Ross Aloisi

Aloisi was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the older brother of former Socceroo John Aloisi. He signed with National Soccer League club Adelaide City, for whom he made 6 appearances in the 1990–91 as the team finished third before losing in the preliminary final.

NSL

Aloisi continued with Adelaide City in 1991–92, and played 11 matches, scoring a goal in their preliminary final victory against South Melbourne FC as Adelaide went on to take the championship. Between seasons, he played for the Modbury Jets (1992) and Enfield City (1993) in the South Australia Super League, and after a final stint with Adelaide City in 1992–93 he moved to Europe with K. Boom F.C. in Belgium. He played just four matches for the club before returning to Australia to play for Brunswick Juventus in the 1993–94 NSL season. Aloisi scored 4 goals in 13 matches as the team finished 13th of the 14 teams. The club merged with Box Hill Inter and the Bulleen Lions to become the Melbourne Zebras, and Aloisi made 8 appearances in 1994–95, scoring a goal in the Zebras' 2–0 victory over the Melbourne Knights in the Johnny Walker Cup. He signed on with the West Adelaide Sharks for the 1995–96 NSL season. Aloisi made 31 appearances for 4 goals as West Adelaide missed the finals by a single point, Aloisi played another 17 matches for West Adelaide, but again they missed the finals series, and he decided again to attempt to build a career overseas.

Europe

Aloisi signed with Swiss club FC…

At the age of 16 travelled to Scotland to play for Australia at the 1989 FIFA Under-16 World Championship. He made one appearance off the bench against the United States, playing 39 minutes in the 2–2 draw. It was in 1994 that Aloisi broke into the Australian national team, playing 12 matches (for 2 goals) for the under-23 side (the Olyroos), and making his top-level debut for the Socceroos against Kuwait in a friendly in September that year. He played a second match for Australia against Japan five days later, earning a yellow card in the 0–0 draw. Aloisi played two matches for the Olyroos in 1995, In early 1996, Aloisi participated in the Olyroos' qualifying campaign for the 1996 Summer Olympics, scoring 5 goals in 5 games as Australia finished on top of the Oceania group. Aloisi appeared in the away leg of the qualifying play-off tie against Canada, which Australia won 7–2 on aggregate to qualify for the Games. He played in all three of Australia's Olympic matches, but the team were knocked out in the group stages after losses to France and Spain. In June 1998, Aloisi made his third appearance for the Australian national team, playing 16 minutes in a 7–0 friendly loss against Croatia. In mid-1999, he returned home briefly to play two matches for Australia in Melbourne, friendlies against English club Manchester United,.

West Adelaide

Aloisi was appointed as coach of West Adelaide in 2010, two years after their revival. During his three years at the club, he got them promoted from the third division into the semi-professional top-tier South Australia National Premier League, including a 40-game undefeated streak.

Adelaide United Women

In August 2013, Aloisi entered women's soccer, and was appointed as the head coach of Adelaide United's women's team competing in the W-League. Following a season of improvement with the club, he was also appointed by Football South Australia as the head of South Australia's women's program.

Stints as assistant coach

In July 2015, Aloisi joined A-League club Brisbane Roar as an assistant coach under his brother John. In January 2019, 3 weeks after his brother, he left the club. In October 2020, Aloisi returned to Adelaide United, this time as the assistant coach for the A-League team. He departed the club in March 2022 to join an Asian club. In April 2022, Aloisi joined Yokohama F. Marinos as an assistant coach, under fellow Australian and former team-mate Kevin Muscat.

Brisbane Roar Men

In May 2023, Aloisi returned to a position of head coach, signing as the head coach of Brisbane Roar's team in the A-League Men, where he had previously spent four years as an assistant coach under his brother John. After just 9 games at the helm, Aloisi departed the Roar on 24 December.

With Adelaide United:

A-League Premiership: 2005–06 With Adelaide City:

NSL Championship: 1991–92 NSL Cup: 1991–92