Yoshinori Higashikawa
Yoshinori Higashikawa (東川 昌典, Higashikawa Yoshinori, born September 30, 1964) is a former Japanese football player and manager.
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yoshinori Higashikawa | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | September 30, 1964 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ishikawa, Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Playing position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| Kanazawa Nishi High School | ||||||||||||||||
| Kokushikan University | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 1988–1994 | Júbilo Iwata | 70 | (4) | |||||||||||||
| 1995–1997 | Honda | 51 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| Total | 121 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | V-Varen Nagasaki | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||||
Playing career
Higashikawa was born in Ishikawa Prefecture on September 30, 1964. After graduating from Kokushikan University, he joined Yamaha Motors (later Júbilo Iwata) in 1988. He played many matches as side back from first season. However his opportunity to play decreased in 1990s. In 1995, he moved to Japan Football League club Honda. He played many matches in 3 seasons and retired end of 1997 season.
Coaching career
After retirement, Higashikawa started coaching career at Honda in 1998. In 2006, he moved to newly was promoted to J2 League club, Ehime FC. He served as coach for top team in 2006 and manager for youth team in 2007. In 2008, he moved to Regional Leagues club V-Varen Nagasaki and became a manager. The club was promoted to Japan Football League from 2009. However the club results were bad and he was sacked in June 2009.
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1988/89 | Yamaha Motors | JSL Division 1 | 11 | 1 | ||||||
| 1989/90 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 1990/91 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 1991/92 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 1992 | Football League | 17 | 3 | - | 17 | 3 | ||||
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1994 | Júbilo Iwata | J1 League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 1995 | Honda | Football League | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 15 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 28 | 0 | |||
| 1997 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 12 | 0 | |||
| Total | 121 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 137 | 0 | ||
References
External links
- Yoshinori Higashikawa at J.League (in Japanese)
- Júbilo Iwata