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Michael Valkanis

Coach🇦🇺

Brisbane Roar · A-League

1494Current Elo

52 matches tracked

Coach DNA

Playing style

aggressive

Melbourne CityHapoel Tel AvivAdana DemirsporBrisbane RoarDomestic cupInternational cup

Club record

League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.

Brisbane Roar

Oct 2025 – Apr 2026 · 26 matches

1.00 points per game in A-League (26 matches).

Brisbane Roar with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.01 (76 matches, 6 coaches).

Line-up Elo: −101 below the league average under him, −87 under the others.

Most used

  1. Y. Salas2,338' · Elo 1,476
  2. D. Bouzanis2,295' · Elo 1,475
  3. Samuel Klein2,183' · Elo 1,487
  4. J. McGarry2,064' · Elo 1,557
  5. D. Valkanis2,027' · Elo 1,504
  6. J. O'Shea1,690' · Elo 1,354
  7. M. Ruhs1,416' · Elo 1,519
  8. G. Vrakas1,415' · Elo 1,425
  9. J. Vidic1,286' · Elo 1,343
  10. N. Maieroni1,106' · Elo 1,362

Melbourne City

Jan 2017 – Apr 2017 · 15 matches

1.27 points per game in A-League (15 matches).

Melbourne City with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.59 (92 matches, 3 coaches).

Line-up Elo: +79 above the league average under him, +56 under the others.

Most used

  1. B. Fornaroli1,256' · Elo 1,415
  2. J. Rose1,224' · Elo 1,143
  3. L. Brattan1,172' · Elo 1,624
  4. I. Franjić1,170' · Elo 1,517
  5. N. Kilkenny1,159' · Elo 1,457
  6. O. Malik1,099' · Elo 1,375
  7. N. Colazo939' · Elo 1,341
  8. R. Tongyik855' · Elo 1,394
  9. D. Bouzanis810' · Elo 1,475
  10. B. Kamau780' · Elo 1,411

Players under Michael Valkanis

Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.

Rose most

  1. R. Tongyik+246

    in 11 matches · Melbourne City

  2. D. Valkanis+206

    in 23 matches · Brisbane Roar

  3. N. Kilkenny+199

    in 13 matches · Melbourne City

  4. M. Stajic+179

    in 6 matches · Brisbane Roar

  5. J. Vidic+138

    in 23 matches · Brisbane Roar

Fell most

  1. N. Colazo−92

    in 14 matches · Melbourne City

  2. J. O'Shea−85

    in 21 matches · Brisbane Roar

  3. M. Lode−73

    in 9 matches · Brisbane Roar

  4. N. D'Agostino−56

    in 6 matches · Brisbane Roar

  5. J. McGarry−49

    in 24 matches · Brisbane Roar

Opponents

Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).

Favourite opponents

  1. K. Barbarouses portrait

    K. Barbarouses1331

    in 3 matches · Western Sydney Wanderers

    −48
  2. S. Roux portrait

    S. Roux1508

    in 5 matches · Central Coast Mariners

    −22
  3. M. Sutton portrait

    M. Sutton1730

    in 3 matches · Perth Glory

    −18
  4. H. Eames portrait

    H. Eames1446

    in 3 matches · Central Coast Mariners

    −13
  5. S. Ugarković portrait

    S. Ugarković1590

    in 4 matches · Western Sydney Wanderers

    −8

Nemeses

  1. I. Eze1559

    in 3 matches · Wellington Phoenix

    +139
  2. K. Nagasawa portrait

    K. Nagasawa1624

    in 3 matches · Wellington Phoenix

    +79
  3. A. Rufer portrait

    A. Rufer1633

    in 3 matches · Wellington Phoenix

    +59
  4. C. Piper portrait

    C. Piper1623

    in 3 matches · Wellington Phoenix

    +55
  5. M. Sheridan portrait

    M. Sheridan1657

    in 3 matches · Wellington Phoenix

    +50

Coaches

Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).

Favourite coaches

No coach lost Elo against him.

Nemesis coaches

  1. Giancarlo Italiano1610

    in 3 matches · Wellington Phoenix

    +57

  2. A. Griffiths1680

    in 3 matches · Perth Glory

    +22

  3. Aurelio Vidmar1759

    in 3 matches · Melbourne City

    +21

  4. Warren Moon1552

    in 3 matches · Central Coast Mariners

    +19

Playing style

How Michael Valkanis's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)

Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.

aggressive

One club since 2016 — lineup-coach attribution starts in 2016, so there's no cross-club comparison yet.