Keiichiro Nuno (布 啓一郎, Nuno Keiichiro, born December 21, 1960) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He was currently manager of Vonds Ichihara until 31 January 2023.

Keiichiro Nuno
布 啓一郎
Personal information
Full name Keiichiro Nuno
Date of birth (1960-12-21) 21 December 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth Chiba, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Years Team
1976–1978 Chiba Higashi High School
1979–1982 Nippon Sport Science University
Managerial career
2003–2004 Japan U-17
2009–2010 Japan U-20
2018–2019 Thespakusatsu Gunma
2020 Matsumoto Yamaga FC
2021 FC Imabari
2022 Vonds Ichihara

Coaching career edit

Nuno was born in Chiba Prefecture on December 21, 1960. After attending Nippon Sport Science University in the late 70s and winning the All Japan University Championship, he opted to sign as a head coach at Funabashi Municipal High School, a role he maintained for almost 20 years. He decided to quit in order to be the next head coach of Japan U-17 national team, but the results didn't support him and he left after two years.[1] He had another chance with Japan's squads, this time with Japan U-20 national team, but at the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship Japan were knocked out by South Korea in the quarter-finals, and he left the position in 2010.

He returned to coach with Fagiano Okayama in 2015, where he maintained a role as an assistant coach to Tetsu Nagasawa. After three years, he was hired as the manager of Thespakusatsu Gunma.[2]

In 2022, Nuno announcement officially appointment manager of Vonds Ichihara for ahead of 2022 season.

Managerial statistics edit

Update; end of the 2022 season[3]

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Thespakusatsu Gunma 2018 2019 69 34 16 19 049.28
Matsumoto Yamaga 2020 22 4 7 11 018.18
FC Imabari 2021 13 2 5 6 015.38
Vonds Ichihara 2022 20 9 5 6 045.00
Total 124 49 33 42 039.52

References edit

  1. ^ "U19代表敗退の責任も、つまびらかに". 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 2010-10-31. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  2. ^ "ザスパクサツ群馬「クラブ最新情報」". www.thespa.co.jp. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  3. ^ Keiichiro Nuno manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)  

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