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Ken Yoshida

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Ken Yoshida
吉田 謙
Personal information
Full name Ken Yoshida
Date of birth (1970-03-01) March 1, 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1984 Juventus-SP[1]
1985–1987 Yomiuri
Nippon Sport Science University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–???? Yomiuri
???? NKK
1994–1996 Ventforet Kofu
1997–1998 Jatco
Managerial career
2015–2019 Azul Claro Numazu
2020– Blaublitz Akita
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ken Yoshida (吉田 謙, Yoshida Ken, born March 1, 1970) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is the current manager of Blaublitz Akita.

Playing career

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Yoshida was born in Tokyo on March 1, 1970. He played for Yomiuri, NKK, Ventforet Kofu and Jatco. He retired in 1998.

Coaching career

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After playing in lower leagues and being a coach for the local time since 1999, Yoshida was appointed at Azul Claro Numazu as manager of first squad in December 2014.[2] He took charge of the squad, which was promoted to pro-football in 2016, after coming 3rd in 2016 season. This brought Azul Claro to play for the first time in J3 League.

He saw his contract renewed, ready to tackle pro-football and guide Azul Claro even in J3.[3]

In 2020 Yoshida was appointed manager of Blaublitz Akita. On 18 November, Akita beat Gamba Osaka U-23 0-2 at Panasonic Stadium Suita to win the J3 League.

Honours

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Blaublitz Akita

Managerial statistics

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Update; October 26, 2022[4]

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Azul Claro Numazu 2017 2019 98 41 27 30 041.84
Blaublitz Akita 2020 present 118 47 35 36 039.83
Total 216 88 62 66 040.74

References

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  1. ^ "中学校2年生でブラジル留学。"ランド"で知った「本気の熱量」。ブラウブリッツ秋田・吉田謙監督の原点とは | footballista | フットボリスタ". www.footballista.jp. June 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "【トップチーム】2015シーズン 吉田 謙氏監督就任のお知らせ | アスルクラロ沼津 アスルクラロスルガ株式会社". アスルクラロ沼津 アスルクラロスルガ株式会社.
  3. ^ "2017シーズン 吉田 謙監督 契約更新のお知らせ | アスルクラロ沼津 アスルクラロスルガ株式会社". アスルクラロ沼津 アスルクラロスルガ株式会社.
  4. ^ Ken Yoshida manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
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