Seak Poh Leong
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Position(s) |
Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| SAFSA | |||
| Singapore FA | |||
| International career | |||
| 1971–1976 | Singapore | 56[1] | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1979 | Singapore (assistant) | ||
| 1987–1988 | Singapore | ||
| 1997–2002 |
Geylang United (director of football) | ||
| 2000 |
Geylang United (caretaker) | ||
| 2002 |
Geylang United | ||
| 2002–2005 |
Geylang United (director of football) | ||
| 2005 |
Geylang United | ||
| 2009 |
Geylang United | ||
| 2009–2010 |
Geylang United (technical advisor) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Seak Poh Leong (born 1952) is a former
Coaching career
Singapore national team
Seak began his coaching career as assistant to Singapore national team coach Trevor Hartley in 1979 and coach of Singapore's intermediate and youth teams.[5] Following an 18-month training stint in West Germany, Seak became Singapore's first professional football coach in August 1984.[6] He was appointed by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) as their Soccer Development Director as well as the Director of Coaching in 1985.[7][8] A year later, he was confirmed as national team coach on a 2-year contract.[9][note 1] He rejected a 2-year extension following the expiry of his initial deal in favour of focusing on his Director of Coaching role to be actively involved in the long-term development of Singapore football.[10] His services were terminated by the FAS in 1991 due to a lack of funding for the position.
Geylang United
Seak was appointed
With the resignation of
Geylang United appointed a committee of three - Seak (technical advisor), Lim Tong Hai (team manager) and coach Mike Wong - to manage the squad at the start of the 2009 S.League season. The committee was abolished in March with the head coach reins handed over solely to Wong, with Lim and Seak retaining their respective roles, following disappointing league results.[16]
References
- ^ "FAS launches FAS Captains' Advisory Panel". FAS. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ "The SAFFC story: origins". Warriors FC. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- ^ Nancy Koh (10 April 1976). "Exclusive: Seak Poh Leong affair". The Straits Times. p. 1.
- ^ "Skipper comes back as coach". The Straits Times. 31 December 1986. p. 37.
- ^ "A chief – and mascot?". Singapore Monitor. 4 January 1985. p. 28.
- ^ S Gulam (19 August 1984). "Seak Poh Leong springs a surprise". Singapore Monitor. p. 23.
- ^ S Gulam (22 August 1984). "Poh Leong to get top soccer job". Singapore Monitor. p. 29.
- ^ Joe Dorai (17 November 1984). "Green light for Seak's blueprint". The Straits Times. p. 43.
- ^ Joe Dorai (30 September 1986). "Poh Leong named national coach". The Straits Times. p. 28.
- ^ Joe Dorai (1 February 1989). "FAS consider four for national coach". The Straits Times. p. 35.
- ^ Joe Dorai (11 October 1997). "Seak given top Geylang job". The Straits Times. p. 67.
- ^ Stanley Ho (1 February 2002). "Jang 'replaced'". Today. p. 54.
- ^ "Seak steps down, coach Jang resumes control at Geylang". Today. 27 August 2002. p. 30.
- ^ Jose Raymond (1 June 2005). "O'Donell calls time". Today. p. 52.
- ^ Darren Lai (24 August 2005). "Stewart turns down Geylang". Today. p. 45.
- ^ Ian de Cotta (27 March 2009). "Geylang call time on three-headed coach experiment". Today. p. 58.
Notes
- ^ Two-year deal starting from January 1987.