Henry Stanley Rozario (born 22 April 1960) is an Indian professional
manager
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and former
footballer
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. He was most recently the head coach of
I-League
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club
Aizawl
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.
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,
Asian Games
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,
AFC Cup
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,
AFC Challenge Cup
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,
SAFF Championship
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,
Nehru Cup
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and other international competitions.
Coaching career
Born in
Bangalore
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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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All India Football Federation
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) as assistant coach of the
India national football team
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under
Bob Houghton
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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
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in the
I-League
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. After one season though Rozario joined as head coach of
Salgaocar
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where he lasted one year and promoted the team to top tier I League.
Then he join as head coach of
Shillong Lajong FC
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in June 2009 and made the team to reach finals in
Federation Cup. After a good performance with
Shillong Lajong
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, Rozario was appointed as head coach of
Mohun Bagan
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on 4 June 2010, which reached the finals in
Federation Cup and
Calcutta League
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.
He then signed with
United Sikkim FC
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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
Stuart Watkiss
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to new entrants
Bharat FC
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.
In 2017 Stanley Rozario joined as director of youth development of
Ozone Football Academy.
On 9 January 2019,
I-League
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football 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 ...
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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Living people
Footballers from Bengaluru
Indian football coaches
I-League managers
United Sikkim FC managers
1960 births
Indian football managers
Aizawl FC managers
Mohun Bagan Super Giant managers
East Bengal Club managers