Mohun Bagan unveil new Coach Steve Darby

Steve Darby, New Mohun Bagan Coach

Mohun Bagan unveiled their new coach Steve Darby. Steve Darby is a Englishman who have rich experience in coaching in Asia. Born in Liverpool, Steve Darby was himself a goalkeeper during his playing days.Steve became an official FIFA instructor for Oceania region in 1981. He then became the AFC instructor in 1998, that was after he was appointed as the National Development Manager of the Australian Soccer Federation in 1990.

As a coach Steve Darby had spells with Sydney Olympic(1995-1998,New South Wales Premier League, Australia), Johor FA(1998-2000, Malaysia Premier League, Malaysia), Vietnam Women's Football Team(2001), Home United FC(2002-2005, Singapore), Perak FA(2005-2008,Malaysia), Thailand National Team Assistant Coach(2008-2010).

Steve Darby has tasted success almost where-ever he went. He won the Malaysia FA Cup back in 1998 with Johot FA, led the Vietnamese Women's National Football Team to gold medal in South East Asian Games(2001), S-League and Singapore Cup(Home United, 2003), AFC Cup Semi-Final(Home United, 2003), Singapore FA Cup(Home United, 2005), AFC Cup Quarter Final.

THE TEAM

Goal Keeper: Shilton Pal, Sangram Mukherjee, Souvik Mondol, Sudipta Banerjee

Defenders: Anwar Ali, Anupam Sarkar, Sourav Chakrabarty, Rakesh Masih, *Simon Storey(Australia), Surkumar singh, R. Dhanarajan, N. Mohonraj, Kingshuk Debhath

Midfielders: Sk. Jewel Raja, Snehasish Chakrabarty, Manish Maithani, Souvik Chakrabarty, Dipendu Dowary, Gouranga Dutta, Bungo Singh, N.P. Pradeep, Satish Kumar, J. Murli, Rahim Nabi,*Hudson Lima Da Silva(Brazil), Sakatar Singh

Forwards: Sunil Chhetri, Odafa Ololie, Barreto, Jagtar Singh, Ashim Biswas

*Foreigners on trial

Coach : Stephen David Darby(England)
Asst Coach : Bernard(Nigeria)
GK Coach : Hemanto Dora

About Debraj Banerjee

Hi, I am Debraj Banerjee from Adra, West Bengal. A keen follower of Indian football and always an optimist that the game will get the recognition it truely deserves. What we ask from you is your support and one day the dream might turn true. Fingers crossed for Indian football. Cheers!

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Hudson Lima Da Silva(Brazil, who is this player ? from which website we can know about him ? Has he any identity as a footballer ?; July 26, 2011 at 1:47 PM
Debraj Banerjee said...: About Hudson Lima Da Silva we can show you a video...check here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ze4Gl9Vbnk; July 27, 2011 at 4:43 PM