Ken Worden

Ken Worden is an English-born football coach and a former player.

Ken Worden
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Joseph Worden
Place of birth Preston Lancashire, England
Playing position(s) Striker, defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Burnley
Preston North End
1971–73 Weston Bears[1]
1974 Hobart Juventus[2]
1978 Hobart Olympia[3]
1980 White Eagles[4]
1981 Launceston Juventus
1982 Townsville Kern United
Teams managed
1974 Hobart Juventus[5]
1978 Hobart Olympia
1980 White Eagles
1981 Launceston Juventus
1982 Townsville Kern United
1987–1988 Floreat Athena[6]
1990–1991 Melbourne Croatia
1991 Selangor
1992–1993 Malaysia
1994 Singapore/Singapore Lions
1994–1996 Selangor
1997–1998 Melbourne Knights[7]
1999 Sabah
2002–2003 Selangor
2004 Selangor
2009 Terengganu[8]
2010–2013 Southern Myanmar
2015 KL SPA
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Worden was more successful in Australia as player and coach, notably as head coach at national level with Melbourne Croatia, where he guided the club to win the 1990 National Soccer League league stage, and runners-up in the 1990–91 season, losing the grand final to local rivals South Melbourne.[9]

Worden also coached at Southeast Asia, coaching clubs in Malaysia and Myanmar, and also had stints as head coach of national teams of Malaysia and Singapore.

References

  1. Pless, Walter. "South Hobart to turn professional (in 1973)". Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  2. Pless, Walter. "State League began in 1978 and what a year it was". Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  3. Pless, Walter. "A little peek at 1980". Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  4. admin. "Floreat Athena". Floreatathenafc.com.au. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  5. Laurie Schwab (6 May 1997). "Worden, Davidson get nod at Knights". The Age via Fairfax Media NewsStore. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  6. Norzasrudin Mohamed Nor (25 January 2009). "Worden harapan baru Terengganu" [Worden the new hope of Terengganu] (in Malay). Kosmo! Online. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  7. Michael Cockerill (5 May 1991). "SOUTHS TAKE TITLE THE HARD WAY". Sydney Morning Herald via Fairfax Media NewsStore. Retrieved 28 February 2014.


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