Armand Sahadewsing
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Armand Sahadewsing | ||
| Date of birth | 7 July 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Paramaribo, Surinam | ||
| Playing position | Right winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1950–1952 | |||
| 1952–1954 | Sparta | ||
| 1954–1955 | Tuna | ||
| 1955–1956 | Unitas | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1956–1966 | Transvaal | ? | (?) |
| 1967–1968 | DWS | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1957–1966 | Dutch Guyana | 6 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1980–1982 | Suriname | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 25, 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 25, 2015 |
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Armand Sahadewsing (born 7 July 1939) is a former Surinamese football player and manager who has played for S.V. Transvaal in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse, and for AFC DWS in the Dutch Eredivisie. He also played for the Suriname national team and later managed the team for the country's 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.
Sahadewsing began his football career on the Mr. Bronsplein in Paramaribo, Surinam at age 10 playing for (Klein Maar Dapper), a club registered through the Bronsplein Sport Bond which was specifically for shorter people (Klein Maar Dapper is Dutch for "Small but courageous"). After two season with KMD he transferred to the youth ranks of Sparta, Tuna and finally Unitas. At age 16 he transferred to SV Transvaal to play in the Hoofdklasse, the top flight for association football in Suriname.
In 1956, Sahadewsing made his debut in the Hoofdklasse at age 16. He would go on to play for Transvaal for a decade, becoming the teams first choice on the right wing. He was made team captain from 1960 to 1965, and helped Transvaal to win two national championships in 1962 and 1965. He also won the Surinamese Footballer of the Year award in 1965.
In 1966, Sahadewsing relocated to the Netherlands in pursuit of a KNVB coaching license. While in the Netherlands he joined AFC DWS competing in the Dutch Eredivisie, appearing in two matches in the 1967–68 season, where he played with the likes of Frans Geurtsen and Rob Rensenbrink.
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