/Glimt,^[7] in which Brann lost 5–1,^[2] after being praised by the coach for his assiduous efforts in a friendly.^[7] The Australian's debut would be his only appearance^[2] in his loan to Norway which lasted just two months.^[6]