Kolonnage Mayura Sampath Perera (born 30 October 1965) is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n professional

football player A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

and

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

Career

He was a player and captain for

Sri Lanka national football team The Sri Lanka national football team ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාපන්දු කණ්ඩායම, ta, இலங்கை தேசிய கால்பந்து அணி) represents Sri Lanka in Association football an ...

. Perera helped Sri Lanka win the

1995 South Asian Gold Cup The 1995 South Asian Gold Cup (also known as Bristoi Saaro Gold Cup) was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka between 25 March and 2 April. Originally 6 teams participated in the competition, but Maldives withdrew from the competition. Venue Squads Gro ...

. Since 2004 until 2006 he coached the

. In 2008, he worked with Ratnam SC. In 2009, he again became the head coach of the Sri Lanka national team. In 2010-2011 he trained

Don Bosco SC Don Bosco SC was a Sri Lankan football club located in Negombo. Achievements Sri Lankan Premier League: 1 *Winner: 2010. Performance in AFC competitions *AFC President's Cup The AFC President's Cup was an annual international association foo ...

. Since 2012 until 2013 he coached the Sri Lanka national team. Since 2014 he is a head coach of

Air Force SC Air Force SC is a Sri Lankan professional football club based in Colombo, that competes in the top tier competition Sri Lanka Champions League. The team is under the patronage of the Sri Lanka Air Force. Honours * Sri Lanka Football Premier ...

.Sri Lanka Air Force in an all South Asian group for AFC President's Cup

Honours

Sri Lanka *

SAFF Championship The South Asian Football Federation Championship, commonly known as SAFF Championship (previously known as ''South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation Gold Cup'' and ''South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup''), is the main international ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

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at Soccerpunter.com * * 1965 births Living people Sri Lankan footballers Sri Lanka men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Sri Lankan football managers Sri Lanka national football team managers Place of birth missing (living people) Air Force SC players Sri Lanka Football Premier League players {{SriLanka-footy-bio-stub