Hiroshi Kobayashi (footballer)

Hiroshi Kobayashi
Personal information
Full nameHiroshi Kobayashi
Date of birthMarch 17, 1959
Place of birthJapan
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing positionDefender
Youth career
1974-1976Hitachi First Senior High School
1977-1980Chuo University
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981-1989Furukawa Electric
Teams managed
1990-1998ALO's Hokuriku
2000Kawasaki Frontale
2001Mito Hollyhock
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Hiroshi Kobayashi (小林 寛, born March 17, 1959 in Ibaraki, Japan) is a former Japanese soccer player, coach, and manager.

Biography

Hiroshi Kobayashi 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 was the president of Mito Hollyhock from 2002 to 2007.[1]

References

  1. "Football Club Mito HollyHock". footballzz.co.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2011.

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