River Plate Oceania Inc

At River Plate Oceania, our focus is player development.  Player development requires hard work plus the direction and guidance provided by experienced coaches implementing proven systems.  With this in mind, we created the Piranhas Football School. Click 'Read More' to learn about our current training programs!

We are extremely privileged to have the head coach of junior programs at CA River Plate coming to Melbourne .  The main purpose of his visit is to review our training programs and assess the development of our players yet he will also be part of a Junior Clinic, a Coaching Seminar plus participate in the festivities at our River Plate Challenge Cup.

Jake Barker-Daish started at RPFA at the age of ten and trained with us for 4 years.  He was part of the all-conquering River Plate Amigos futsal representative squad, of which 4 players represented Victoria in futsal.  Jake recently signed with A-League side, Gold Coast United, and he has been selected to play for the U20 Young Socceroos in the 2011 World Cup in Columbia!

Former RPO & Piranahs player, George Lambadaridis, has returned home to Australia after a year of training with Belgian top division Club Brugge and been snapped up by A-League club, Brisbane Roar.  George began as a youngster under the tutelage of Head Coach of the South Eastern Piranhas, Daniel Santomil, at the age of nine. Initially for private training, Daniel played a major role in developing the technical foundations of George’s game.