Toru Oniki
Toru Oniki (鬼木 達, Oniki Tōru, born April 20, 1974) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is currently manager of Kawasaki Frontale.
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Full name | Toru Oniki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | April 20, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Funabashi, Chiba, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1992 | Funabashi High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1999 | Kashima Antlers | 27 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998 | → Kawasaki Frontale (loan) | 27 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2006 | Kawasaki Frontale | 133 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 187 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Kawasaki Frontale Youth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2016 | Kawasaki Frontale (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017– | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Playing career
Oniki was born in Funabashi on April 20, 1974. After graduating from high school, he joined Kashima Antlers in 1993. He played as mainly defensive midfielder. However he could not become a regular player behind Jorginho and Yasuto Honda. In 1998, he moved to Japan Football League club Kawasaki Frontale on loan. He played as regular player and the club won the 2nd place. In 1999, although he returned to Antlers, he could not play many matches. In 2000, he moved to newly was promoted to J1 League club, Kawasaki Frontale again. In 2000, he played many matches and the club won the 2nd place 2000 J.League Cup. Although the club finished at bottom place in the league and was relegated to J2 League, he became a regular player from 2001 season. Although his opportunity to play decreased from 2003, the club won the champions in 2004 and was promoted to J1 League. He could hardly play in the match from 2005 and he retired end of 2006 season.
Coaching career
After retirement, Oniki started coaching career at Kawasaki Frontale in 2007. He mainly served as coach for top team until 2016. In 2017, he became a manager. Frontale won the champions in 2017 J1 League and the 2nd place in 2017 Emperor's Cup. In 2018, Frontale won the champions in J1 League for 2 years in a row.
Club statistics
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
1993 | Kashima Antlers | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1995 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | |||
1996 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 | ||
1997 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
1998 | Kawasaki Frontale | Football League | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
1999 | Kashima Antlers | J1 League | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
2000 | Kawasaki Frontale | J1 League | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
2001 | J2 League | 40 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 0 | |
2002 | 39 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 44 | 0 | |||
2003 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 15 | 0 | |||
2004 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 19 | 0 | |||
2005 | J1 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Career total | 187 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 227 | 5 |
Managerial statistics
Update; December 31, 2020[2]
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Kawasaki Frontale | 2017 | present | 136 | 84 | 32 | 20 | 61.76 |
Total | 136 | 84 | 32 | 20 | 61.76 |
References
- Kawasaki Frontale(in Japanese)
- Toru Oniki at J.League (in Japanese)
External links
- Player statistics at J.League (in Japanese)
- Manager statistics at J.League (in Japanese)
- Profile at Kawasaki Frontale(in Japanese)
- awx.jp