Steven Tan
Steven Tan Teng Chuan (born 28 December 1970) is a Singaporean former footballer who played for the Singapore national team during the 1990s as a striker.
He was best known for coming off the bench as a substitute and scoring the all-important goals during the Malaysia Cup season, earning himself the nickname of the "Super Steve" or "Super sub".[1][2] He was part of the squad which won the Malaysia Cup in the 1994 FAM League season.
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]On 6 January 2011, Tan was appointed as the head coach of Tampines Rovers FC for the 2011 S-League season replacing Vorawan Chitavanich who moved up to become the club technical director. Tampines Rovers won the league in 2011.[3] Tan held this role until August 2012, where he was replaced by Tay Peng Kee after a series of poor results.[4]
Tan is the head coach of Temasek Polytechnic's and Anglo-Chinese School's football team.[2] He is also the technical director of the F-17 Football Academy.[2]
In 2016, Tan became the head coach of the ActiveSG Football Academy’s programme at Kallang Cricket Field.[1]
Under the helms of Tan, newly promoted Singapore Cricket Club finished the 2023 Singapore Football League 1 (SFL 1) season in 4th position and reached the semi-finals of FA Cup.[5] Tan was eventually nominated for SFL1 Coach Of The Year 2023.[6]
Tan's Singapore Cricket Club finished in 2nd place for the 2024 SFL 1 season and won the Coach of the Year award during the Amateur Leagues Awards Night 2024. [7]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Tan has three daughters and a son, Marc_Ryan_Tan, who is also a footballer.[8][9][10]
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External links
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- Singaporean men's footballers
- Singapore men's international footballers
- Singapore FA players
- Hougang United FC players
- Singaporean people of Chinese descent
- Sportspeople of Chinese descent
- Singaporean football managers
- Tampines Rovers FC managers
- Singapore Premier League managers
- Men's association football forwards
- Singapore Premier League players
- SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore
- SEA Games medalists in football
- Competitors at the 1993 SEA Games
- Singaporean football biography stubs