Yasuhiro Higuchi facts for kids
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| Date of birth | May 5, 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mie, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1979 | Yokkaichi Chuo Technical High School | ||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1984 | Nissan Motors | ||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Montedio Yamagata | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Omiya Ardija | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Yokohama FC | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Yokohama F. Marinos | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Ventforet Kofu | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | YSCC Yokohama | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | FC Ryukyu | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2022- | Veertien Mie | ||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Yasuhiro Higuchi (樋口 靖洋, Higuchi Yasuhiro, born May 5, 1961) is a Japanese football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Veertien Mie. He played as a defender and later became a well-known coach for many Japanese football clubs.
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Higuchi's Football Journey
Playing Days
Yasuhiro Higuchi was born in Mie Prefecture, Japan, on May 5, 1961. After finishing high school, he played football for a team called Nissan Motors. He played there from 1980 to 1984.
Coaching Career Begins
After he stopped playing, Higuchi started his coaching career at Nissan Motors in 1985. This club later became known as Yokohama F. Marinos. He mostly coached the youth teams from 1993 to 1998. Then, he moved up to coach the main team from 1999 to 2005.
In 2006, Higuchi became a head coach for the first time. He joined Montedio Yamagata, a club in the J2 League. In 2008, he moved to Omiya Ardija, a team in the top division, the J1 League. However, he left after one year.
Managing Different Teams
In 2009, Higuchi became the manager of Yokohama FC, another J2 League team. He resigned that year because the team's performance was not very good. In 2010, he went back to Yokohama F. Marinos as an assistant coach.
In 2012, Higuchi became the main manager for Yokohama F. Marinos. In the 2013 J1 season, his team was doing very well and was close to winning the league. However, they lost their last two matches and missed out on the championship.
Winning the Emperor's Cup
Despite missing the league title, Higuchi led Yokohama F. Marinos to win the 2013 Emperor's Cup in 2013. They beat the league champions, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, in the final. He managed Marinos until the end of the 2014 season.
In 2015, he moved to Ventforet Kofu. But the team's results were not good, and he resigned in May when the club was at the bottom of the league.
Later Coaching Roles
In 2016, Higuchi joined YSCC Yokohama, a club in the J3 League. This team had finished last in J3 for two years in a row. While they were still at the bottom in 2016, they managed to avoid the very last place in 2017. He coached YSCC Yokohama until the end of the 2018 season.
In 2019, he signed with FC Ryukyu, a J2 League club. He managed them until the end of the 2021 season. Since 2022, Yasuhiro Higuchi has been the manager of Veertien Mie.
Managerial Statistics
This table shows Yasuhiro Higuchi's coaching record up to December 31, 2020.
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Montedio Yamagata | 2006 | 2007 | 96 | 32 | 27 | 37 | 33.33 |
| Omiya Ardija | 2008 | 2008 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 35.29 |
| Yokohama FC | 2009 | 2009 | 51 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 21.57 |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 2012 | 2014 | 102 | 45 | 31 | 26 | 44.12 |
| Ventforet Kofu | 2015 | 2015 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 18.18 |
| YSCC Yokohama | 2016 | 2018 | 94 | 21 | 23 | 50 | 22.34 |
| FC Ryukyu | 2019 | 2021 | 84 | 27 | 18 | 39 | 32.14 |
| Veertien Mie | 2022 | present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Total | 472 | 150 | 117 | 205 | 31.78 | ||
Awards and Achievements
Yokohama F. Marinos
- Emperor's Cup: 2013
More Information
- Yasuhiro Higuchi at J.League Lua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 22: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Yokohama F. Marinos
See also
In Spanish: Yasuhiro Higuchi para niños
