Chencho Dorji
{{Short description|Bhutanese football manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Chencho Dorji
| image =
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| fullname = Chencho Dorji
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1980|01|01}}
| birth_place = Mongar, Bhutan
| currentclub = Bhutan (technical director)
| manageryears1 = 2007–2018
| managerclubs1 = Bhutan U-17
| manageryears2 = 2019–2020
| managerclubs2 = F.C. Imphal City
| manageryears3 = 2020–2021
| managerclubs3 = Sudeva Delhi
| manageryears4 = 2023–2024
| managerclubs4 = Sudeva Delhi
}}
Chencho Dorji (born 1 January 1980 in Mongar) is a Bhutanese association football manager/head coach.[https://note.com/sntranslator/n/n591113a51db4 "Belief" - Chencho Dorji] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905144803/https://note.com/sntranslator/n/n591113a51db4 |date=5 September 2022 }} note.com[https://kuenselonline.com/chencho-dorji-bhutans-lone-international-football-coach-looks-beyond-horizon/ Chencho Dorji, Bhutan’s lone international football coach looks beyond horizon ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822150908/https://kuenselonline.com/chencho-dorji-bhutans-lone-international-football-coach-looks-beyond-horizon/ |date=22 August 2020 }} kuenselonline.com[https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/sudeva-fc-new-head-coach-chencho-dorji-ileague-indian-football-news/article32678946.ece Sudeva FC appoints Chencho Dorji as head coach]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022032849/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/sudeva-fc-new-head-coach-chencho-dorji-ileague-indian-football-news/article32678946.ece |date=22 October 2020 }}. Sportstar.theHindu.com. Retrieved 24 March 2021.{{Cite web|title=Playing in an all-Indian squad is a great opportunity, feels Sudeva Delhi FC forward Manvir Singh|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/i-league/playing-in-all-indian-squad-is-great-opportunity-feels-forward-manvir-singh/articleshow/79977467.cms|date=27 December 2020|location=Kolkata|agency=ANI|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|publisher=The Times of India|access-date=29 December 2020|archive-date=27 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227105549/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/i-league/playing-in-all-indian-squad-is-great-opportunity-feels-forward-manvir-singh/articleshow/79977467.cms|url-status=live}} Besides Bhutan, he has coached in India.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsclick.in/chencho-dorji-life-football-dodging-happiness-trap|title=Interview with Chencho Dorji|publisher=newsclick.in|access-date=5 September 2022|archive-date=5 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905144751/https://www.newsclick.in/chencho-dorji-life-football-dodging-happiness-trap|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://i-league.org/no-team-should-take-us-lightly-declares-sudeva-head-coach-chencho-dorji/|title=No team should take us lightly, declares Sudeva Head Coach Chencho Dorji|publisher=I-league.org|access-date=5 September 2022|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029011326/https://i-league.org/no-team-should-take-us-lightly-declares-sudeva-head-coach-chencho-dorji/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://sudeva.in/2021/01/27/head-coach-chencho-dorji-knows-where-the-buck-stops/|title=HEAD COACH CHENCHO DORJI KNOWS WHERE THE BUCK STOPS|access-date=5 September 2022|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918094029/https://sudeva.in/2021/01/27/head-coach-chencho-dorji-knows-where-the-buck-stops/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbs.bt/news/?p=136646|title=Chencho Dorji becomes the first Bhutanese coach to manage an I-League Club|publisher=bbs.bt|access-date=5 September 2022|archive-date=2 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002231153/http://www.bbs.bt/news/?p=136646|url-status=live}}
Managerial career
Dorji completed his C-License coaching course in 2005 when he was still just 25. In the 12 years that he worked with the Bhutan Football Federation (BFF) after that, he enrolled in every programme that he came across, just to learn more about the game. Such was his hunger for footballing knowledge that upon finishing all of BFF's courses, he went to Japan and completed all the coaching courses from there as well. Football in Bhutan benefited from it as he served a number of different age-group teams over the years besides playing an important role in setting up their grassroots system.{{Cite web|url=https://thebridge.in/amp/featured/first-bhutanese-coach-india-chencho-dorji/|title=Meet the first Bhutanese to coach in India — Chencho Dorji|website=TheBridge.in|access-date=24 March 2021|archive-date=5 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905144730/https://thebridge.in/amp/featured/first-bhutanese-coach-india-chencho-dorji/|url-status=live}}
