Akinobu Yokouchi

Akinobu Yokouchi (横内 昭展, Yokouchi Akinobu, born November 30, 1967) is a former Japanese football player.

Akinobu Yokouchi
横内 昭展
Personal information
Full name Akinobu Yokouchi
Date of birth (1967-11-30) November 30, 1967
Place of birth Fukuoka, Japan
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1983–1985 Tokai University Daigo High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1995 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Teams managed
2017 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Yokouchi was born in Fukuoka Prefecture on November 30, 1967. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Soccer League club Mazda (later Sanfrecce Hiroshima) in 1986. He played many matches as offensive midfielder. In 1992, the Japan Soccer League folded and the new J1 League was founded. However he did not play in many matches due to an injury and retired at the end of the 1995 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Yokouchi started coaching career at Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 1996. He mainly coached youth team until 2002. In 2003, he became a coach for top team. The club won the champions in 2012, 2013 and 2015 J1 League. In 2017, the club results were bad and manager Hajime Moriyasu was sacked in July. Yokouchi managed the club 1 match as caretaker.[1]

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1986/87MazdaJSL Division 10000
1987/880000
1988/89JSL Division 2
1989/9013121152
1990/9129520315
1991/92JSL Division 122240262
1992Sanfrecce HiroshimaJ1 League-004040
199320205191
199400300030
19952000-20
Total 688501729010

Managerial statistics

[2]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2017 2017 1 0 1 0 000.00
Total 1 0 1 0 000.00

References

  1. Sanfrecce Hiroshima(in Japanese)
  2. Akinobu Yokouchi at J.League (in Japanese)


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