Stephen Ng Heng Seng is a Singaporean football coach and former footballer. He is also an AFC instructor for coaches as well.[2][3] Ng is currently the national coach for the Singapore women's national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper[1] | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990s | Singapore[1] | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Gombak United FC (assistant)[1] | |||
| 2013 | Brunei U16 | ||
| 2015 | Brunei U23 | ||
| 2016 | Brunei U14 | ||
| 2017 | Brunei U15 | ||
| 2019 | Brunei U23 | ||
| 2019 | Brunei U19 | ||
Leading the Brunei Under-16 in their 2014 AFC U-16 Championship qualification campaign which ran from 21 to 29 September 2013,[1] Heng Seng returned to coach the Brunei Under-14s in 2016 for the AFC U14 Regional Festival of Football, prophesying a good run in the competition.[4] The Singaporean also took the reins of the Brunei U15 in 2017, taking them to their first ever win in the AFF U-15 Championship that year, beating Cambodia 2-0.[5] He also coached the Under-15s in their 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers.[6]
In his opinion, the Brunei National Under-16 Youth League has benefits for youth players development for the reason that it will expose them to competitive matches.[7]
As head coach of the Brunei Olympic team in 2015 for their 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification campaign, Heng Seng blamed a narrow 2-0 loss to Indonesia on a fortuitous strike by Ahmad Noviandani in the 71st minute, claiming it was unintended.[8] He was manager of the Olympic team in the 2015 SEA Games as well, stating that his team prepared well for the competition and their first group stage clash countering Vietnam.[9]
Ng was designated head coach of the under-23s for the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification matches held in late March 2019 in Vietnam. Unfortunately he has now been mistaken for assistant Darus Tanjong due to the latter taking press conferences instead of Ng.[10]
In 2021, Ng was appointed at the Singapore women's national football team's head coach for two years.[11]
Current managers of AFC women's national teams | |
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