Takayuki Yoshida

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Takayuki Yoshida
吉田 孝行
Personal information
Full name Takayuki Yoshida
Date of birth (1977-03-14) 14 March 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Kawanishi, Hyogo, Japan
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Vissel Kobe (manager)
Youth career
1992–1994 Takigawa Daini High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Yokohama Flügels 71 (9)
1999–2000 Yokohama F. Marinos 21 (2)
2000–2005 Oita Trinita 189 (44)
2006–2007 Yokohama F. Marinos 49 (4)
2008–2013 Vissel Kobe 140 (27)
Total 470 (86)
International career
1993 Japan U17 3 (0)
Managerial career
2017–2018 Vissel Kobe
2019 Vissel Kobe
2021 V-Varen Nagasaki
2022– Vissel Kobe
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Takayuki Yoshida (吉田 孝行, Yoshida Takayuki, born 14 March 1977) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is currently the manager of J1 League club Vissel Kobe.

Club career[edit]

After graduating from high school, he joined Yokohama Flügels with teammate Yasuhiro Hato in 1995. He played many matches as forward from first season and the club won the 1994–95 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. In 1998, the club won Emperor's Cup. In the final, he scored the winning goal. However the club was disbanded at the end of 1998 due to financial strain, he then moved to its merger club Yokohama F. Marinos. However his opportunity to play decreased and he moved to J.League Division 2 Oita Trinita in 2000. He played as offensive midfielder in many matches. The club won the championship in 2002 and was promoted to the first division. He returned to Yokohama F. Marinos in 2006. He moved to his local club Vissel Kobe in 2008. He played many matches until 2011. In 2012, he could not play for injury and the club was relegated to second division. Although he thought of retirement, he extended the contract a year. In 2013, the club finished second and was promoted to first division. He retired at the end of the season.

National team career[edit]

In August 1993, Yoshida was selected Japan U17 national team for the 1993 World Championship on home soil and he played 3 matches.

Coaching career[edit]

After the retirement, Yoshida started coaching career at Vissel Kobe in 2015. He served a coach under manager Nelsinho Baptista. In August 2017, Nelsinho was sacked for poor results and Yoshida became a new manager as Nelsinho successor. Although Vissel gained Lukas Podolski in July 2017, Vissel finished at the 9th place in 2017 season. In 2018 season, Vissel gained Andrés Iniesta in July and Vissel rose to the 4th place temporarily. However Vissel went down after that and Yoshida resigned in September when the club was at the 10th place.[1] In April 2019, he became a manager again as Juan Manuel Lillo successor.[2] However Vissel won only 1 match in 7 matches and he resigned in June.[3]

Club statistics[edit]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Total
1995 Yokohama Flügels J1 League 28 3 2 0 - 30 3
1996 2 1 1 0 2 0 5 1
1997 21 0 4 3 5 0 30 3
1998 20 5 5 7 1 1 26 13
1999 Yokohama F. Marinos J1 League 14 1 0 0 6 2 20 3
2000 7 1 0 0 2 0 9 1
2000 Oita Trinita J2 League 20 6 3 3 0 0 23 9
2001 41 15 3 2 2 1 46 18
2002 41 9 4 1 - 45 10
2003 J1 League 29 7 1 0 2 1 32 8
2004 30 5 2 0 6 1 38 6
2005 28 2 2 0 3 0 33 2
2006 Yokohama F. Marinos J1 League 27 1 3 0 10 0 40 1
2007 22 3 1 0 7 0 30 3
2008 Vissel Kobe J1 League 30 5 2 1 6 1 38 7
2009 29 5 2 0 5 0 36 5
2010 21 4 2 1 4 2 27 7
2011 29 9 1 0 1 1 31 10
2012 19 1 0 0 2 0 21 1
2013 J2 League 12 3 1 2 - 13 5
Career total 470 86 39 20 64 10 573 116

Managerial statistics[edit]

As of 28 October 2023[4]
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Vissel Kobe 16 August 2017 17 September 2018 54 21 13 20 038.89
17 April 2019 8 June 2019 10 1 1 8 010.00
V-Varen Nagasaki 1 February 2021 3 May 2021 11 4 2 5 036.36
Vissel Kobe 29 June 2022 present 63 34 11 18 053.97
Total 138 60 27 51 043.48

Honours[edit]

Player[edit]

Yokohama Flügels
Yokohama F. Marinos
Oita Trinita

Manager[edit]

Vissel Kobe

References[edit]

  1. ^ Vissel Kobe (in Japanese)
  2. ^ Vissel Kobe(in Japanese)
  3. ^ Vissel Kobe (in Japanese)
  4. ^ Takayuki Yoshida manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata

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