Masaaki Kanno

Masaaki Kanno (菅野 将晃, Kanno Masaaki, born August 15, 1960) is a former Japanese football player and manager. His son Shota Kanno in also former footballer and who is the current head coach WE League club of Nojima Stella Kanagawa.

Masaaki Kanno
菅野 将晃

Personal information
Full name	Masaaki Kanno
Date of birth	(1960-08-15) August 15, 1960
Place of birth	Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1976–1978	Asahi High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1993	JEF United Ichihara	212	(35)
1994	Kyoto Purple Sanga	8	(1)
Total		220	(36)
Managerial career
2001–2002	Mito HollyHock
2003	Omiya Ardija
2006–2008	Shonan Bellmare
2009–2011	TEPCO Mareeze
2012–2018	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
Medal record JEF United Ichihara Winner Japan Soccer League 1985/86 Winner JSL Cup 1982 Winner JSL Cup 1986 Runner-up JSL Cup 1979 Runner-up JSL Cup 1990 Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1984
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Kanno was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on August 15, 1960. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Soccer League club Furukawa Electric (later JEF United Ichihara) in 1979. He played many matches from first season. The club won the champions 1985–86 Japan Soccer League, 1982 and 1986 JSL Cup. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and founded new league J1 League. However his opportunity to play decreased and he left the club. He played 210 matches in the league in 15 seasons. In 1994, he joined Japan Football League club Kyoto Purple Sanga. He played in 1 season and retired end of 1994 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Kanno started coaching career at Kyoto Purple Sanga in 1995. He mainly served as manager for youth team. He moved to Mito HollyHock and served as assistant coach. In July, he became a manager as Hiroshi Kobayashi successor and managed until 2002. He moved to Omiya Ardija in 2003 and served as manager. However the club performance was bad and he was sacked in October. In 2004, he signed with Urawa Reds and became a manager for youth team until August. In 2005, he signed with Shonan Bellmare and became a coach. In June 2006, he became a manager as Eiji Ueda successor and managed until 2008. In 2009, he moved to L.League club TEPCO Mareeze. The club won the 3rd place in 2009 and 2010 season. However the club was disbanded for Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, he was the last manager for the club. In 2012, he signed with new club Nojima Stella Kanagawa (later Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara). The club was promoted to Division 2 in 2013 and Division 1 in 2017. The club also won the 2nd place 2017 Empress's Cup. He resigned end of 2018 season.

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
1979	Furukawa Electric	JSL Division 1	11	1	3	1	0	0	14	2
1980			8	0			2	0	10	0
1981			15	1	2	1	3	1	20	3
1982			10	1	3	2	3	1	16	4
1983			16	2	1	1	1	0	18	3
1984			15	5	2	1	0	0	17	6
1985/86			16	4	2	3	2	2	20	9
1986/87			16	1	-		5	1	21	2
1987/88			20	5	4	4	2	1	26	10
1988/89			19	6	2	0	1	0	22	6
1989/90			21	3	0	0	2	0	23	3
1990/91			22	4			5	1	27	5
1991/92			21	2			1	0	22	2
1992	JEF United Ichihara	J1 League	-				7	0	7	0
1993			2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
1994	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Football League	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
Total			220	36	20	13	35	7	275	56

Managerial statistics

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Mito HollyHock	2001	2002	68	18	8	42	026.47
Omiya Ardija	2003	2003	38	14	7	17	036.84
Shonan Bellmare	2006	2008	119	49	22	48	041.18
Total			225	81	37	107	036.00

External links

• Player statistics at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• Manager statistics manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)