K. Devan

K. Devan
Personal information
Full name Devan a/l E. Kuppusamy
Date of birth (1951-04-12) 12 April 1951
Place of birth Malaysia
Club information
Current team
 Kelantan FA (head coach&manager)
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

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 6, 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 6, 2015

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 currently the 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]

Coaching statistics

As of 8 April 2016
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Selangor FA Malaysia 2009 2011 118 81 17 20 68.64
Johor F.C. Malaysia 2012 2012 17 5 4 8 29.41
Felda United F.C. Malaysia 2013 2013 30 5 7 18 16.67
Penang FA Malaysia 2014 2014 29 14 6 9 48.28
Negeri Sembilan FA Malaysia 2015 2015 25 9 8 8 36.00
Kelantan FA Malaysia 2016 — 9 3 4 2 33.33

Honours

Managerial

Negeri Sembilan
Kuala Muda
Selangor

Individual

National Football Awards

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://www.malaysiansuperleague.com/team_info.asp?t=SL&tid=4
  2. ↑ http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2008/5/5/sports/21150973&sec=sports
  3. ↑ http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=theMessenger&y=2011&dt=0921&pub=theMessenger&sec=Sports&pg=sp_05.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.mmail.com.my/content/88110-devan-out-show-he%E2%80%99s-still-got-it
  5. ↑ http://football.thestar.com.my/?p=18268
  6. ↑ http://www.kosmo.com.my/kosmo/content.asp?y=2013&dt=0722&pub=Kosmo&sec=Sukan&pg=su_02.htm
  7. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3891/features/2013/11/06/4386784/transfer-news-k-devan-takes-over-at-pulau-pinang
  8. ↑ Leong, Kelvin (5 November 2014). "Sundramoorthy leaves Negeri Sembilan after one season". ESPN FC. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  9. ↑ Rajan, K (15 December 2015). "Kelantan’s coaching merry-go-round picks up Devan". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
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