Hiroki Shibuya (渋谷 洋樹, Shibuya Hiroki, born November 30, 1966) is a Japanese football manager and former football player He is the currently assistant manager for J2 League club Vegalta Sendai.

Hiroki Shibuya
渋谷 洋樹
Personal information
Full name Hiroki Shibuya
Date of birth (1966-11-30) November 30, 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Vegalta Sendai (assistant manager)
Youth career
1982–1984 Muroran Otani High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1992 JEF United Ichihara
1992–1994 Tosu Futures
1995–1997 NTT Kanto
Managerial career
2014–2017 Omiya Ardija
2018–2019 Roasso Kumamoto
2022 Júbilo Iwata
2023– Vegalta Sendai (assistant manager)
Medal record
JEF United Ichihara
Winner Japan Soccer League 1985/86
Winner JSL Cup 1986
Runner-up JSL Cup 1990
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career edit

Shibuya born in Muroran in 1966. After graduating from high school, he joined Furukawa Electric (later JEF United Ichihara) in 1985. The club won the champions 1985–86 Japan Soccer League and 1986 JSL Cup. In Asia, the club won the champions 1986 Asian Club Championship. This is first Asian champions as Japanese club. In 1992, he moved to PJM Futures (later Tosu Futures). In 1995, he moved to NTT Kanto (later Omiya Ardija). He retired in 1997.

Coaching career edit

After retiring, Shibuya spent his whole coaching career with Omiya Ardija, first as youth squad's coach and then as assistant coach. On the verge of relegation, he was appointed in August 2014.[1] Despite relegation, he was confirmed for guiding the team in its first season in J2 after 10 years of J.League.

On 28 May 2017, with a record of only 2 wins in 13 league matches, and a 6 match losing streak, he was sacked by the club.[2]

On 14 December 2017, Shibuya was named manager of Japanese club J2 League club Roasso Kumamoto for the 2018 season.[3] However Roasso finished at the 21st place of 22 clubs in 2018 season and was relegated to J3 League.

Managerial statistics edit

Year League Club League campaign Cup campaign
Rank G W D L J. League Cup The Emperor's Cup
2014 J1 Omiya 16 12 6 1 5 - Quarter-final
2015 J2 1 42 26 8 8 - 3rd Round
2016 J1 5 34 15 11 8 Quarter-finals Semifinal
2017 18 13 2 1 10 Group stage -
2018 J2 Kumamoto 21 42 9 7 26 - 2nd Round
2019 J3 5 34 16 9 9 - 2nd Round
2022 J1 Iwata 18 9 1 5 3 - -

References edit

  1. ^ "監督就任のお知らせ | 大宮アルディージャ公式サイト" (in Japanese). www.ardija.co.jp. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  2. ^ 大宮アルディージャ公式サイト. "監督・ヘッドコーチ解任のお知らせ | 大宮アルディージャ公式サイト" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-12-21.
  3. ^ "渋谷洋樹 氏、ロアッソ熊本監督就任お知らせ|ロアッソ熊本 公式サイト". roasso-k.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-12-21.

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