Steven Tan Teng Chuan (born 28 December 1970) is a

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an former footballer who played for the Singapore national team during the 1990s as a striker. He was best known for coming off the bench as a substitute and scoring the all-important goals during the

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season, earning himself the nickname of the "Super Steve" or "Super sub". He was part of the squad which won the

in the 1994 FAM League season.

Coaching career

On 6 January 2011, Tan was appointed as the head coach of

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for the 2011

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season replacing

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who moved up to become the club technical director. Tampines Rovers won the league in 2011. Tan held this role until August 2012, where he was replaced by

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after a series of poor results. Tan is the head coach of

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's and

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's football team. He is also the technical director of the

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. In 2016, Tan became the head coach of the ActiveSG Football Academy’s programme at Kallang Cricket Field.

Personal life

Tan has three daughters and a son, Marc Tan, who is also a footballer.

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* 1970 births Living people Singaporean footballers Singapore men's international footballers Singapore FA players Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent Singaporean football managers Tampines Rovers FC managers Singapore Premier League managers Men's association football forwards Singapore Premier League players SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 1993 SEA Games {{Singapore-footy-bio-stub