Hiroshi Kobayashi (soccer manager)
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Hiroshi Kobayashi (born March 17, 1959 in Ibaraki, Japan) is a former Japanese soccer player, coach, and manager, currently club president of Mito Hollyhock.
He first played soccer in the JSL for the Furukawa Electric soccer club. (Currently, JEF United Ichihara Chiba.) He began his soccer coaching career in 1990 as coach of ALO's Hokuriku, which he coached through 1998 leading the team to promotion in the league. He then coached for the second half of 2001 for Division 1 club Kawasaki Frontale and the first 20 games of the 2002 season for Mito Hollyhock before becoming Mito's general manager. He became president of the Mito Hollyhock club in 2002.