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{{Indian name|Satiananthan|Bhaskaran}}
{{Infobox football biography
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| fullname = Bhaskran R Satiananthan
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|5|9}}
| birth_place = [[Perak]], Malaysia
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| manageryears1 = 1992
| manageryears2 = 2006
| manageryears3 = 2006—2008
| manageryears4 = 2007—2009
| manageryears5 = 2009—2010
| manageryears6 = 2011—2015
| manageryears7 = 2017—2018
| manageryears8 = 2018—2020
| manageryears9 = 2021—2022
| managerclubs1 = [[Negeri Sembilan FA|NS FA Gold Cup Team]]
| managerclubs2 = [[MPPJ FC]] (interim)
| managerclubs3 = [[Malaysia national under-23 football team|Malaysia U-23]]
| managerclubs4 = [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]]
| managerclubs5 = [[Kelantan FA]]
| managerclubs6 = [[ATM FA]]
| managerclubs7 = [[Felda United F.C.]]
| managerclubs8 = [[Selangor F.C.]]
| managerclubs9 = [[Sarawak United F.C.]] (technical
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'''B. Satiananthan ''' is a [[Malaysians|Malaysian]] [[Association football|football]] coach and former player. He is currently in charge as a technical director for [[Malaysia Super League]] club [[Sarawak United F.C.|Sarawak United]] work in with '''E. Elavarasan''' as a head coach . He is the former head coach of [[Malaysia Super League]] club, [[Selangor F.C.]] He is also the former head coach for [[Malaysia national football team]] and [[Malaysia national under-23 football team|Malaysia U-23 football team]]. Before becoming the head coach for Malaysia, he was the head coach of the Malaysian Under 23 team.

==Career==
Early in his career, he was the coach for [[Negeri Sembilan FA]] Gold Cup team in 1992. He held the assistant coach position for the [[Malaysia national under-23 football team|national Olympic team]] in 1997-1999 and 2002–2004. He was also the assistant head coach at [[MPPJ FC]] in 2006 until the dissolution of the club, and acting as interim head coach for a short period after [[Michael Feichtenbeiner]] was relieved of his job.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.thestar.com.my/Story/?file=%2F2006%2F2%2F1%2Fsports%2F13267824&sec=sports|title=MPPJ to draw up new post for German coach | publisher=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]] Online| date=1 February 2006 | access-date=26 September 2014|author=Eric Samuel}}</ref>

In 2006, he was selected by [[Football Association of Malaysia]] to be the head coach for Malaysia under-23 side in the team preparation for the 2008 Olympic games qualifier. After winning the [[2007 Merdeka Tournament]], he was selected as the head coach for senior team by the [[Football Association of Malaysia|FAM]] president [[Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang|Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah]].

His first match as the head coach was the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier Asian zone against [[Bahrain national football team|Bahrain]]. In the match, Malaysia lost 4-1 before draw 0–0 at [[Shah Alam]]. After ending the World Cup 2010 qualifying campaign, he then brought the under 23 side to the [[2007 SEA Games]] in [[Thailand]]. The under-23 side also failed in the tournament after only managing 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat and for the first time since 1999 Malaysia failed to advance into the semifinal.

For 2008, Sathianathan bring the Malaysia best eleven to face Premier League giant [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]. Eventually the match was won by Chelsea by 2-0 and the squads did a good fight in the match as [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] head coach [[Luiz Felipe Scolari]] praise the Malaysia XI for giving a good fight against his team.

In [[2008 Merdeka Tournament]], Sathianathan again bring Malaysia into the final. Malaysia show impressive performance from the start of the tournament and did not conceded in all [[Merdeka Tournament]] match. However Sathianathan team lose 6-5 through a penalty shoot-out against Vietnam in the final.<ref>{{cite news
|url= http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newssport.php?id=367357
|title= Heartbreak As Malaysia Lose To Vietnam In Penalty Shootout
|publisher= BERNAMA
|date= 26 October 2008
|access-date= 2008-12-16
}}</ref>

In [[2008 AFF Suzuki Cup]], Sathia team start with convincing win over Laos. However, in the last two matches, his team lost 2–3 to Vietnam and beaten by host Thailand 3–0. The lost against the Thai's saw Malaysia exit the competition for the first time since 1998. Rumors also spread that he will be replaced by Indonesia former coach, [[Peter Withe]] because of his failure in [[2008 AFF Suzuki Cup]]. However FAM decided to extend his contract for one more year with condition he must improve Malaysia FIFA ranking.<ref>{{cite news
|url= http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2008&dt=1216&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Sukan&pg=su_01.htm
|title= Peluang kedua buat Sathia
|work= Utusan Malaysia
|date= 16 December 2008
|access-date= 2008-12-16
}}{{in lang|ms}}</ref>

In February 2009, Sathia one-year contract was terminated by [[Football Association of Malaysia|FAM]], after Malaysia was trashed by [[United Arab Emirates national football team|United Arab Emirates]] 5–0 in the [[2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification]] match.<ref>{{cite news
|url= http://bernama.com/bernama/v5/newssport.php?id=387025
|title= FAM Terminate Coach Sathianathan, Team Manager Chin Aun
|publisher= BERNAMA
|date= 1 February 2009
|access-date= 2009-02-02
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1011544.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202144351/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1011544.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 2, 2009|title= Malaysia sack Sathianathan
|publisher= FIFA.com
|date= February 1, 2009
|access-date= April 11, 2012
}}</ref> Subsequently, he coached [[Kelantan FA]] from November 2009, and guided the team to [[2010 Malaysia Cup]] triumph. He was forced to leave his post after being handed a 6-month coaching ban by FAM from January 2011 for criticizing the national football body, later taking up the post of CEO of Kelantan FA coaching.<ref>{{cite news
|url= http://www.arena.my/OtherSports/NewsHighlights/TopNews/tabid/171/newsId/128961/Default.aspx
|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130221031750/http://www.arena.my/OtherSports/NewsHighlights/TopNews/tabid/171/newsId/128961/Default.aspx
|url-status= dead
|archive-date= February 21, 2013
|title= KAFA appoint Sathianathan as CEO for coaching
|publisher= BERNAMA via Arena.my
|date= January 26, 2011
|access-date= April 11, 2012
}}</ref>

