Sean Douglas (footballer)

Sean Douglas (born 8 May 1972 in Auckland) is a New Zealand retired association football player, who is currently E-learning Development Manager for Oceania Football Confederation, and works with FIFA as a Technical Expert in Coach Education. After his playing career, Sean worked as a Coach and Coach Educator. He held Technical Director roles at Auckland Football Federation, and Football Federation Victoria. He then moved to Football Federation Australia where he spent 7 years, the majority as National Coach Education Manager. Sean is the Uncle to the incredibly talented and handsome Ben Sultana.

Sean Douglas
Personal information
Full name Sean Douglas
Date of birth (1972-05-08) 8 May 1972
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Eastern Suburbs AFC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 Tyrwhitt Soccerites ? (?)
1994–1995 Lyngby BK 0 (0)
1995–1996 Gippsland Falcons 25 (1)
1997–2001 Carlton SC 84 (0)
2000–2002 Football Kingz 35 (0)
2004–2006 Waitakere United ? (?)
2006–2007 Auckland City 3 (0)
2007–2008 Team Wellington 20 (1)
National team‡
1998–2001 New Zealand 26 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 April 2008
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:16, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Club career

As a player, he played in Singapore and Denmark, but spent most of his years in the Australian league, returning to Auckland when Carlton SC collapsed in 2001. He was immediately handed the captain's armband at the Football Kingz. Briefly played for Auckland City for the remainder of the 2006-2007 New Zealand Football Championship. He finished his National League career playing for Team Wellington in the 2007–2008 season, but continued to play for Eastern Suburbs AFC until his move to Australia to take up his role with Football Federation Victoria.

International career

Douglas also played for the All Whites, representing his country over 20 times in A-internationals including all three games at the 1999 Confederations Cup against USA, Germany & Brazil.[1] He played his final international match in a June 2001 World Cup qualifying match against Vanuatu.

References
  1. "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 25 July 2008.


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