Henry Stanley Rozario (born 22 April 1960) is an Indian professional

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and former

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. He was most recently the head coach of

I-League The I-League is the men's second professional football division of the Indian football league system behind the Indian Super League. Administered by the All India Football Federation, it is currently contested by 13 clubs. It operates as a s ...

club

Aizawl Aizawl (, American English, US: , British English, UK: ; Mizo language, Mizo: ), formerly known as Aijal, is the capital city and the most populous city of Mizoram, India. It is also the third largest city in northeast India. It is situated ato ...

. He managed top clubs in India with teams based in Kolkata, Goa, Shillong, Sikkim, Kerala, Pune and Bangaluru. He was also assistant coach with senior national team of India and other clubs for World Cup Qualifying, Olympic Qualifying,

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and other international competitions.

Coaching career

Born in

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, Stanley Rozario began his coaching career as coach of Services Team and Indian Army XI team in India. After spending many years as head coach of Army XI and Services, Rozario signed with the

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(

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) as assistant coach of the

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under

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in 2006. After another two years as assistant coach to India, Rozario signed as a full-time head coach at

East Bengal FC East Bengal Football Club, commonly referred to as East Bengal, is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of the Indian football league system. The cl ...

in the

. After one season though Rozario joined as head coach of

Salgaocar Salgaocar Football Club (formerly Salgaocar Sporting Club) is an Indian professional football club based in Vasco, Goa. Being one of the country's most successful clubs, it is currently operating youth teams. Until the disfunction of its seni ...

where he lasted one year and promoted the team to top tier I League. Then he join as head coach of

Shillong Lajong FC Shillong Lajong Football Club (founded as Lajong SC) is an Indian professional Association football, football club based in Shillong, Meghalaya. The club is currently competing in the I-League, the second tier of the Indian football league syst ...

in June 2009 and made the team to reach finals in Federation Cup. After a good performance with

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, Rozario was appointed as head coach of

Mohun Bagan Mohun Bagan Super Giant, commonly referred to as Mohun Bagan, is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, it is one of the oldest football clubs in Asia. The club competes in the Indian Super League, ...

on 4 June 2010, which reached the finals in Federation Cup and

Calcutta League The Calcutta Football League (CFL) is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of West Bengal, organised by the Indian Football Association (WB) as part of the state leagues. It is the oldest football league in Asia. The CFL ...

. He then signed with

United Sikkim FC United Sikkim Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Gangtok, Sikkim. Incorporated in 2011, the club usually competed in the Sikkim Premier Division League. United Sikkim is the only club from Sikkim to have played in t ...

in February 2011 and then he was head coach of Eagles FC Kerala for one season. On 4 November 2014 He was appointed as assistant coach of English coach

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to new entrants

Bharat FC Bharat Football Club (also known as Kalyani Bharat Football Club) was an Indian professional football club based in Pune, Maharashtra. Founded in 2014, the club usually competed in I-League, then top tier of Indian football league system. The t ...

. In 2017 Stanley Rozario joined as director of youth development of Ozone Football Academy. On 9 January 2019,

football club

announced Stanley as their head coach. In January 2021, it was announced that Aizawl has mutually parted ways with Rozario.

Statistics

Managerial statistics

References

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