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Ken Worden
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Joseph Worden
Date of birth (1943-02-02)2 February 1943
Place of birth Preston, Lancashire, England
Date of death 20 September 2021(2021-09-20) (aged 78)
Place of death Townsville Palliative Care, Queensland, Australia
Position(s) Striker, defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Burnley
Preston North End
1971–1973 Weston Bears[1]
1974 Hobart Juventus[2]
1978 Hobart Olympia[3]
1980 White Eagles[4]
1981 Launceston Juventus
1982 Townsville Kern United
Managerial career
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
2002–2004 Selangor
2009 Terengganu[8]
2010–2013 Southern Myanmar
2015 KL SPA
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ken Worden (2 February 1943 – 20 September 2021) was an English football player and coach.

Worden was born on 2 February 1943, in Preston, Lancashire, England.[9]

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 a runners-up place in the 1990–91 season, losing the grand final to local rivals South Melbourne.[10]

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.[11]

Worden died on 20 September 2021 in Australia, at the age of 78.[11][9]

References

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  1. ^ "PART 1 NSW". 1 March 2014. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  2. ^ Pless, Walter. "South Hobart to turn professional (in 1973)". Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Pless, Walter. "A little peek at 1980". Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  5. ^ "History | Hobart Zebras Football Club". 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  6. ^ admin. "Floreat Athena". Floreatathenafc.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  7. ^ Laurie Schwab (6 May 1997). "Worden, Davidson get nod at Knights". The Age via Fairfax Media NewsStore. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  8. ^ Norzasrudin Mohamed Nor (25 January 2009). "Worden harapan baru Terengganu" [Worden the new hope of Terengganu] (in Malay). Kosmo! Online. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  9. ^ a b Shaherman Shamsuri, Ahmad (20 September 2021). "Bekas jurulatih kebangsaan, Ken Worden meninggal dunia". Kosmo (in Malay).
  10. ^ Michael Cockerill (5 May 1991). "SOUTHS TAKE TITLE THE HARD WAY". Sydney Morning Herald via Fairfax Media NewsStore. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  11. ^ a b Jason, Thomas (20 September 2021). "Ken Worden – the coach who could do wonders". Free Malaysia Today.
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