Ken Worden

Ken Worden
Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Joseph Worden
Date of birth	2 February 1943
Place of birth	Preston, Lancashire, England
Date of death	20 September 2021 (aged 78)
Place of death	Townsville Palliative Care, Queensland, Australia
Position(s)	Striker, defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Burnley
	Preston North End
1971–1973	Weston Bears
1974	Hobart Juventus
1978	Hobart Olympia
1980	White Eagles
1981	Launceston Juventus
1982	Townsville Kern United
Managerial career
1974	Hobart Juventus
1978	Hobart Olympia
1980	White Eagles
1981	Launceston Juventus
1982	Townsville Kern United
1987–1988	Floreat Athena
1990–1991	Melbourne Croatia
1991	Selangor
1992–1993	Malaysia
1994	Singapore/Singapore Lions
1994–1996	Selangor
1997–1998	Melbourne Knights
1999	Sabah
2002–2004	Selangor
2009	Terengganu
2010–2013	Southern Myanmar
2015	KL SPA
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ken Worden (2 February 1943 – 20 September 2021) was an English football player and coach.

Worden was born on 2 February 1943, in Preston, Lancashire, England.^[9]

Worden was more successful in Australia as player and coach, notably as head coach at national level with Melbourne Croatia, where he guided the club to a runners-up place in the 1990–91 season, losing the grand final to local rivals South Melbourne.^[10]

Worden also coached at Southeast Asia, coaching clubs in Malaysia and Myanmar, and also had stints as head coach of national teams of Malaysia and Singapore.^[11]

Worden died on 20 September 2021 in Australia, at the age of 78.^[11]^[9]

References

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^ Pless, Walter. "A little peek at 1980". Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
^ "History | Hobart Zebras Football Club". 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^ admin. "Floreat Athena". Floreatathenafc.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
^ Laurie Schwab (6 May 1997). "Worden, Davidson get nod at Knights". The Age via Fairfax Media NewsStore. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
^ Norzasrudin Mohamed Nor (25 January 2009). "Worden harapan baru Terengganu" [Worden the new hope of Terengganu] (in Malay). Kosmo! Online. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b Shaherman Shamsuri, Ahmad (20 September 2021). "Bekas jurulatih kebangsaan, Ken Worden meninggal dunia". Kosmo (in Malay).
^ Michael Cockerill (5 May 1991). "SOUTHS TAKE TITLE THE HARD WAY". Sydney Morning Herald via Fairfax Media NewsStore. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b Jason, Thomas (20 September 2021). "Ken Worden – the coach who could do wonders". Free Malaysia Today.