Koji Gyotoku

Koji Gyotoku (行徳 浩二, Gyōtoku Kōji, born January 28, 1965) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is the current head coach of C-League side Bati Youth[1]

Koji Gyotoku
行徳 浩二
Personal information
Full name Koji Gyotoku
Date of birth (1965-01-28) January 28, 1965
Place of birth Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Bati Youth (Head coach)
Youth career
Daiichi High School
Tokai University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1989 Werder Bremen II
1989–1992 Toyota Motors 16 (0)
Total 16 (0)
Teams managed
2003 Shimizu S-Pulse
2008–2010 Bhutan
2012–2013 FC Gifu
2014–2015 Angthong
2016–2018 Nepal
2019– Bati Youth
2019– Cambodia U21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Gyotoku was born January 28, 1965 in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. He went to school at Shizuoka Municipal Shimizu Fifth and Tokai Western High School. After high school, he went to Tokai University. Gyotoku began his football career with Werder Bremen II, a team in West Germany. After playing for Werder Bremen II, he went on to play for Toyota Motors. He appeared 13 times for the team, 12 in 1990-91 and 1 in 1991-92, but never scored a goal for the team. It did not make the JSL Cup.

Coaching career

Gyotoku coached the Shimizu S-Pulse in 2003 after Takeshi Oki resigned from his position as team manager[2] He led the team to the semi-finals of the J.League Cup and the Emperor's Cup, placing them 11th overall in the league. The team went on to make it to the AFC Champions League group stage.

Gyotoku became the coach of the Bhutan national team in 2008. He led the Bhutan team the semifinals of the 2008 South Asian Football Federation Cup tournament, where they lost to India (2 - 1) during stoppage time of extra time.[3] It was the furthest the team had ever gone. In the 2008 and 2010 AFC Challenge Cup he would lead the team to third and fourth place respectively. However, the team did not attempt to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, being the only FIFA member in the 2010 qualifications to withdraw. The cited reason for this was a lack of preparation of the field before their game against Kuwait.

From December 2014 to July 2015, Gyotoku was head coach of Angthong of the Thai Division 1 League.[4] In early 2016, Gyotoku was appointed as head coach of the Nepal national team arriving in the Himalayan country on March 4, 2016.[5] Under Gyotoku's guidance, Nepal performed well and improved its form during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification, with Nepal achieved two respectable draws against eventual debutants Philippines and Yemen at home. But with Gyotoku being found to have entered Nepal with a tourist visa and had no legal working papers permit, he was fired as coach of Nepal in 2018.[6]

Club statistics

Gyotoku played in for each of the schools he attended before he reached the professional level.

Season Club League League Cup League Cup Total
AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
1989-90Toyota MotorsJSL Division 230?00030
1990-91JSL Division 1120?000120
1991-9210?00010
Career total 1600000160

Other official game

Managerial statistics
As of 13 June 2017.
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Shimizu S-Pulse December 2003 December 2003 0 0 0 0 !—
Bhutan 2008 2010 14 1 2 11 007.14
FC Gifu 2012 18 August 2013 71 13 20 38 018.31
Nepal 2016 2018 13 4 5 4 030.77
Total 87 14 24 49 016.09

Career guidance
  • B. Year 1994 -1996 Shimizu S-Pulse: Youth Coach
  • Shimizu S-Pulse * 1997: Junior Youth Director
  • Shimizu S- year b. 1998 -1999 : Youth Director
  • Shimizu S- year b. 2000 -2001 : Director Junior Youth
  • Shimizu S * -8 February 2002 Month: Youth Director
  • August Shimizu December 2002 – 2003 : Coach
  • Shimizu S-Pulse * December 2003 : Manager
  • Shimizu S-Pulse * 2004: Coach, coach Satellite
  • Shimizu S- year b. 2005 -2008 : Youth Director
  • 2008-2011 - Bhutan national football team: Head Coach
  • 2010 Omiya Ardija Coach
  • FC Gifu * 2012–2013: Manager
  • Ang Thong FC : Thailand Yamaha League One : 2015 : Head Coach
  • 2016-2018 Nepal national football team: Head Coach

References
  1. "FIFA.com - Bhutan on FIFA.com". fifa.com. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  2. "History of Shimizu S-Pulse since 1991". s-pulse.co.jp. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  3. "2008 SAFF Cup tournament". Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  4. "ANGTHONG FC". Samurai x TPL (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  5. "New national team coach arrives". All Nepal Football Association. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  6. https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/doi-prohibits-football-teams-head-coach-koji-gyotoku-from-entering-to-nepal/
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