Shigeo Sawairi

Shigeo Sawairi (澤入 重雄, Sawairi Shigeo, born May 8, 1963) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Shigeo Sawairi
澤入 重雄
Personal information
Full name Shigeo Sawairi
Date of birth (1963-05-08) May 8, 1963
Place of birth Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Forward
Youth career
1979–1981 Shimizu Higashi High School
1982–1985 Hosei University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1995 Nagoya Grampus Eight
Teams managed
2008 JEF United Chiba (caretaker)
2015 Kataller Toyama
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Sawairi was born in Shizuoka on May 8, 1963. After graduating from Hosei University, he joined Toyota Motors (later Nagoya Grampus Eight) in 1986. He played as regular player as offensive midfielder and forward. He also served as captain. However his opportunity to play decreased from 1994 and he retired end of 1995 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Sawairi started coaching career at Nagoya Grampus Eight in 1996. He mainly served as scout. From 2000, he coached for university and high school teams until 2008. In May 2008, he signed with JEF United Chiba and he became a coach under new manager Alex Miller. Sawairi managed in 2 matches as caretaker until Miller's registration is completed.[1] However the club performance was bad and he was sacked with Miller in September 2009. From 2010, he managed university teams until 2014. In November 2014, he signed with Kataller Toyama and became a general manager. In August 2015, manager Yasuyuki Kishino was sacked and Sawairi became a new manager.[2] He managed the club until end of 2015 season and left the club end of 2016 season.[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
1986/87Toyota MotorsJSL Division 2
1987/88JSL Division 1211
1988/89JSL Division 2
1989/902927113028
1990/91JSL Division 122520245
1991/9219622218
1992Nagoya Grampus EightJ1 League-102102
19932260020246
19941100000110
19950000-00
Total 124450017514150

Managerial statistics

[4]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
JEF United Chiba 2008 2008 2 2 0 0 100.00
Kataller Toyama 2015 2015 12 5 4 3 041.67
Total 14 7 4 3 050.00

References

  1. JEF United Chiba(in Japanese)
  2. Kataller Toyama(in Japanese)
  3. Kataller Toyama(in Japanese)
  4. J.League Data Site(in Japanese)


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