Yoshikazu Goto (後藤 義一, Goto Yoshikazu, born February 20, 1964) is a former Japanese football player and manager.
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yoshikazu Goto | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | February 20, 1964 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Shizuoka, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1979–1981 | Shimizu Commercial High School | |||||||||||||
| 1982–1985 | Chuo University | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1986–1995 | JEF United Ichihara | 220 | (25) | |||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Consadole Sapporo | 82 | (7) | |||||||||||
| 1999–2003 | Yokohama FC | 120 | (5) | |||||||||||
| Total | 422 | (37) | ||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Arte Takasaki | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Playing career edit
Goto was born in Shizuoka Prefecture on February 20, 1964. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined Furukawa Electric (later JEF United Ichihara) in 1986. He played many matches as midfielder from first season and the club won the champions 1986 JSL Cup and 1986 Asian Club Championship. This is first Asian champions as Japanese club. He became a regular player from 1987. He played for the club in 10 seasons and also served captain from 1994. In 1996, he moved to Japan Football League club Consadole Sapporo. He played as captain and the club won the champions in 1997 and was promoted to J1 League. In 1999, he moved to new club Yokohama FC in Japan Football League. The club won the champions in 1999 and 2000 and was promoted to J2 League. He played as regular player until 2002 and retired end of 2002 season. From 2003, although he became a coach, In July, he came back as player and retired end of the season.
Coaching career edit
After retirement, Goto started coaching career at Yokohama FC in 2003. He served coach for top team until he came back as player in July. From 2004, he became a manager for youth team until 2008. In 2009, he signed with Japan Football League club Arte Takasaki. However the club was disbanded end of 2011 season due to financial strain. He was the last manager for the club.
Club statistics edit
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1986/87 | Furukawa Electric | JSL Division 1 | 11 | 3 | - | 5 | 1 | 16 | 4 | |
| 1987/88 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
| 1988/89 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | ||
| 1989/90 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||
| 1990/91 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||||
| 1991/92 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||||
| 1992 | JEF United Ichihara | J1 League | - | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 1993 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1994 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 4 | ||
| 1995 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 0 | - | 49 | 6 | |||
| 1996 | Consadole Sapporo | Football League | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 31 | 4 | |
| 1997 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 40 | 5 | ||
| 1998 | J1 League | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| 1999 | Yokohama FC | Football League | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | 24 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | 24 | 3 | |||
| 2001 | J2 League | 42 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 422 | 37 | 30 | 2 | 43 | 4 | 495 | 39 | ||
References edit
External links edit
- Yoshikazu Goto at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Arte Takasaki at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-01-23)
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