Stephen "Steve" Kean

Stephen Kean (born 30 September 1967) is a Scottish football coach and former player who is the manager of Georgian club Torpedo Kutaisi. 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. After a 21-month spell in charge of Blackburn Rovers, he resigned on 28 September 2012.

DPMM FC
In October 2013 Kean agreed a deal to become the new manager of S.League side DPMM FC.[27] Kean signed an initial one-year contract with the club in Brunei on 28 November 2013.[28][29] Brunei led the 2014 S.League for the majority of the campaign but ended up finishing as runners up to Warriors FC following a 2–1 defeat to Tampines Rovers on the final day of the season.[30] They were also knocked out of the 2014 Singapore Cup in the semi-final by Home United.[31] The team did lift some silverware however, as they won the 2014 Singapore League Cup, beating Tanjong Pagar United 2–0 in the final.[32]

Kean was also appointed as the head coach of Brunei national football team for the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification tournament in Laos in October 2014.[33]

Brunei DPMM clinched the S-League championship on 21 November 2015, with a 4–0 win at home to Balestier Khalsa.[34] Kean was named as the S.League's coach of the year in 2015.[35]

In early November it was announced that Kean would leave Brunei DPMM at the end of the 2017 S.League season, a year before his contract with the club ended.[36]