Steven Tan
{{short description|Singaporean footballer}}
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{{BLP sources|date=February 2009}}
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Steven Tan Teng Chuan (born 28 December 1970) is a Singaporean former footballer who played for the Singapore national team during the 1990s as a striker.
He was best known for coming off the bench as a substitute and scoring the all-important goals during the Malaysia Cup season, earning himself the nickname of the "Super Steve" or "Super sub".{{Cite web |title=ActiveSG Football Academy gets five new head coaches |url=https://www.todayonline.com/sports/football/activesg-football-academy-gets-five-new-head-coaches |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=TODAY |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2016-05-23 |title='Supersub' Steven Tan and Duric join forces |url=https://www.espn.com.sg/soccer/blog-football-asia/story/2877997/supersub-steven-tan-and-duric-join-forces |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}} He was part of the squad which won the Malaysia Cup in the 1994 FAM League season.
Coaching career
On 6 January 2011, Tan was appointed as the head coach of Tampines Rovers FC for the 2011 S-League season replacing Vorawan Chitavanich who moved up to become the club technical director. Tampines Rovers won the league in 2011.{{Cite web |date=2015-05-17 |title=Steven Tan's Apple iPhone 5s |url=https://www.asiaone.com/digital/steven-tans-apple-iphone-5s |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=AsiaOne |language=en}} Tan held this role until August 2012, where he was replaced by Tay Peng Kee after a series of poor results.{{Cite web |url=http://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/sleague/news/detail/item837231/ |title=S League News | Tan 'stood down' as Stags head coach | FOX SPORTS |access-date=12 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222095244/http://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/sleague/news/detail/item837231/ |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}
Tan is the head coach of Temasek Polytechnic's and Anglo-Chinese School's football team. He is also the technical director of the F-17 Football Academy.
In 2016, Tan became the head coach of the ActiveSG Football Academy’s programme at Kallang Cricket Field.
Under the helms of Tan, newly promoted Singapore Cricket Club finished the 2023 Singapore Football League 1 (SFL 1) season in 4th position and reached the semi-finals of FA Cup.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fas.org.sg/preview-fa-cup-semi-final-showdowns-after-the-pandemic-hiatus/ |title=Preview: FA Cup semi-finals showdown after pandemic hiatus |access-date=19 January 2024 }}
Tan was eventually nominated for SFL1 Coach Of The Year 2023.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fas.org.sg/best-of-local-football-feted-at-fas-awards-night-2023/ |title=Best of local football feted at FAS Awards Night 2023 |access-date=19 January 2024 }}
Tan's Singapore Cricket Club finished in 2nd place for the 2024 SFL 1 season and won the Coach of the Year award during the Amateur Leagues Awards Night 2024. {{cite web |last=Kwek |first= Kimberly |title=FAS to host inaugural Amateur Leagues Awards Night 2024 |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/albirex-niigatas-manami-fukuzawa-named-womens-premier-league-player-of-the-year |date=22 Feb 2025 | publisher=The Straits Times}}
Personal life
Tan has three daughters and a son, Marc_Ryan_Tan, who is also a footballer.{{Cite web |last=Auto |first=Hermes |date=2021-06-30 |title=Football: No wins but tough ACL journey set to benefit Tampines' young ones {{!}} The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/football-no-wins-but-tough-acl-journey-set-to-benefit-tampines-young-ones |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=www.straitstimes.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Meet Marc Ryan Tan - The globetrotting youngster who models his game on Sterling {{!}} Goal.com |url=https://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/meet-marc-ryan-tan---the-globetrotting-youngster-who-models-his-game-on-sterling/1pzgqntup0amm1mylyd1ty7jua |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=www.goal.com}}{{Cite web |last=Munirah |first=Sharifah |date=2017-11-09 |title=Dollah Kassim Award: Marc unfazed by comparisons with his father Steven Tan |url=https://tnp.straitstimes.com/sports/football/dollah-kassim-award-marc-unfazed-comparisons-his-father-steven-tan |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=The New Paper |language=en}}
References
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External links
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Category:Singaporean men's footballers
Category:Singapore men's international footballers
Category:Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent
Category:Singaporean football managers
Category:Tampines Rovers FC managers
Category:Singapore Premier League managers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Singapore Premier League players
Category:SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore
Category:SEA Games medalists in football
Category:Competitors at the 1993 SEA Games
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