the Azlan Shah Cup for Australia. The Cup featured teams from Pakistan, Malaysia, India, South Korea, Britain and New Zealand. In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian men's national training squad. This squad was narrowed in June 2012. He trained with the team from 18 January to mid-March in Perth, Western Australia. In February during the training camp, he played in a four nations test series with the teams being the Kookaburras, Australia A Squad, the Netherlands and Argentina. Career highlight In 2014, Ciriello showed why he is one of the most dangerous players in world hockey and one of the best drag flickers in the history of the game. The 'Big Dog', as he is nicknamed, slotted a hat trick of goals in both the finals of the World Cup and the Commonwealth Games leading Australia to victory. At the World Cup Cirello was the second highest scorer of the tournament with 7 goals while at the Commonwealth Games he led the field with 9 goals. Coaching In 2004, Ciriello coached year 9 at Wesley College in Glen Waverley, Victoria while his father Lou Ciriello coached year 10. Ciriello coached a top tier group of young female athletes at Southern River Hockey Club, based in the south of Perth, WA. Until recently, he was Analytical coach and Manager for the National Indian Men's Team based at Sports Authority of India Complex, Bangalore, India. References External links (2010) (2014) 1985 births Living people Australian people of Italian descent Australian people of Anglo-Indian descent Australian sportspeople of Indian descent Australian male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in field hockey Victorian Institute of Sport alumni Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players from Melbourne Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Hockey India League players People from the City of Casey 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games