Masahiro Shimoda (霜田 正浩, Shimoda Masahiro, born February 10, 1967) is a Japanese former football player and current manager of Matsumoto Yamaga.
| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Masahiro Shimoda | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 February 1967 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Toshima, Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | Matsumoto Yamaga (manager) | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| 1982–1984 | Takashima High School | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Shonan Bellmare | ||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | Kyoto Shiko | ||||||||||
| 1993 | Yokogawa Electric | ||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||
| 2006 | YSCC Yokohama | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Japan U-23 | ||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Renofa Yamaguchi FC | ||||||||||
| 2021 | Saigon | ||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Omiya Ardija | ||||||||||
| 2023– | Matsumoto Yamaga | ||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||
Club career edit
Shimoda was born in Toshima, Tokyo on February 10, 1967. After three years at Takashima High School, he opted for a trip away from Japan. He studied in Brazil, played in the youth ranks of Santos, where he met Kazuyoshi Miura and César Sampaio.[1] He returned to Japan and played in the old Japan Soccer League, but he retired at only 27 years old.[2]
Managerial career edit
Shimoda tried to have a career in the coaching world, managing the youth side at Kyoto Purple Sanga, but he was also the men behind the return of Miura to Japan in 1999, when the striker opted to sign for Sanga from Dinamo Zagreb.[3] He was as well behind some FC Tokyo's football operations concerning the acquisition of foreign players in the early 2000s. After getting a coach patent, he managed YSCC Yokohama for a couple of months. He also managed the reserves of JEF United Chiba, but in the end Japan Football Association asked him in 2009 to be in the Technical Committee through a direct request from their chairman, Hiromi Hara.[4] Shimoda accepted and he stayed in charge as a scout for seven years, also briefly managing the Japan U-23 national team in 2013.
In 2017, he was also the reserve head coach at Sint-Truidense, in Belgium.[5] He went back to Japan in 2018, when he accepted the offer of Renofa Yamaguchi FC to be the next head coach.[6]
In June of 2021, he became the manager of Omiya Ardija. On 26 May 2022, He was fired from manager after worst performance at J2 League after Matchweek 18.
On 5 December 2022, Shimoda announcement manager of Matsumoto Yamaga from 2023 replace Nanami after expiration contract.[7]
Managerial statistics edit
Update; start of the 2023 season[8]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Renofa Yamaguchi FC | 1 February 2018 | 31 January 2020 | 130 | 40 | 27 | 63 | 30.77 |
| Saigon FC | 24 February 2021 | 30 March 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 |
| Omiya Ardija | 9 June 2021 | 26 May 2022 | 43 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 25.58 |
| Matsumoto Yamaga | 5 December 2022 | present | — | − | − | – | — |
| Total | 176 | 51 | 42 | 83 | 28.98 | ||
References edit
- ^ "３６５日 Ｆｃ東京". tochu.tokyo-np.co.jp. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "中日スポーツ:次期技術委員長に霜田氏最有力:サッカー(CHUNICHI Web)". www.chunichi.co.jp. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Archived copy". number.goo.ne.jp. Archived from the original on 27 January 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "原委員長「北朝鮮vsタジクは映像で解析」 - サッカー日本代表ニュース : nikkansports.com".
- ^ "霜田正浩氏 ベルギーでコーチ就任 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex サッカー".
- ^ "霜田 正浩氏 監督就任のお知らせ | レノファ山口Fc". 24 November 2017.
- ^ "霜田 正浩 氏 監督就任のお知らせ" (in Japanese). 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ Masahiro Shimoda manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
External links edit
- Masahiro Shimoda manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Profile at Renofa Yamaguchi FC(in Japanese)
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