 Hart in June 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Simon Hart | ||
| Date of birth | 15 March 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | HFX Wanderers FC (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1975–1979 | San Fernando Hurricanes | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1985 | Saint Mary's Huskies | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1980 | Texaco | ||
| 1981 | Halifax Privateers | ||
| 1982 | San Fernando Strikers | ||
| 1983–1988 | King of Donair | ||
| 1988–1989 | Americas | ||
| National team | |||
| 1980 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1988–1989 | King of Donair (player-coach) | ||
| 1993–2001 | King of Donair | ||
| 1997–1999 | Saint Mary's Huskies women | ||
| 1997 | Canada U23 (assistant) | ||
| 2000–2001 | Canada U17 (assistant) | ||
| 2002 | Canada U20 | ||
| 2002–2007 | Canada U17 | ||
| 2005–2006 | Canada (assistant) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Canada (interim) | ||
| 2007–2008 | Canada (assistant) | ||
| 2009 | Canada (interim) | ||
| 2009–2012 | Canada | ||
| 2013–2016 | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| 2018– | HFX Wanderers | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Stephen Simon Hart (born 15 March 1960) is a Trinidadian football manager and former player who is head coach of HFX Wanderers FC in the Canadian Premier League.
Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a twin island country that is the southernmost nation of the West Indies in the Caribbean. It is situated 130 kilometres south of Grenada off the northern edge of the South American mainland, 11 kilometres off the coast of northeastern Venezuela. It shares maritime boundaries with Barbados to the northeast, Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the northwest, Guyana to the southeast, and Venezuela to the south and west.
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.
HFX Wanderers Football Club, commonly known as HFX Wanderers, and also spoken as Halifax Wanderers, is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League at the top of the Canadian soccer league system, and play their home matches at Wanderers Grounds.
Contents
- Club career
- International career
- Coaching career
- Early career
- Canada
- Trinidad and Tobago
- HFX Wanderers FC
- Personal life
- Managerial statistics
- References
As a player, Hart began his career with the San Fernando Hurricanes before joining Professional Football League club Texaco in 1979. Leaving Trinidad and Tobago for Canada to study at Saint Mary's University, he represented the university team as well as the Halifax Privateers. Hart joined the San Fernando Strikers briefly before six years with King of Donair. He ended his playing career with Americas.
Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres, making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Canada's southern border with the United States, stretching some 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi), is the world's longest bi-national land border. Its capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. As a whole, Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land area being dominated by forest and tundra. Consequently, its population is highly urbanized, with over 80 percent of its inhabitants concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, with 70% of citizens residing within 100 kilometres (62 mi) of the southern border. Canada's climate varies widely across its vast area, ranging from arctic weather in the north, to hot summers in the southern regions, with four distinct seasons.
Saint Mary's University (SMU) is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The school is best known for having nationally leading programs in business and chemistry, as well as one of the best Canadian women's basketball programs. The campus is situated in Halifax's South End and covers approximately 80 acres (32 ha).
The Saint Mary's Huskies are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Their primary home turf is Huskies Stadium located in the centre of the University's campus.
As a coach, Hart first took over at King of Donair as a player-manager in 1988. He returned to Saint Mary's University as coach of the Huskies women's team, before becoming technical director of Soccer Nova Scotia. Between 2004 and 2012, Hart undertook several roles with the Canadian Soccer Association from under-17 to senior level. In December 2009, he was named head coach of the Canadian national team, and in June 2013 took charge of the Trinidad and Tobago national team. In June 2018, he was named the inaugural head coach of HFX Wanderers FC.
Soccer Nova Scotia is the governing body for soccer in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is a member association of the Canadian Soccer Association. It has jurisdiction over the Nova Scotia Soccer League and the Halifax Soccer League.
The Canadian Soccer Association is the governing body of soccer in Canada. It is a national organization that oversees the Canadian men's and women's national teams for international play, as well as the respective junior sides. Within Canada, it oversees national professional and amateur club championships.
The Canada U-17 men's national soccer team, also known as Canada Under-17s or Canada U-17s, is a youth club for national soccer in Canada. Many of Canada's current internationals have played at one or more of these age levels early in their career, often working with the same coaches and teammates throughout their progression into the senior squad.
