Darren Stewart (soccer)

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Darren Stewart
Personal information
Full name Darren Stewart
Date of birth (1966-05-17)17 May 1966
Place of birth
Newcastle, Australia
Date of death 18 October 2018(2018-10-18) (aged 52)
Place of death Singapore
Position(s)
Defender
Youth career
Toronto
Awaba
Newcastle KB United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1986 Newcastle Rosebud 16 (5)
1986–1992
APIA Leichhardt
120 (6)
1992–1993
Newcastle Breakers
43 (5)
1993–1997
Johor FA
244 (38)
1998–2001
Balestier Central
33 (7)
Total 456 (61)
International career
1992
Australia
3 (0)
Managerial career
2003–2004
Balestier Khalsa
(Youth)
2004–2005 Geylang International FC (Youth)
2005–2006 Geylang International FC (assistant coach)
2008–2011
Gombak United
2012–2013
Balestier Khalsa
2014–2015
Woodlands Wellington
2016–2018 Maldives
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Darren Stewart (17 May 1966 – 18 October 2018) was an Australian

Australia national football team
player and was named Australian Player of the Year in 1993.

Life and career

A defender, Stewart was a former notable player for

Johor FA where he captained and won the Malaysia FA Cup in 1998.[1]

Stewart was an

Australia national football team
player from 1991 to 1993.

He moved to

Geylang United FC
team in 2004–2005.

He lived in Singapore where he coached and managed the Elias Park Football Club and was a coach for Little League Pte Ltd.

Stewart was named as head coach for

S.League
season. He joined the club as a technical analyst in late 2008.

In January 2012, Stewart was confirmed as Balestier Khalsa's head coach for the season 2012 S.League campaign. His time at Balestier were successful, as he guided the club to win the

Albirex Niigata Singapore in June, Stewart resigned from his position at the club.[6]

In July 2016, Stewart was appointed head coach of the Maldives national team.[7]

Stewart died in Singapore on 18 October 2018 at the age of 52.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Stefanutto to Storey". Aussie Footballers. OzFootball.
  2. ^ "Darren Stewart cut loose by Balestier". AsiaOne. 16 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Woodlands Wellington FC: News: Darren Stewart New Rams Coach". Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Woodlands' Darren Stewart on Newcastle Jets shortlist | Goal.com".
  5. ^ "Darren Stewart ruled out of Jets coaching job". 8 April 2014.
  6. ^ "S.League: Stewart out, Salim back with Rams". AsiaOne. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  7. ^ Maldives name Darren Stewart as head coach, AFC, 27 July 2016, Retrieved 3 August 2016
  8. ^ "Darren Stewart: former Socceroo and NSL player dies | Fox Sports". www.foxsports.com.au. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

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