Susumu Watanabe

Susumu Watanabe (渡邉 晋, Watanabe Susumu, born October 10, 1973) is a former Japanese football player and manager. Currently he is in charge of J1 League club Vegalta Sendai.

Susumu Watanabe
渡邉 晋
Personal information
Full name Susumu Watanabe
Date of birth (1973-10-10) October 10, 1973
Place of birth Hinode, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Youth career
1989–1991 Toin Gakuen High School
1992–1995 Komazawa University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 Consadole Sapporo 8 (1)
1997–2000 Ventforet Kofu 120 (23)
2001–2004 Vegalta Sendai 53 (3)
Total 181 (27)
Teams managed
2014–2019 Vegalta Sendai
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Watanabe was born in Hinode, Tokyo on October 10, 1973. After graduating from Komazawa University, he joined Japan Football League (JFL) club Consadole Sapporo in 1996. However he could not play many matches. In 1997, he moved to JFL club Ventforet Kofu. He became a regular player as center back from first season and the club was promoted to new league J2 League from 1999. Although he played as regular player, the club finished at bottom place for 2 years in a row (1999-2000). In 2001, he moved to J2 club Vegalta Sendai. He played many matches as regular center back with Ricardo and the club won the 2nd place and was promoted to J1 League from 2002. However the club gained Norio Omura and Watanabe could hardly play in the match behind Omura in 2002. Although he played many matches instead Omura in late 2003, the club was relegated to J2 from 2004. He could hardly play in the match in 2004 and retired end of 2004 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Watanabe started coaching career at Vegalta Sendai in 2005. In 2008, he became a top team coach. In April 2014, the club results were bad and manager Graham Arnold was sacked when the club was at the 17th place of 18 clubs. Watanabe became a new manager as Arnold successor.[1] Vegalta finished at the 14 the place in 2014 season and remained in J1. Vegalta won the runners-up in 2018 Emperor's Cup.

Club statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1996Consadole SapporoFootball League8100-81
1997Ventforet KofuFootball League22831-259
1998251042-2912
1999J2 League3522020392
20003834010433
2001Vegalta SendaiJ2 League3633110404
2002J1 League20003050
20031301010150
2004J2 League2000-20
Career total 181271748020631

Managerial statistics

Update; December 31, 2018[2]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Vegalta Sendai 2014 present 164 55 35 74 033.54
Total 164 55 35 74 033.54
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References
  1. Vegalta Sendai(in Japanese)
  2. J.League Data Site(in Japanese)



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