# K. Devan

Devan a/l E. Kuppusamy, better known as K. Devan (born 12 April 1961), is a Malaysian football coach. He is currently the head coach of A1 League club Melaka. K. Devan has spent his entire playing career in Negeri Sembilan.

## Playing career

K. Devan born in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan is a former centre-back player of Negeri Sembilan FA from 1980s. Before that, he also played with PB Negeri Sembilan Indians in Malaysia FAM Cup and reached the final in 1980.

## Managerial career
### Negeri Sembilan FA

K. Devan officially started his coaching career in 2004 with his former team Negeri Sembilan FA. He won the 2005-06 Malaysia Super League championship with Negeri Sembilan, as well as guiding the team to the 2006 Malaysia Cup final and 2006 Malaysia FA Cup semi-final.

### Malacca FA

K. Devan then coaches Malacca FA in 2007

### Kuala Muda Naza

In 2008, K. Devan coaches Kuala Muda Naza where he led the team to the Malaysia Premier League championship that year.

### Selangor FA

In 2009, K. Devan was signed as Selangor FA team manager and head coach. He held the roles until his resignation as head coach in September 2011. Under his guidance, Selangor FA became the Malaysia Super League champion in 2009, 2010 and also won 2009 Malaysia FA Cup.

### Johor FC

K. Devan was appointed as head coach of Johor FC for the 2012 Malaysia Super League season, however he resigned in April 2012 after series of poor results in the league.

### Felda United

In early 2013, K. Devan was appointed as head coach of Felda United but was replaced by Azuan Zain in June 2013, with Felda United in poor form and in danger of being relegated with only four games remaining. Devan later was named as the new head coach of Penang FA, a team newly promoted to 2014 Malaysia Premier League, in October 2013.

### Negeri Sembilan FA

In November 2014, Negeri Sembilan announced that K. Devan will take over the 2nd tier Malaysia Premier League club for the 2015 season.

### Kelantan FA

On 5 December 2015, Kelantan FA has unveiled K. Devan as their new head coach. After an unsatisfactory performance shown by the team in the league, he decided to resign on 10 May 2016 citing personal reasons. He was replaced as Kelantan FA head coach by Velizar Popov.

### Petaling Jaya City

In December 2017, MISC-MIFA announced that Devan will take over the position as head coach of the Malaysia Premier League club for the 2018 season. Devan has already overseen the team as interim head coach when he was appointed as technical director in June 2017. On 16 January 2019, the club was rebranded to Petaling Jaya City in which he kept his job as head coach at the club.

### Third spell at Negeri Sembilan

In January 2021, K. Devan was appointed as head coach in his third spell at Negeri Sembilan where he was tasked to guide the team to promotion in which he won the 2021 Malaysia Premier League title with the club and guided them back to the Malaysia Super League.

### Melaka

In 2024, Negeri Sembilan didn't renewed his contract and thus he left the club cementing his place as a legendary figure at Negeri Sembilan. On 6 March 2024, Malaysia M3 League club Melaka took the chance to sign K. Devan as their head coach.

## Managerial statistics

    As of 17 December 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure :
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Team | Nat | From | To | G | W | D | L | Win % |
| Selangor | | 1 January 2009 | 30 September 2011 | 116 | 78 | 21 | 17 | 067.24 |
| Johor | | 1 January 2012 | 30 April 2012 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 029.41 |
| Felda United | | 1 January 2013 | 30 June 2013 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 016.67 |
| Penang | | 1 October 2013 | 31 October 2014 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 048.28 |
| Negeri Sembilan | | 5 November 2014 | 31 October 2015 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 036.00 |
| Kelantan | | 5 December 2015 | 10 May 2016 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 033.33 |
| Petaling Jaya City | | 30 June 2017 | 31 December 2020 | 69 | 26 | 15 | 28 | 037.68 |
| Negeri Sembilan | | 1 January 2021 | 31 December 2023 | 81 | 35 | 21 | 25 | 043.21 |
| Career Total | Career Total | Career Total | Career Total | 379 | 176 | 86 | 117 | 046.44 |

## Honours
### Managerial
#### NS Chempaka

* Malaysia Premier League (1):2000

#### Negeri Sembilan

* Malaysia FA Cup (1): 2003
* Malaysia Super League (1): 2005-06
* Malaysia Premier League (1): 2021

#### Kuala Muda Naza

* Malaysia Premier League (1): 2007-08

#### Selangor

* Malaysia Super League (2): 2009, 2010
* Malaysia FA Cup (1): 2009
* Malaysian Charity Shield (2): 2009, 2010

#### Melaka

* Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League (1): 2024–25

### Individual
#### National Football Awards

* Best Coach Award : 2005-06, 2009