Toshihiko Shiozawa

Toshihiko Shiozawa
Personal information
Full name Shiozawa Toshihiko (塩澤 敏彦)
Date of birth (1947-03-08) 8 March 1947 (age 77)
Place of birth Hiroshima, Japan
Youth career
Years Team
?–1971 Meiji University
Managerial career
1976 Eidai SC
1984–1985 Meiji University
1986–1991 ANA Yokohama[1]
2005–2006 Nepal

Toshihiko Shiozawa (Japanese: 塩澤 敏彦) is a Japanese football manager and former footballer.

Career

Footballer

Shiozawa first played club football at Meiji University, before professionally debuting in the Japan Soccer League in 1970 for Nagoya Bank. Following the closure of the club at the end of the 1971 season, Shiozawa transferred to Eidai Sangyo[2] where he played until 1975. During this time, he also acted as assistant coach to Ken Okubo.

Coach

Immediately after retiring from playing in 1975, Shiozawa replaced Okubo as head coach for Eidai SC. His tenure there did not last long, however, as after only one year, the club closed down.[3] Shiozawa then took an eight-year hiatus from soccer, before returning to coach the football club at Meiji University. In 1986, he began coaching ANA Yokohama, which had just been promoted to the first division of the Japan Soccer League. Within three years, Shiozawa was able to lead the team to the top position of the league, getting a second and a third place in 1989[4] and 1990.[5] respectively. In 1991 Shiozawa announced he would be retiring from soccer. He briefly returned in December 2005[6] and January 2006,[7] as coach of the Nepal national football team.

Honours

References

  1. ^ Until 1988 known as ANA Yokohama.
  2. ^ .nifty.com/kisch/football/lea/j_07.html Japan Soccer League 1971[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "/ j_12.html Japan Soccer League 1976". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
  4. ^ Japan Soccer League 1988/1989 Archived 2014-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Japan Soccer League 1989/1990 Archived 2014-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "We will do our best"[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ Japanese coach left Nepal with heavy heart![permanent dead link‍]

Bibliography

  • The Complete History of Japan Soccer League, 1965-1992 (日本 サッカー リーグ 全 史 1965-1992), 1993 CiNii entry
  • 1989-1990 JSL Year Book, 1989 NAN'UN-DO Publishing
  • Shu Kamo, 「モダン サッカー へ の 挑戦」 ISBN 978-4062635134