Dorji had earlier worked as the head coach of the Bhutan youth national teams and he was always wanting to move to Indian I-League. "The I-League is one of the biggest leagues in South Asia and it has teams that have been playing at such a high level for many years. We have been preparing well and no team should take us lightly. We can certainly come up with surprise results," Dorji said about his move to Sudeva.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/football/2020/sep/24/sudeva-fcs-bhutanese-coachchencho-dorji-says-it-was-his-idea-to-have-an-all-indian-team-2201366.html|title=Sudeva FC's Bhutanese coach Chencho Dorji says it was his idea to have an all-Indian team|access-date=24 March 2021|website=New Indian Express|archive-date=11 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511090117/https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/football/2020/sep/24/sudeva-fcs-bhutanese-coachchencho-dorji-says-it-was-his-idea-to-have-an-all-indian-team-2201366.html|url-status=live}}
Bracing up for their maiden I-League appearance, Sudeva Delhi FC appointed Dorji as the team's head coach ahead of the upcoming season.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/i-league/sudeva-fc-appoint-chencho-dorji-as-head-coach/articleshow/78279072.cms|title=Sudeva FC appoints Chencho Dorji as head coach|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126225821/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/i-league/sudeva-fc-appoint-chencho-dorji-as-head-coach/articleshow/78279072.cms|archive-date=26 January 2025|work=The Times of India|date=23 September 2020|access-date=24 March 2021|location=New Delhi|agency=Press Trust of India}} I-League's newest entrant is the first team from national capital New Delhi.
{{Quote box | width=30% | align=right | quote="It is a great honour to be part of the I-League. I really thank the president and the vice-president for believing in me and deciding to give the huge responsibility. lf you do well, you will survive and I am very excited about this challenge. As with every head coach, I also want to win. l want to win all the matches, but that does not happen in football."|source= Chencho Dorji, after becoming the manager of Sudeva Delhi FC.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/i-league/sudeva-fc-appoint-chencho-dorji-as-head-coach/articleshow/78279072.cms|title=Sudeva FC appoint Chencho Dorji as head coach|access-date=24 March 2021|website=The Times of India|archive-date=16 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416064128/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/i-league/sudeva-fc-appoint-chencho-dorji-as-head-coach/articleshow/78279072.cms|url-status=live}} }}
Dorji is the first Bhutanese coach at the helm of any club in the history of the I-League.{{fact|date=August 2022}}
He joined Sudeva's academy in November 2019 and is now the chief tactician of the senior team. Dorji has previously worked at the Bhutan Football Federation for 12 years.{{fact|date=August 2022}}
The first club from the national capital to play in the I-League, Sudeva Delhi FC have opted for an all-Indian squad in their first season and the concept came from Dorji's mind. He said that "The message was always clear that we will go with an all-Indian squad."{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/i-league-chencho-dorjis-sudeva-delhi-fc-aim-to-make-impact-in-debut-season-9173611.html|title=I-League: Chencho Dorji's Sudeva Delhi FC aim to make impact in debut season|website=First Post|access-date=24 March 2021|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126225922/https://www.firstpost.com/sports/i-league-chencho-dorjis-sudeva-delhi-fc-aim-to-make-impact-in-debut-season-9173611.html|url-status=live}}
Dorji later became head coach of Sudeva Delhi again in 2023, and guided the team in I-League 2.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/match-center/cms/26194|title=I-League 2 — United Sports Club 0–1 Sudeva Delhi FC (26 January 2024)|date=26 January 2024|access-date=28 February 2024|location=Kalyani|website=the-aiff.com|publisher=All India Football Federation|archive-date=28 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228123648/https://www.the-aiff.com/match-center/cms/26194}}
Statistics
=Managerial statistics=
{{updated|26 January 2021}}.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |
| rowspan=2! width=150|Team
!rowspan=2! width=120|From !rowspan=2! width=120|To !colspan=7|Record |
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| width=40|G
!width=40|W !width=40|D !width=40|L !width=50|Win % |
| align=left|Sudeva Delhi
|align=left|{{nobreak|22 September 2020}} |align=left|{{nobreak|31 May 2022}} {{WDL|14|5|3|6}} |
| colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|14|5|3|6}} |
References
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External links
- [https://www.bhutanfootball.org/technical-department/coaches-2/coaches-afc-a-license-holder/chencho-dorji/ Chencho Dorji Profile] at www.bhutanfootball.org
- {{GSA player|chencho-dorji/209467}}
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