Takayuki Yoshida


Takayuki Yoshida is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Club career

Yoshida was born in Kawanishi on March 14, 1977. After graduating from high school, he joined Yokohama Flügels with teammate Yasuhiro Hato in 1995. He played many matches as forward from first season and the club won the champions 1994–95 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. In 1998, the club won Emperor's Cup. At final, he scored winning goal. However the club was disbanded end of 1998 season due to financial strain, he moved to Yokohama F. Marinos. However his opportunity to play decreased and he moved to J2 League club Oita Trinita in 2000. He played as offensive midfielder in many matches. The club won the champions in 2002 and was promoted to J1 League. He returned to Yokohama F. Marinos in 2006. However he left the club for generation change and moved to his local club Vissel Kobe in 2008. He played many matches until 2011. In 2012, he could not play for injury and the club was relegated to J2 League. Although he thought of retirement, he extended the contract a year. In 2013, the club won the 2nd place and was promoted to J1 League. He retired end of 2013 season.

National team career

In August 1993, Yoshida was selected Japan U-17 national team for 1993 U-17 World Championship and he played 3 matches.

Coaching career

After the retirement, Yoshida started coaching career at Vissel Kobe in 2015. He served a coach under manager Nelsinho Baptista. In August 2017, Nelsinho was sacked for poor results and Yoshida became a new manager as Nelsinho successor. Although Vissel gained Lukas Podolski in July 2017, Vissel finished at the 9th place in 2017 season. In 2018 season, Vissel gained Andrés Iniesta in July and Vissel rose to the 4th place temporarily. However Vissel went down after that and Yoshida resigned in September when the club was at the 10th place. In April 2019, he became a manager again as Juan Manuel Lillo successor. However Vissel won only 1 match in 7 matches and he resigned in June.

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