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1988 | Fiji | |||||||||||||||
1998–2002 | Fiji | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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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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