Akira Nishino (footballer)

Akira Nishino
Personal information
Nishino managing Gamba Osaka in July 2011
Full name	Akira Nishino
Date of birth	April 7, 1955 (1955-04-07) (age 56)
Place of birth	Urawa, Saitama, Japan
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder (retired)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1978–1990	Hitachi
National team
1977–1978	Japan	12	(1)
Teams managed
1991–1992	Japan U-20
1994–1996	Japan U-23
1998–2001	Kashiwa Reysol
2002–2012	Gamba Osaka
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Akira Nishino (西野朗, Nishino Akira^?, born April 7, 1955 in Urawa, Saitama) is a former Japanese footballer and currently a football manager. He coached Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He currently manages J.League club Gamba Osaka. Nishino became the first coach here to have won four different titles—the AFC Champions League in 2008, the Emperor's Cup twice in 2008 and 2009 and the 2005 J-League titles as well as the J. League Cup twice in 1999 and 2007.^[1]

1 Club career statistics
2 Managerial career
3 International career statistics
4 Honors
- 4.1 Individual
- 4.2 Team
5 References

Club career statistics

Club performance			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Japan			League
1978	Hitachi	JSL Division 1	13	1
1979			12	0
1980			15	6
1981			8	1
1982			15	4
1983			18	2
1984			17	2
1985/86			22	12
1986/87			17	1
1987/88		JSL Division 2
1988/89		JSL Division 2
1989/90		JSL Division 1	6	0
Country	Japan		143	29
Total			143	29

Managerial career

Season	Div.	Tms.	Pos.	Attendance/G	J. League Cup	Emperor's Cup	Asia
2002	J1	16	3	12,762	Semi-final	4th Round	-	-
2003	J1	16	10	10,222	Quarter-final	4th Round	-	-
2004	J1	16	3	12,517	Quarter-final	Semi-final	-	-
2005	J1	18	1	15,966	Runners-up	Semi-final	-	-
2006	J1	18	3	16,259	Quarter-final	Runners-up	CL	Group Stage
2007	J1	18	3	17,439	Winners	Semi-final	-	-
2008	J1	18	8	16,128	Semi-final	Winners	CL	Winners
2009	J1	18	3	17,712	Quarter-final	Winners	CL	Round of 16
2010	J1	18	2	16,654	Quarter-final	Semi-final	CL	Round of 16

FIFA Club World Cup
- Third Place : 2008
A3 Champions Cup
- Runners-up (1) : 2006
Pan-Pacific Championship
- Winners (1) : 2008
Super Cup
- Winners (1) : 2007
- Runners-up (2) : 2006, 2009, 2010

International career statistics

^[2]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1977	4	0
1978	8	1
Total	12	1

Honors

Football Player and Manager

Individual

Japan Soccer League Best Eleven: 1985-86
J. League Manager of the Year – 2000, 2005
AFC Coach of the Year – 2008

Team

References

J. League Manager of the Year

1993: Matsuki 1994: Matsuki 1995: Wenger 1996: Nicanor 1997: João Carlos 1998: Ardiles 1999: Perryman 2000: Nishino 2001: Suzuki 2002: Suzuki 2003: Okada 2004: Okada 2005: Nishino 2006: Buchwald 2007: Oliveira 2008: Oliveira 2009: Oliveira 2010: Stojković 2011: Nelsinho

Japan squad – 1996 Summer Olympics

1 Kawaguchi 2 Shirai 3 Suzuki 4 Hironaga 5 Tanaka 6 Hattori 7 Maezono 8 Ito 9 Jo 10 Endō 11 Morioka 12 Uemura 13 Matsuda 14 Nakata 15 Akiba 16 Matsubara 17 Michiki 18 Shimoda Coach: Nishino

Kashiwa Reysol – managers

Zé Sérgio (1995) Antoninho (1995) Nicanor (1996–97) Nishino (1998–01) Perryman (2001–02) Marco Aurelio (2002–03) Ikeya (2004) Hayano (2004–05) Ishizaki (2006–08) Takahashi (2009) Nelsinho (2009–)

Gamba Osaka – managers

Kamamoto (1992–94) Held (1995) Kuže (1996–97) Koncilia (1997–98) Antonetti (1998–99) Hayano (1999–01) Takemoto (2001) Nishino (2002–12)

Gamba Osaka – current squad

1 Fujigaya 2 Nakazawa 3 Kim Jung-Ya 4 Takagi 5 Yamaguchi 6 Shimohira 7 Endō 8 Sasaki 9 Rafinha 10 Futagawa 13 Kim Seung-Yong 14 Hirai 17 Myojin 19 Kawata 21 Kaji 22 Lee Keun-Ho 23 Takei 24 Hoshihara 25 Yokotani 26 Futori 27 Hashimoto 28 Suganuma 29 Kimura 30 Uchida 32 Otsuka Manager: Nishino

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Name	Nishino, Akira
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Date of birth	April 7, 1955
Place of birth	Urawa, Saitama City, Japan
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