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B. Sathianathan

Personal information
Full nameBhaskaran R Sathianathan
Date of birthMay 9, 1958(age 52)
Place of birthNegeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Club information
Current clubKelantan FA

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B. Sathianathan is the former head coach for Malaysia national football team and Malaysia U-23 football team. He is currently attached to Kelantan FA. Before becoming the head coach for Malaysia, he was the coach for Arsenal Soccer School in Malaysia.

He was also 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.

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.

For 2008, Sathianathan bring the Malaysia best eleven to face Premier League giant Chelsea. Eventually the match was won by Chelsea by 2-0 and the squads did a good fight in the match as Chelsea head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari praise the Malaysia XI for giving a good fight against his team.

In 2008 Merdeka Tournament, Sathianathan again bring Malaysia into the final. Malaysia show impressive performance from the start of the tournament and did not conceded in all Merdeka Tournament match. However Sathianathan team lose 6-5 through a penalty shoot-out against Vietnam in the final.

In 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup, Sathia team start with convincing win over Laos. However in the last two matches, his team lost 2-3 to Vietnam and beaten by host Thailand 3-0. The lost against the Thai's saw Malaysia exit the competition for the first time since 1998. Rumors also spread that he will be replace by Indonesia former coach, Peter Withe because of his failure in 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup. However FAM decided to extend his contract for one more year with condition he must improve Malaysia FIFA ranking.

In February 2009, Sathia one year contract was terminated by FAM.

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A clash between Negri, Kelantan in the Malaysia Cup final possible - Malaysia Star Tweet this news
Malaysia Star--Kelantan coach -B-. -Sathianathan- also has an axe to grind against Kedah and his team will be out to avenge a defeat by the Canaries in the FA Cup second round ... - Date : Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:26:19 GMT+00:00
Football: Kelantan In Semis - Bernama Tweet this news
Bernama--Playing in an electrifying atmosphere before a crowd of 20000 supporters, it only took -B-. -Sathianathan's- boys 13 minutes to draw first blood through a fine ... - Date : Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:58:02 GMT+00:00
Kelantan revel in Cup glory, coach still mulls future - Yahoo! Eurosport UK Tweet this news
Yahoo! Eurosport UK--Kelantan's victorious coach -B-. -Sathianathan- is refusing to commit his future to the newly crowned Malaysia Cup champions as he awaits the result of an ... - Date : Mon, 01 Nov 2010 03:10:39 GMT+00:00
Red Warriors getting into gear for a grand finish - Malaysia Star Tweet this news
Malaysia Star--Chief coach -B-. -Sathianathan's- strikers are beginning to stamp their marks while their passionate fans are turning out in large numbers for matches. ... - Date : Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:45:31 GMT+00:00
Families told to remain alert to mental illness - The Hindu Tweet this news
The Hindu--IMH Director R. -Sathianathan- said the civic body would conduct weekly health camps to identify mental ailments early to prevent chronic ailments. ... - Date : Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:26:52 GMT+00:00

Teams managed
YearsTeam
1992
2006-2008
2007-2009
2009-present
NS FA Gold Cup Team
Malaysia U-23
Malaysia
Kelantan FA

Kelantan FA

CoachB. Sathianathan
GKSyed Adney Syed Hussein * Khairul Fahmi Che Mat * Mohd Shahrizan Ismail
DFAzizi Matt Rose * S. Subramaniam * Mohd Farisham Ismail * Mohd Daudsu Jamaluddin * Mohd Rizal Fahmi Ab Rosid * Ahmad Azlan Zainal * Sharudy Aziz * Zairol Fitree Ishak
MFKhairan Eroza Razali * Mohd Shakir Shaari * Mohd Norfarhan Mohamad * Mohd Badri Mohd Radzi * Wan Zaman Wan Mustapha * Zul Yusri Che Harun * Mohd Zamri Ramli * Hairuddin Omar
FWNorshahrul Idlan Talaha * Che Hisamuddin Hassan * S. Chanturu * Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli * Indra Putra Mahayuddin * Mohd Ramzul Zahini Adnan



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