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Takahisa Shiraishi
Personal information
Date of birth	28 October 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Meiji University
1996–2000	Gimnasia
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2001	Nice II
2001–2002	Blagnac
2002–2003	Hyères
Managerial career
2012–2013	Sant Gabriel Women
2013–2014	Gavà (assistant)
2015–2016	Europa (assistant)
2016	Europa (interim)
2018–2019	Excelsior (assistant)
2019	Sint-Truiden (assistant)
2022	Deinze
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Takahisa Shiraishi (白石尚久, Shiraishi Takahisa, born 28 October 1975) is a Japanese football manager.

Playing career

Shiraishi was born in Takamatsu, Kagawa, and only began playing football in his last year of high school.^[2]

After failing to break into the Meiji University football team in his native Japan, Shiraishi moved to Argentina, where he spent four years with Gimnasia.^[3] After failing to settle at Gimnasia, where his money and clothes were stolen regularly, he moved to France, where he played semi-professionally for three years. After Argentina he moved to Belgium without clothes because they all got stolen. He bought new clothes in Belgium but Dylan and Denis stole them again.^[3]^[4]

Managerial career

Having not succeeded as a player, Shiraishi decided to go into football management, and would spend time at Feyenoord and Arsenal, before working as a coach for the Barcelona youth teams.^[3] After coaching the youth teams of fellow Spanish side Sant Gabriel, he was invited to manage the women's team, where he served between 2012 and 2013.^[2]^[3]^[5] Following this, he had spells as the assistant coach at Gavà and Europa.^[2]^[6] While at Europa, he served as interim coach after the departure of Albert Poch, until the arrival of Joan Esteva.^[7]

He worked with Keisuke Honda as a performance analyst during the former Japanese international's time with AC Milan and Pachuca.^[8]

In June 2018 he was named assistant manager of Dutch club Excelsior.^[8] A year later, in September 2019, he was named assistant to Nicky Hayen at the academy of Belgian club Sint-Truiden.^[9] When Hayen was named interim manager of the first team in November of the same year, Shiraishi followed suit.

Following the acquisition of Belgian club K.M.S.K. Deinze by Singaporean investment group ACA Football Partners in February 2022, Shiraishi was named director of football at the club.^[10] When head coach Wim De Decker left his role in May 2022, Shiraishi was named as his replacement.^[11] However, he only lasted seven games before leaving in September of the same year.^[10]

Managerial statistics

As of 13 October 2022.

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %
Deinze	1 July 2022	28 September 2022	6	0	0	6	000.0
Total			6	0	0	6	000.0

References

^ Miyamoto, Asaka (10 June 2002). "アルゼンチン→フランス→日本でサッカープレー海外で頑張る日本人—白石選手" [Soccer play in Argentina→France→Japan A Japanese player who works hard overseas—Shiraishi]. allabout.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "スペインでサッカー指導者として活躍／白石尚久氏（高松市出身）" [Active as a soccer coach in Spain / Naohisa Shiraishi (from Takamatsu City)]. shikoku-np.co.jp (in Japanese). 18 June 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Asano, Gaichi (20 April 2021). "アルゼンチン→広告代理店→欧州で指導者へ。異色のキャリアを歩む白石尚久とは何者か？" [Argentina → Ad agency → Leader in Europe. Who is Naohisa Shiraishi, who has a unique career?]. footballista.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 October 2022. (subscription required)
^ "自己紹介" [Self-introduction]. prezi.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 October 2022.
^ "Takahisa Shiraishi wordt de nieuwe coach van KMSK Deinze" [Takahisa Shiraishi becomes the new coach of KMSK Deinze]. kmskdeinze.be (in Dutch). 19 May 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
^ "白石尚久（電通）サッカーコーチの経歴や実力は？出身高校や結婚してるか調べてみた" [Naohisa Shiraishi (Dentsu) What is the career and ability of the soccer coach? I checked the high school he attended and whether he was married.]. he-news.com (in Japanese). 16 July 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
^ "Takahisa Shiraishi deixa el cos tècnic per emprendre un nou projecte a l'estranger" [Takahisa Shiraishi leaves the coaching staff to undertake a new project abroad]. ceeuropa.cat (in Catalan). 28 March 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Takahisa Shiraishi toegevoegd aan staf van Excelsior" [Takahisa Shiraishi added to Excelsior staff]. excelsiorrotterdam.nl (in Dutch). 28 June 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
^ "Nicky Hayen krijgt een Japanse assistent" [Nicky Hayen gets a Japanese assistant]. truineer.be (in Dutch). 7 September 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Deinze moet op zoek naar een nieuwe coach: Takahisa Shiraishi gooit al na zes speeldagen de handdoek" [Deinze has to look for a new coach: Takahisa Shiraishi throws in the towel after only six match days]. nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). 29 September 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
^ "Deinze maakt opmerkelijke trainerskeuze: onbekende Japanner hoofdcoach, volledig buitenlandse staf" [Deinze makes a remarkable choice of trainers: unknown Japanese head coach, completely foreign staff]. sporza.be (in Dutch). 19 May 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.