Stephen Kean was born on 30 September 1967 and is a Scottish football coach and former player, who is currently the manager of Georgian club Torpedo Kutaisi.
25 Facts About Steve Kean
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Steve Kean played as a winger for clubs in the lower divisions of Scottish, English and Portuguese leagues in the 1980s and 1990s, before moving into coaching.
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Steve Kean grew up in Cumbernauld, a new town on the outskirts of Glasgow, attending St Maurice's High School.
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Steve Kean joined Swansea City on loan in 1987, at the same time as Chris Coleman.
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Steve Kean then played for Academica Coimbra in Portugal, making nine appearances, and scoring one goal in all competitions.
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Since retiring from playing Steve Kean has worked as a coach for Reading, Fulham, Real Sociedad and Coventry City, working as an assistant to Chris Coleman at Fulham, Real Sociedad and Coventry.
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In June 2008, it was reported that Steve Kean was in talks with Chelsea to become assistant manager to Luiz Felipe Scolari.
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Steve Kean replaced Karl Robinson who returned to Milton Keynes Dons.
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Allardyce commented that he had received numerous applications for the first team coaching position and Steve Kean "stood out above the rest through his personality, experience and knowledge of football at the highest level".
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On 4 January 2011, it was revealed by Anuradha Desai, chairperson of Venky's, that Steve Kean would be offered a new two-to-three-year long-term contract to manage the club and on 20 January 2011, it was confirmed by Blackburn that Steve Kean had signed a contract until June 2013.
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Steve Kean's appointment was shrouded in a great deal of controversy since his agent Jerome Anderson had earlier played a major role in advising Venky's during the takeover of the club in the preceding months.
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Furthermore, Allardyce later received "substantial", but undisclosed, damages from Steve Kean after Steve Kean had been recorded in a bar in Hong Kong falsely alleging that Allardyce had been sacked from his post at Blackburn Rovers because he was a crook.
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Steve Kean started brightly as manager, but ten games without a win saw Rovers dragged into relegation trouble.
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In November 2011, Blackburn confirmed that Steve Kean had signed a new contract with improved terms, despite the club being in the bottom place of the league.
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The new deal came after months of protests at the club in which fans campaigned to have Steve Kean removed as Rovers manager as he had recorded just one league win all season.
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At the time, Steve Kean was Blackburn Rovers' second worst manager since 1992, with only Paul Ince scoring a lower win percentage.
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Steve Kean left his position as Rovers' manager on 28 September 2012 with the club third in the Championship table.
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Steve Kean declared that he had been "forced to resign" and that his position had been "untenable".
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Steve Kean signed an initial one-year contract with the club in Brunei on 28 November 2013.
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Steve Kean was appointed as the head coach of Brunei national football team for the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification tournament in Laos in October 2014.
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On 23 October 2020 Steve Kean was announced as the assistant coach for Melbourne Victory, serving under head coach Grant Brebner.
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Brebner and Steve Kean had previously worked together during their time with Reading, with Steve Kean serving as Academy Director and then First Team Coach, while Brebner was a player.
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Steve Kean became academy director of Scottish club Hibernian in November 2021, and was given the task of identifying youth players who could be promoted into the first team squad.
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Steve Kean left Hibernian in May 2023 to become manager of Georgian club Torpedo Kutaisi.
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On 15 August 2011, Steve Kean was convicted of drink driving at Macclesfield Magistrates' Court.