He was appointed the coach of [[ATM FA]] in November 2011. Under Sathianathan helm, ATM FA won the [[2012 Malaysia Premier League]], and an automatic promotion to the [[2013 Malaysia Super League]]. Sathianathan succeeds in maintaining ATM as a Super League team for 3 seasons, and also a finalist of the [[2013 Malaysia Cup]], until he was relieved from his duties in April 2015.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.espn.com/soccer/blog-football-asia/story/2547446/msl-atm-want-sathia-back-in-charge| title = MSL: ATM want Sathia back in charge}} </ref>

Sathianathan were announced as the new [[Felda United F.C.]] head coach in February 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ww1.kosmo.com.my/kosmo/content.asp?y=2017&dt=0221&pub=Kosmo&sec=Sukan&pg=su_02.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206002503/http://ww1.kosmo.com.my/kosmo/content.asp?y=2017&dt=0221&pub=Kosmo&sec=Sukan&pg=su_02.htm |archive-date=2018-02-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Under his helm, Felda secured 3rd place in the [[2017 Malaysia Super League]] and semi-finals of the [[2017 Malaysia Cup]], and he were awarded Best Coach of the League by FAM for that year.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nst.com.my/sports/football/2017/12/317667/sathianathan-gunning-more-success-felda| title = Sathianathan gunning for more success at Felda {{!}} New Straits Times}}</ref> Even though Felda has been demoted for failing to acquire Super League license for the next season,<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nst.com.my/sports/football/2017/12/310693/felda-coach-accepts-demotion| title = Felda coach accepts demotion {{!}} New Straits Times}}</ref> Sathianathan succeeded in guiding the team to win the [[2018 Malaysia Premier League]] and promotion back to Super League at the first attempt.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/football/2018/07/29/the-fight-never-ends-felda-still-in-fighters-mode-as-they-wrap-up-campaign/| title = Football: Felda still in Fighters’ mode as they wrap up campaign {{!}} The Star}}</ref> After Felda's [[2018 Malaysia Cup]] journey ended in the quarter-finals, and following restructuring of the club management, Sathianathan announced that he will not continue coaching the team after the end of his contract that year.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.hmetro.com.my/arena/2018/10/388030/bye-bye-felda| title = 'Bye-bye FELDA' {{!}} Harian Metro}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.utusan.com.my/sukan/bola-sepak/sathianathan-tinggalkan-felda-united-1.771342| title = Reference at www.utusan.com.my}}</ref>

On 22 November 2018, Sathianathan was announced as [[Selangor FA]] new head coach in the team's [[Twitter]] posting.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.goal.com/en/news/b-sathianathan-appointment-selangor-fa-completes-interesting/19qqkpohguwpl1xcs43t6zupyu| title = B. Sathianathan's appointment by Selangor FA completes interesting coincidence {{!}} Goal.com}}</ref> The announcement was made official the next day, in a live session with Sathianathan via Selangor's official [[Facebook]] page.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nst.com.my/sports/football/2018/11/433937/i-want-selangor-fans-smile-again-said-new-coach-sathianathan| title = 'I want Selangor fans to smile again, said new coach Sathianathan {{!}} New Straits Times}}</ref>

On 21 September 2020, Sathianathan was sacked as [[Selangor FA]]'s head coach due to a string of poor results after the resumption of the [[Malaysian Super League]] competition from the COVID-19 enforced break.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.bharian.com.my/sukan/bola/2020/09/733596/selangor-pecat-sathianathan| title = Selangor pecat Sathianathan {{!}} Berita Harian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.malaymail.com/news/sports/2020/09/21/sathianathan-no-longer-red-giants-head-coach/1905266| title = Sathianathan no longer Red Giants’ head coach {{!}} Sports {{!}} Malay Mail}}</ref>

==Personal life and views==
Regarding the continuation of playing in the Malaysia Football League throughout the Ramadhan fasting period, he mentioned that “Football leagues in Arabian countries (where the Muslim population are sometimes bigger than Malaysia) also don’t stop during Ramadhan. In fact, the festivities spirit are felt on the pitch too," as reported by [[Fox Sports Asia|FOX Sports Asia]] in an [http://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/asian-football/malaysia-super-league/884852/malaysia-super-league-to-play-through-ramadhan-for-the-first-time-in-history/ article].

==Honours==

===Malaysia U-23===
*Champions [[2007 Merdeka Tournament]]
*Runners-up [[2008 Merdeka Tournament]]

===Kelantan FA===
*Champions [[2010 Malaysia Cup]]

===ATM FA===
*Champions [[2012 Malaysia Premier League]]

===Felda United FC===
*Champions [[2018 Malaysia Premier League]]

===Individual===
;[[FAM Football Awards#Coaches|National Football Award]]
Best Coach:2010,2012 and 2017

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090222191224/http://www.arsenalschoolsmalaysia.com/coaches.htm B. Sathianathan info at www.arsenalschoolsmalaysia.com]

{{MPPJ FC managers}}
{{Malaysia national football team managers}}
{{Kelantan FA managers}}
{{ATM FA managers}}
{{Felda United F.C. managers}}
{{Selangor FA managers}}

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