Tan Cheng Hoe
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tan Cheng Hoe | ||
| Date of birth | 1968 (age 55–56) | ||
| Place of birth | Kedah, Malaysia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988-199? | Kedah | ||
| International career | |||
| 1986 | Malaysia U-18 | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Malaysia U-19 (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2009 | Harimau Muda A (assistant) | ||
| 2009–2011 | Malaysia U-23 (assistant) | ||
| 2009–2013 | Malaysia (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2017 | Kedah | ||
| 2017 | Malaysia (assistant) | ||
| 2017– | Malaysia | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Tan Cheng Hoe (Chinese: 谭成浩; pinyin: Tán chénghào) (born 1968), is a Malaysian football manager who is currently in charge of the Malaysia national team.
As a player, Tan played for Kedah in three Malaysia Cup final from 1988 until 1990. He lost the two final in 1988 and 1989 before winning the cup in 1990 final.
Tan was an assistant coach to K. Rajagopal from 2004 until 2013. With Rajagopal and Tan combination, Malaysia achieves several positives results such as reaching the quarter final of 2004 AFC Youth Championship and qualify on merit for the 2006 AFC Youth Championship. Malaysia also ended their drought in regional competition by winning the 2009 SEA Games and 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup.
Tan appointed as Kedah head coaches in 2014 after Dave Mitchell was instructed by the Kedah FA (KFA) exco to take a “rest” following unsatisfactory results in the first half of the Malaysia Premier League.[1] In 2015, he helped Kedah win the Premier League to gain promotion to the Super League. He was named the M-League’s Best Coach of the Year at the 2016 National Football Awards following the success in Malaysia Cup, finishing third in the Super League and reached the FA Cup semi-finals.[2]
In 2017 he made a return as the assistant coach of Malaysia under Nelo Vingada. He take over as Malaysia head coach after Vingada stepped down following a string of poor results.[3]