Billy Singh

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Billy Singh
Teams managed
YearsTeam
1988 Fiji
1998–2002 Fiji
Honours
Men's football
Representing Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji (as manager)
OFC Nations Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998

Billy Singh was a Fijian football coach who managed the national team, including for their famous victory against Australia in 1988. [1] [2] [3] Singh died before November 2010. [4] Singh was an Indo-Fijian, the son of Sashi Mahendra Singh who also managed the national team. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 James, Kieran; Nadan, Yogesh (1 January 2019). Wade, Alex (ed.). "Fiji soccer history 1980–1989: A philosophical and sociological analysis". Cogent Arts & Humanities. 6 (1): 1627021. doi: 10.1080/23311983.2019.1627021 .
  2. Rugari, Vince (10 November 2014). "The Forgotten Story of ... Australia's defeat to Fiji | Vince Rugari" via www.theguardian.com.
  3. "Fiji Football to Honour 1988 Legends". 13 September 2018.
  4. "Fiji soccer".