- Steve Darby
Infobox Football biography
playername = Steve Darby
fullname = Steven David Darby
nickname = Darbs
dateofbirth = 1955
cityofbirth =Liverpool
countryofbirth =England
currentclub =Perak FA (manager)
position =Goalkeeper
years =
clubs = Liverpool
Tranmere Rovers
caps(goals) =
manageryears =
1995–1998
1998–2000
2002–2005
2005–
managerclubs = BahrainSydney Olympic Johor FA Home United FC Perak FA Steven David Darby, better known as Steve Darby, is an English football manager currently coaching
Perak FA , a team playing in theMalaysia Super League . He is well known throughout Asia as a pundit forESPN Star Sports .Playing career
Darby started out as a goalkeeper for Liverpool's youth team, but never made it into the first team and subsequently ended up on Tranmere Rovers' books, before playing for teams in the
United States andAustralia .Coaching career
Darby obtained his
UEFA A Licence in 1979. He became an officialFIFA Instructor for theOceania region in 1981 and was National Development Manager for the Australian Soccer Federation between 1990-1995.He then moved on to coach
Sydney Olympic , but left in 1998 to coachJohor FA , where he enjoyed a successful spell, winningMalaysia FA Cup . He left the club in 2001 to take charge of theVietnam ese women's football team, whom he led to a gold medal in theSEA Games .After that, he was appointed youth team coach for
Sheffield Wednesday underTerry Yorath , but remained there only for a season before taking over the reigns at Singapore'sHome United FC . In his four year tenure asHome United boss, Darby led them to a league and cup double in 2003 and also a semi-final spot in theAFC Cup in 2004.At the end of his
Home United FC contract, Darby was heavily linked to the vacant India manager's post. However, he did not take up that job, choosing instead to joinPerak FA despite having offers from two otherMalaysian clubs and aVietnam ese club.He led
Perak FA to a second in the league last toughing 2006-07 season and has likely to guidedPerak FA to a successful championship challenging position for the this season.Trivia
* Holds a Bachelor (Hons) in Physical Education from the University of Leeds
* SpeaksArabic , French, Vietnamese and a littleMalay
* Still makes occasional appearances as anESPN Star Sports pundit despite coachingPerak FA , a team based roughly 500 kilometers north of ESPN'sSingapore studios.External links
* http://www.yob4ever.com/v2/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=21
* http://www.espnstar.com/studio/studio_coldetail_1464322.html
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