Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stephen David Darby | ||
Date of birth | 15 January 1955 | ||
Place of birth | Liverpool, Merseyside, England | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
1978–1979 | Bahrain | ||
1995–1998 | Sydney Olympic | ||
1998–2000 | Johor | ||
2001–2002 | Vietnam Women | ||
2002–2005 | Home United | ||
2005–2008 | Perak | ||
2008 | Thailand (assistant) | ||
2009 | Thailand U23 | ||
2011 | Mohun Bagan | ||
2014 | Kelantan | ||
2014 | Mumbai City (assistant) | ||
2015–2016 | Laos |
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]
Darby started his football manager career in 1978 where his first coaching role is with the Bahrain national team.
In 1995, Darby was appointed by Australian semi-professional club Sydney Olympic as the club manager.
In 1998, Darby was appointed as the Malaysian club manager at Johor FA.
In January 2001, Darby was appointed by the Vietnam women national team as their head coach.
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.
On 8 November 2005, Darby then moved to Malaysia again but this time to signed with Perak FA.
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.
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.
In January 2014, Darby returned to Malaysia to signed with Kelantan as the club manager.
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. [2]
In May 2015, Darby was approached by Laos as the team head coach where it became his third national team stint that he coached.
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