Football Australia is saddened by the passing of Football Australia Hall of Fame inductee and Football SA Life Member Charlie Caruso, a respected administrator who dedicated decades of service to Australian football.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Caruso made a significant contribution to the game at club, state and national level, including through senior leadership roles with Adelaide City, the South Australian Soccer Federation and the National Soccer League.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His contribution also extended to Australia\u2019s national teams and the international game, representing Australian football through a range of appointments and at major international tournaments.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Football Australia Chair Anter Isaac paid tribute to Caruso\u2019s contribution to the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCharlie dedicated an extraordinary amount of his life to football and made a significant contribution to the growth and development of our game,\u201d Isaac said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom his service to Adelaide City and football in South Australia, through to the National Soccer League, our national teams and the international stage, Charlie\u2019s contribution was extensive and enduring. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was part of a generation of administrators whose passion, leadership and commitment helped shape Australian football, and his contribution was recognised through the respect in which he was held across the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOn behalf of Football Australia, I extend our sincere condolences to Charlie\u2019s family, friends and all those across the Australian football community who knew him.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Caruso\u2019s service to the game was recognised through Life Membership of Soccer Australia, the South Australian Soccer Federation and Adelaide City, as well as induction into the Football Australia Hall of Fame and Football South Australia Hall of Fame. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
His legacy also continues through the Charlie Caruso Award, presented annually as part of Football South Australia\u2019s Celebration of Football awards. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Football Australia joins the Australian football community in mourning his passing and recognising a lifetime of service to the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Football Australia is saddened by the passing of Football Australia Hall of Fame inductee and Football SA Life…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":885197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,454950,952,596,7797,13833,85,165324],"class_list":["post-885196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-charlie-caruso","tag-featured","tag-football","tag-football-australia-news","tag-press-release","tag-sports","tag-vale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}