Tatsuma Yoshida
吉田 達磨
Personal information
Full name Tatsuma Yoshida
Date of birth (1974-06-09) June 9, 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Chiba, Japan
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 Kashiwa Reysol 4 (1)
1997–1998 Kyoto Purple Sanga 7 (0)
1999–2001 Montedio Yamagata 94 (7)
2002 Jurong 2 (0)
Total 107 (8)
Managerial career
2015 Kashiwa Reysol
2016 Albirex Niigata
2017–2018 Ventforet Kofu
2019–2021 Singapore
2022 Ventforet Kofu
2023– Tokushima Vortis
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tatsuma Yoshida (吉田 達磨, Yoshida Tatsuma, born 9 June 1974) is a Japanese football manager and former player. He was previously the head coach of the Singapore national team, serving from 2019 to 2021 which he was famously known in the country for enhancing Singapore fluidity football.[1][2]

As a player, Tatsuma spent the majority of his career with Montedio Yamagata.

Early life

Tatsuma was born in Chiba Prefecture on June 9, 1974.[3]

Playing career

Youth career

During Tatsuma junior high school years, he played for the Hitachi Junior Youth Soccer Club.

Senior career

After graduating from Urayasu High School,[a] Tatsuma joined his local club Kashiwa Reysol in 1993. In 1997, he moved to Kyoto Purple Sanga.

In 1999, Tatsuma moved to newly promoted J2 League club, Montedio Yamagata. He became a regular for them, playing as a defensive midfielder. During the final day of the 1999 J.League Division 2 season, Yoshida scored a late long range free kick goal against Oita Trinita, denying their chances of being promoted to the J.League Division 1.[4]

In 2002, he moved to Singapore and played for Jurong FC in the S-League (now Singapore Premier League). After five appearances, he retired at the end of the 2002 season.[4]

Coaching career

Return to Kashiwa Reysol

Tatsuma returned to Kashiwa Reysol in 2003 and spent seven years as director of the club's academy, where he helped to establish it as one of the best in the country. Japan internationals Hiroki Sakai, Masato Kudo and Kosuke Nakamura were groomed during his time there. Tatsuma spent a further three years as Reysol's sports director before succeeding as head coach for the 2015 J1 season on a two-year contract.

In his first season, Tatsuma produced a respectable performance at the 2015 AFC Champions League, reaching the quarter-finals before losing to Guangzhou Evergrande, the eventual winners of the competition that year. Reysol had also finished at the semi-finals of that year's Emperor's Cup. However, performances in the domestic league was lacklustre, and Tatsuma stint was cut short.

Albriex Niigata

In 2016, Tatsuma was appointed as head coach of Albirex Niigata until he was sacked on 27 September 2016 for poor performances[5]

Ventforet Kofu

Tatsuma was appointed as Ventforet Kofu head coach in 2017.[6] Ventforet was relegated to J2 League at the end of 2017 J1 League season and Tatsuma was subsequently dismissed in April 2018.

Singapore

On 30 May 2019, Tatsuma was unveiled as the head coach of the Singapore national team.[1] Yoshida's first game in change for the national team began with a 4–3 victory against the Solomon Islands at the National Stadium.[7] Yoshida extended his contract in 2021, but ended his stint by mutual agreement citing family reasons on 28 December that same year shortly after the 2020 AFF Suzuki Cup, whereby the Singapore team reached the semi-finals.[2][8]

Return to Ventforet Kofu

On 3 January 2022, the club confirmed that he will return to the club for the 2022 J2 League season.[9] On 16 October 2022, he brought his club won 2022 Emperor's Cup for the first time in history thus qualifying them to their debut 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage appearances.

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
1993 Kashiwa Reysol JFL
1994
1995 J1 League 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
1996 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 1
1997 Kyoto Purple Sanga 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1998 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1999 Montedio Yamagata J2 League 34 5 4 0 2 0 40 5
2000 36 2 2 0 2 0 40 2
2001 24 0 0 0 2 0 26 0
2002 Jurong Singapore Premier League 2 0 3 0 0 0 5 0
Total 105 8 6 0 7 0 118 8

Managerial statistics

As of match played 25 December 2021
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Kashiwa Reysol 1 February 2015 31 January 2016 50 19 13 18 038.00
Albirex Niigata 1 February 2016 27 September 2016 38 12 7 19 031.58
Ventforet Kofu 1 February 2017 30 April 2018 56 12 19 25 021.43
Singapore 30 May 2019 28 December 2021 19 13 4 2 068.42
Ventforet Kofu 1 Feb 2022 31 January 2023 22 7 9 6 031.82
Total 185 63 52 70 034.05

Honours

Manager

Ventforet Kofu

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ ja:千葉県立浦安高等学校

References

  1. ^ a b Matthew Mohan (30 May 2019). "Football: Tatsuma Yoshida unveiled as new Singapore national coach". Channel News Asia. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b Abdul Aziz, Sazali (28 December 2021). "Football: S'pore national coach Tatsuma Yoshida quits top job after Suzuki Cup". The Straits Times. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  3. ^ Tatsuma Yoshida at J.League (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ a b "Jリーグキャリアサポートセンター". J.League (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 23 June 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  5. ^ Albirex Niigata (in Japanese)
  6. ^ J.League
  7. ^ Lee, David (8 June 2019). "Football: Singapore beat Solomon Islands 4-3 in Tatsuma Yoshida's first game in charge". The Straits Times. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  8. ^ Ganesan, Deepanraj (5 February 2021). "Football: Yoshida extends contract with Lions until Dec 2022, believes in project to build better team". The Straits Times. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  9. ^ Andres, Gabrielle (3 January 2022). "Former Singapore football coach Tatsuma Yoshida now head coach of Japanese club Ventforet Kofu". CNA. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  10. ^ "【公式】甲府vs広島の試合結果・データ(天皇杯:2022年10月16日)". J.League. Retrieved October 24, 2022.

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