Yoshinori Kumada

Yoshinori Kumada (熊田 喜則, Kumada Yoshinori, born 25 August 1961 in Shirakawa, Fukushima) is a Japanese football coach who is the manager of the Myanmar women's national football team.

Yoshinori Kumada
Personal information
Birth name Yoshinori Kumada[1]
Date of birth 25 August 1961[2]
Place of birth Shirakawa, Fukushima, Japan[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– ANA Yokohama[3]
Teams managed
1997 Fukushima FC[2]
1998–???? Osaka Gakuin University[2]
2010 Daekyeung University[2]
2011–2019[2][4] Myanmar (women)
Myanmar Women U19[5]
2013 Myanmar Women U23 [6]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Coaching career

Coaching a host of teams in his native Japan and retiring as a player aged 28,[3] Yoshinori was chosen to manage the Myanmar women's national football team in 2011, leading them at the 2011 AFF Women's Championship.[2]

Leading Myanmar to a 5-0 win over Laos in the opening fixture of the 2013 AFF Women's Championship[7] and guiding them to the semi-final of the tournament, Yoshinori claimed the 2013 Women's AFF Coach of the Year Award.[8] He helped Myanmar qualify for the 2014 Asian Cup through an unbeaten record in the qualifying stage where they conceded zero goals.[9] He cited teamwork to their success.[9]

He submitted a complaint to the Asian Football Confederation for the reportedly poor officiating of Indian referee Maria Rebello in a 2-2 draw with Thailand at the semi-final of the 2013 SEA Games.[6]

He left the post of the coach of Myanmar on December 2019.[10]

References
  1. "Japan - Y. Kumada - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  2. 【海外赴任レポート】ミャンマー　熊田 喜則さん　2012年1月｜海外派遣実績｜国際交流・支援活動｜JFA｜日本サッカー協会 [【Overseas assignment report】 Myanmar Kikunaga san January 2012 | Overseas dispatch results | International exchange / support activities | JFA | Japan Football Association]. www.jfa.or.jp.
  3. Tajima, Hidenori (16 December 2013). "Coach leads Myanmar's women's team higher" – via Japan Times Online.
  4. "Japan - Y. Kumada - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  5. News, ABS-CBN. "Myanmar, Chinese-Taipei advance in AFC U-19". abs-cbn.com.
  6. "Myanmar women's team coach complains about referee after semi-final defeat in SEA games - Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  7. "Women's national team coach disappointed despite 5-0 win". mmtimes.com.
  8. "FEATURE: Zaw Zaw, the Driving Force Behind Myanmar Football". www.aseanfootball.org. April 5, 2013.
  9. "Teamwork is Myanmar's strength: Kumada". AFC. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  10. "Japan - Y. Kumada - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-11-01.


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