Armand Sahadewsing (7 July 1939 – 22 February 2019) was a Surinamese football player and manager who has played for

S.V. Transvaal Sport Vereniging Transvaal is a Surinamese association football club, which plays in the top of football in Suriname. They play their home games in Paramaribo at André Kamperveen Stadion to a capacity of 7,100. The team is one of Suriname's mos ...

in the

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, and for

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in the

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. He also played for the Suriname national team and later managed the team for the country's

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qualifying campaign. He died on 22 February 2019, at the age of 79.

Career

Early career

Sahadewsing began his football career on the Mr. Bronsplein in

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, Surinam at age 10 playing for KMD (Klein Maar Dapper), a club registered through the Bronsplein Sport Bond which was specifically for shorter people (Klein Maar Dapper is Dutch for "Small but courageous"). After two season with KMD he transferred to the youth ranks of Sparta,

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and finally Unitas. At age 16 he transferred to

SV Transvaal Sport Vereniging Transvaal is a Surinamese association football club, which plays in the top of football in Suriname. They play their home games in Paramaribo at André Kamperveen Stadion to a capacity of 7,100. The team is one of Suriname's mos ...

to play in the

, the top flight for association football in Suriname.

SV Transvaal

In 1956, Sahadewsing made his debut in the Hoofdklasse at age 16. He would go on to play for Transvaal for a decade, becoming the team's first choice on the

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. He was made team captain from 1960 to 1965, and helped Transvaal to win two national championships in 1962 and 1965. He also won the Surinamese Footballer of the Year award in 1965.

AFC DWS

In 1966, Sahadewsing relocated to the

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in pursuit of a

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coaching license. While in the Netherlands he joined

competing in the Dutch

, appearing in two matches in the 1967–68 season, where he played with the likes of

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and

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International career

Sahadewsing played for the

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. He made his debut in 1957, in a 2–1 loss to the

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, in the

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leg of the

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qualifying campaign.

Managerial career

In 1966, Sahadewsing relocated to the Netherlands to obtain a

coaching license. In 1980, he became the manager of the

for the country's

qualifying campaign. Suriname were eliminated by

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in the

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Honours

Club

;S.V. Transvaal *

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(2): 1962, 1965

Individual

* Surinamese Footballer of the Year: 1965

References

External links

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