B. Sathianathan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bhaskaran R Sathianathan | ||
| Date of birth | May 9, 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Parit, Perak, Malaysia | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Felda United (Head coach) | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1992 | NS FA Gold Cup Team | ||
| 2006 | MPPJ FC (interim) | ||
| 2006–2008 | Malaysia U-23 | ||
| 2007–2009 | Malaysia | ||
| 2009–2010 | Kelantan FA | ||
| 2011–2015 | ATM FA | ||
| 2017— | Felda United F.C. | ||
B. Sathianathan is a Malaysian football coach and a former footballer. He is the current head coach of Malaysia Super League club, Felda United F.C.. He is the former head coach for Malaysia national football team and Malaysia U-23 football team. Before becoming the head coach for Malaysia, he was the Head Coach of the Malaysian Under 23 team. His latest job was as head coach of ATM FA in the Malaysian Super League from 2011 until 2015.
Early in his career, he was the coach for Negeri Sembilan FA Gold Cup team in 1992. He held the assistant coach position for the national Olympic team in 1997-1999 and 2002-2004. He was also the assistant head coach at MPPJ FC in 2006 until the dissolution of the club, and acting as interim head coach for a short period after Michael Feichtenbeiner was relieved of his job.
In 2006, he was selected by Football Association of Malaysia to be the head coach for Malaysia under-23 side in the team preparation for the 2008 Olympic games qualifier. After winning the 2007 Merdeka Tournament, he was selected as the head coach for senior team by the FAM president Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah.
His first match as the head coach was the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier Asian zone against Bahrain. In the match, Malaysia lost 4-1 before draw 0-0 at Shah Alam. After ending the World Cup 2010 qualifying campaign, he then brought the under 23 side to the 2007 SEA Games in Thailand. The under-23 side also failed in the tournament after only managing 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat and for the first time since 1999 Malaysia failed to advance into the semifinal.
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