Stefan Valentini (born 15 July 1996) is an Australian

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who plays as a striker for

Oakleigh Cannons FC Oakleigh Cannons Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in the south-east Melbourne suburb Oakleigh, Victoria, Oakleigh. As of 2025, the club competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria (NPL Victoria). History South Oakleigh Soc ...

. Previously he played for Eintracht Braunschweig II, in the Regionalliga Nord, Germany. Born in

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

, Valentini holds a dual citizenship due to his Italian heritage.

Youth career

Valentini was named

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Under 20 Player of the Year (2014) after playing only 12 games of the season and netting 12 goals for Balcatta FC.

Senior career

On 11 August 2015, he made his professional senior debut for

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...

in the

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against

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, coming off the bench and winning a penalty to give Glory a 2–1 lead to then scoring a penalty in the penalty shoot-out to advance to the next round of the FFA Cup. Valentini was an unused substitute in the 0–2 loss to

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory ...

in the 2015 FFA Cup Final. Valentini won the

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Young Player of the Year award at the conclusion of the 2015 NPL season, after playing only 14 matches. In January 2016, he joined the reserve side of

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. They compete in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier o ...

in the

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord () is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga N ...

. On 19 July 2017, he joined TuS Erndtebruck in the

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on a free transfer. In January 2019, Valentini joined

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side

Avondale FC Avondale FC is an Australian semi-professional association football club, with the men's and women's teams based in Parkville and the junior sides based in Avondale Heights, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the National Pre ...

, scoring on his second start for the club.

References

Living people 1996 births Men's association football forwards Australian men's soccer players Australian expatriate men's soccer players Perth Glory FC players Eintracht Braunschweig II players Regionalliga players National Premier Leagues players Soccer players from Perth, Western Australia 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-footy-forward-stub