Hiroshi Yoshida (footballer)

Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田 弘, Yoshida Hiroshi, born February 11, 1958) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Hiroshi Yoshida
吉田 弘
Personal information
Full name Hiroshi Yoshida
Date of birth (1958-02-11) February 11, 1958
Place of birth Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1973–1975 Shizuoka Technical High School
1976–1979 Hosei University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1990 Furukawa Electric 180 (60)
Total 180 (60)
National team
1981–1983 Japan 9 (1)
Teams managed
2007–2012 Japan Women U-17
2011–2014 Japan Women U-20
2015 AS Elfen Saitama
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Yoshida was born in Shizuoka Prefecture on February 11, 1958. After graduating from Hosei University, he joined Furukawa Electric in 1980. In 1981, he scored 14 goal and became a top scorer. In 1985-86, he became a top scorer again and he was selected Japanese Footballer of the Year awards. The club also won the league champions. In Asia, the club won 1986 Asian Club Championship. This is the first Asian champions as Japanese club. He retired in 1990.

National team career

On February 8, 1981, Yoshida debuted for Japan national team against Malaysia. He also played at 1982 Asian Games. He played 9 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 1983.[1]

Coaching career

After retirement, Yoshida started coaching career at Shimizu S-Pulse. From 2000s, he mainly coached women's team. Through Japan women's national team coach, he became a manager for Japan U-17 women's national team in 2007. He managed at U-17 World Cup 3 times (2008, 2010 and 2012). At 2010 U-17 World Cup, Japan won the 2nd place. He also became a manager Japan U-20 women's national team in 2011. He managed at 2012 U-20 World Cup and Japan won the 3rd place. In 2014, he signed with AS Elfen Saitama and managed in 2015 season.

Club statistics

[2]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup JSL Cup Total
1980Furukawa ElectricJSL Division 1132
19811814
1982187
1983171
1984143
1985/862216
1986/872011
1987/88173
1988/89222
1989/9019120211
Total 18060002018260

National team statistics

[1]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
198161
198210
198320
Total91

Honors

Personal honors

Managers honors

References

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