Chencho Dorji

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Chencho Dorji
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-01-01) 1 January 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Mongar, Bhutan
Team information
Current team
 Sudeva Delhi (head coach)
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2007–2018 Bhutan U-17
2019–2020 F.C. Imphal City
2020–2021 Sudeva Delhi
2023– Sudeva Delhi

Chencho Dorji (born 1 January 1980 in Mongar) is a Bhutanese football manager, [1] [2] who currently serves as the head coach of the Indian club Sudeva Delhi FC in the I-League 2. [3] [4] Besides Bhutan, he has managed in India. [5] [6] [7] [8]

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Managerial career

Dorji completed his C-License coaching course in 2005 when he was still just 25. In the 12 years that he worked with the Bhutan Football Federation (BFF) after that, he enrolled in every programme that he came across, just to learn more about the game. Such was his hunger for footballing knowledge that upon finishing all of BFF’s courses, he went to Japan and completed all the coaching courses from there as well. Football in Bhutan benefited from it as he served a number of different age-group teams over the years besides playing an important role in setting up their grassroots system. [9]

Dorji had earlier worked as the head coach of the Bhutan youth national teams and he was always wanting to move to Indian I-League. "The I-League is one of the biggest leagues in South Asia and it has teams that have been playing at such a high level for many years. We have been preparing well and no team should take us lightly. We can certainly come up with surprise results," Dorji said about his move to Sudeva. [10]

Bracing up for their maiden I-League appearance, Sudeva Delhi FC appointed Dorji as the team's head coach ahead of the upcoming season. I-League's newest entrant is the first team from national capital New Delhi.

"It is a great honour to be part of the I-League. I really thank the president and the vice-president for believing in me and deciding to give the huge responsibility. lf you do well, you will survive and I am very excited about this challenge. As with every head coach, I also want to win. l want to win all the matches, but that does not happen in football."

Chencho Dorji, after becoming the manager of Sudeva Delhi FC. [11]

Dorji is the first Bhutanese coach at the helm of any club in the history of the I-League.[ citation needed ] He joined Sudeva's academy in November 2019 and is now the chief tactician of the senior team. Dorji has previously worked at the Bhutan Football Federation for 12 years.[ citation needed ]

The first club from the national capital to play in the I-League, Sudeva Delhi FC have opted for an all-Indian squad in their first season and the concept was came from Dorji's mind. He said that "The message was always clear that we will go with an all-Indian squad." [12]

Dorji later became head coach of Sudeva Delhi again in 2023, and guided the team in I-League 2. [13]

Statistics

Managerial statistics

As of 26 January 2021.
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Sudeva Delhi 22 September 202031 May 202214536035.71
Total14536035.71

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