Toshiya Miura

Toshiya Miura
三浦俊也
	Miura in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Toshiya Miura
Date of birth	16 July 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan
Youth career
1979–1981	Kamaishi Minami High School
1982–1985	Komazawa University
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Morioka Zebra
	Nippon Steel Kamaishi
Managerial career
1997	Brummell Sendai
1998	Mito HollyHock
2000–2001	Omiya Ardija
2004–2006	Omiya Ardija
2007–2008	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
2009–2010	Vissel Kobe
2011	Ventforet Kofu
2014–2016	Vietnam U23
2014–2016	Vietnam
2017–2018	Hồ Chí Minh City
2022	FC Gifu
2023	Thailand U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Toshiya Miura (三浦俊也, Miura Toshiya, born July 16, 1963) is a Japanese football manager and former player. He was most recently the head coach of Thailand U20.

Playing career

Miura was born in Kamaishi on July 16, 1963. After graduating from Komazawa University, he played for his local club Morioka Zebra and Nippon Steel Kamaishi.

Coaching career

Japan

In 1997, Miura became a coach for Brummell Sendai. In October, he managed the club at 1997 Emperor's Cup. In 1998, he signed with Mito HollyHock. From 2000 onwards, he managed J.League clubs Omiya Ardija (2000-2001, 2004–2006), Consadole Sapporo (2007-2008), Vissel Kobe (2009-2010), Ventforet Kofu (2011), and most recently, FC Gifu (2022).

Vietnam

On 10 May 2014, the Vietnam Football Federation appointed Miura as Vietnam national team manager after agreeing to a two-year contract. His first official competition was the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup, in which he led the team to the semifinal when it was defeated by Malaysia.^[1]

On 31 March 2015, Miura became the first manager of Vietnam U-23 national team to qualify for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship (Note that this is also only the 2nd edition of the tournament. It was held the 1st time in 2013 as AFC U-22 Championships) as the 3rd of the 5 best second-ranked teams in the qualification stage.^[2] Despite this early success, he started showing his limitations a year later with some disappointing performances against Thailand during the FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifications or Australia U23 and Jordan U23 during the AFC-U23 Championships. He has been then criticized by local coaches for being too conservative, suggesting that he continually asks his men to play tough, even against countries with players of superior physical shape and strength. His football style was therefore considered not suitable for small size Vietnamese players.^[3] There was a rumor that Miura was sacked because he refused to use some of the country's promising youths from the Hoang Anh Gia Lai-Arsenal-JMG Football Academy whose owner is also a vice president of the Vietnam Football Federation. However, there is no evidence backing this claim. In fact, it was more obvious that Miura's contract was prematurely terminated due to the poor results in the FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualification where Vietnam lost both games against their rival Thailand.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 4 May 2022^[4]

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %
Omiya Ardija	February 2000	December 2001	88	49	8	31	055.68
Omiya Ardija	February 2004	December 2006	135	62	21	52	045.93
Consadole Sapporo	February 2007	December 2008	90	32	19	39	035.56
Vissel Kobe	August 2009	September 2010	45	14	12	19	031.11
Ventforet Kofu	January 2011	August 2011	22	5	5	12	022.73
Vietnam	10 May 2014	28 January 2016	14	7	3	4	050.00
Vietnam U23	10 May 2014	28 January 2016	16	9	0	7	056.25
Ho Chi Minh City	5 January 2018	10 October 2018	26	7	6	13	026.92
FC Gifu	1 February 2022	5 May 2022	7	2	1	4	028.57
Thailand U20	19 March 2023	19 October 2023	0	0	0	0	!—
Total			443	187	75	181	042.21