Koichiro Katafuchi

Koichiro Katafuchi (片渕 浩一郎, Katafuchi Koichiro, born April 29, 1975) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Koichiro Katafuchi
片渕 浩一郎
Personal information
Full name Koichiro Katafuchi
Date of birth (1975-04-29) April 29, 1975
Place of birth Saga, Japan
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1991–1993 Saga Commercial High School
1994–1997 Tokai University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Sagan Tosu 58 (14)
2002 Albirex Niigata 3 (0)
Total 61 (14)
Teams managed
2016 Albirex Niigata
2017 Albirex Niigata (caretaker)
2018–2019 Albirex Niigata
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Katafuchi was born in Saga Prefecture on April 29, 1975. After graduating from Tokai University, he joined Japan Football League club Sagan Tosu based in his local in 1998. The club was promoted to new league J2 League from 1999. On March 28, 1999, he score a hat-trick against Consadole Sapporo.[1] He became the first player in J2 League to score a hat-trick. Although he became a regular player in 2000, he could not play many matches for right knee injury in 2001. In 2002, he moved to J2 club Albirex Niigata. However he could hardly play in the match and retired end of 2002 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Katafuchi started coaching career at Albirex Niigata in 2003. He coached for youth team until 2015. In 2016, he became a top team coach under manager Tatsuma Yoshida. However the club results were bad in 2016 and Yoshida was sacked in September. Katafuchi became a new manager as Yoshida successor. He managed the club until end of 2016 season and the club remained in J1 League. In 2017, he returned to a coach under new manager Fumitake Miura. However the club results were bad again and Miura was sacked in May. Katafuchi managed the club as caretaker until the club signed with new manager Wagner Lopes. In August 2018, he became a manager as Masakazu Suzuki successor.[2] In April 2019, Katafuchi was sacked.[3]

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
1998Sagan TosuFootball League4121-62
1999J2 League1563320209
20003270010337
200170000070
2002Albirex NiigataJ2 League3031-61
Total 611485307219

Managerial statistics

[4]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Albirex Niigata 2016 2016 4 1 0 3 025.00
Albirex Niigata 2017 2017 1 0 0 1 000.00
Albirex Niigata 2018 2019 24 10 6 8 041.67
Total 29 11 6 12 037.93

References

  1. J.League
  2. Albirex Niigata(in Japanese)
  3. Albirex Niigata(in Japanese)
  4. Koichiro Katafuchi at J.League (in Japanese)


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