K. Devan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Devan a/l E. Kuppusamy | ||
| Date of birth | 12 April 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Malaysia | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | — | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1997 | Negeri Sembilan FA | 163 | (11) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1981 | Malaysia | 11 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2004–2006 | Negeri Sembilan FA | ||
| 2007 | Malacca FA | ||
| 2008 | Kuala Muda Naza FC | ||
| 2009–2011 | Selangor FA | ||
| 2012 | Johor FC | ||
| 2013 | Felda United FC | ||
| 2014 | Penang FA | ||
| 2015 | Negeri Sembilan FA | ||
| 2016 | Kelantan FA | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 14, 2016. | |||
Devan a/l E. Kuppusamy,[1] better known as K. Devan (born 12 April 1951) is a Malaysian football manager and former professional player. He is the former head coach and manager of Kelantan FA in the Malaysia Super League.
As a coach
K. Devan officially started his coaching career in 2004 with his former team Negeri Sembilan FA. He won the 2005-06 Malaysia Super League championship with Negeri Sembilan, as well as guiding the team to the 2006 Malaysia Cup final and 2006 Malaysia FA Cup semi-final.
He then coaches Malacca FA in 2007, and in 2008 coaches Kuala Muda Naza FC where he led the team to the Malaysia Premier League championship that year.[2]
In 2009 he was signed as Selangor FA team manager and head coach. He held the roles until his resignation as head coach in September 2011.[3] Under his guidance, Selangor FA became the Super League champion in 2009.
He was appointed as head coach of Johor FC for the 2012 Super League Malaysia season,[4] however he resigned in April 2012 after series of poor results in the league.[5]
In early 2013, Devan was appointed as head coach of Felda United FC but was replaced by Azuan Zain in June 2013, with Felda United in poor form and in danger of being relegated with only 4 games remaining.[6] Devan later was named as the new head coach of Penang FA, a team newly promoted to 2014 Malaysia Premier League, in October 2013.[7]
In November 2014, Negeri Sembilan announced that Devan will take over the Malaysia Premier League club for the 2015 season.[8]
On 5 December 2015, Kelantan FA has unveiled K. Devan as their new head coach.[9] After an unsatisfactory performance shown by the team in the league,he had make a decision to resign on 12 May 2016 citing personal reason and his place as Kelantan FA head coach coach replaced by Velizar Popov
Coaching statistics
- As of 8 April 2016
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Selangor FA |  |
2009 | 2011 | 118 | 81 | 17 | 20 | 68.64 |
| Johor F.C. | |
2012 | 2012 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 29.41 |
| Felda United F.C. | |
2013 | 2013 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 16.67 |
| Penang FA | |
2014 | 2014 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 48.28 |
| Negeri Sembilan FA | |
2015 | 2015 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 36.00 |
| Kelantan FA | |
December 2015 | May 2016 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 36.36 |
Honours
Managerial
- Negeri Sembilan
- Malaysia Super League (1): 2005-06
- Kuala Muda
- Malaysia Premier League (1): 2007-08
- Selangor
- Malaysia Super League (2): 2009, 2010
- Malaysia FA Cup (1): 2009
- Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup (2): 2009, 2010
Individual
External links
References
- ↑ "Super League 2012 Team Info & Players". Malaysian Super League. Malaysian Super League. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2008/5/5/sports/21150973&sec=sports
- ↑ "K. Devan quits as Selangor coach". Utusan Online - English Version. Utusan Melayu (M) Berhad. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ Deol, Haresh (28 December 2011). "Devan out to show he's still got it". The Malay Mail. Malay Mail Sdn. Bhd. Archived from the original on 4 January 2012.
- ↑ http://football.thestar.com.my/?p=18268
- ↑ Nor Aziran Yunus (22 July 2013). "Azuan masih menanti penuh debar". Kosmo! Online (in Malay). Kosmo! Online. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ↑ Zulhilmi Zainal (6 November 2013). "Transfer News: K. Devan takes over at Pulau Pinang". Goal. Goal.com. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ↑ Leong, Kelvin (5 November 2014). "Sundramoorthy leaves Negeri Sembilan after one season". ESPN FC. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ↑ K. Rajan (15 December 2015). "Kelantan's coaching merry-go-round picks up Devan". The Star Online. Star Media Group Berhad. Retrieved 24 July 2015.