Steve Darby

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Stephen David Darby (born 15 January 1955) is an English football coach and former player. He is well known throughout Asia as a pundit for ESPN Star Sports.[1]

Managerial career

Bahrain

Darby started his football manager career in 1978 where his first coaching role is with the Bahrain national team.

Australia

Darby relocated to Australia and by 1981 he was director of soccer coaching in Tasmania.[2] In March 1987 he joined the ACT Academy of Soccer;[3] he later became director of soccer coaching for Australian Capital Territory's teams. In February 1989, he was appointed coach of the women's Australia B (Gold team) for the Oceania Cup held in Brisbane in March.[4] His team defeated Papua New Guinea 2–0 in their first game.[5] They drew 0–0 against Australia A (Green team), but lost against both Chinese Taipei (0–4) and New Zealand (0-2).[6] Australia B finished equal third with Australia A – their playoff game was washed out and abandoned.[6] By August Darby was the Australia's Female Socceroos' coach.[7] He was arguing for "total freedom of choice in the selection of my immediate staff" and a contract system for players.[7]

Sydney Olympic

In 1995, Darby was appointed by Australian semi-professional club Sydney Olympic as the club manager.

Johor FA

In 1998, Darby was appointed as the Malaysian club manager at Johor FA.

Vietnam women

In January 2001, Darby was appointed by the Vietnam women national team as their head coach.

Home United

In September 2002, S.League club Home United hired Darby as their manager. In his time at the club, he steered Home United to win the cup double in 2003 which is the 2003 S.League and the 2003 Singapore Cup. Darby also steered them to win the 2005 Singapore Cup.

Perak FA

On 8 November 2005, Darby then moved to Malaysia again but this time to signed with Perak FA.

Thailand

On 17 July 2008, Darby was appointed as the assistant coach under Peter Reid for the Thailand national team while Darby was also appointed as Thailand U23 head coach.

Mohun Bagan

On 19 July 2011, Darby was appointed at Indian club Mohun Bagan as their manager however his reign fell short as he was sacked on 15 October.

Kelantan

In January 2014, Darby returned to Malaysia to signed with Kelantan as the club manager.

Mumbai City

In July 2014, Darby reunited with Peter Reid as his assistant at Indian Super League club Mumbai City where he coached Nicolas Anelka and Freddie Ljungberg, who were by then approaching retirement.[8]

Laos

In May 2015, Darby was approached by Laos as the team head coach where it became his third national team stint that he coached.

Honours

As Manager

Home United

References

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