Kazuaki Tasaka

Kazuaki Tasaka
Personal information
Full nameKazuaki Tasaka
Date of birthAugust 3, 1971
Place of birthHirosima, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
1987-1989Tokai University Daiichi High School
1990-1993Tokai University
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994-1998Bellmare Hiratsuka176(3)
1999Shimizu S-Pulse13(2)
2000-2002Cerezo Osaka76(4)
National team
1995-1999Japan7(0)
Teams managed
2004Cerezo Osaka (assistant)
2006-2010Shimizu S-Pulse (assistant)
2011-Oita Trinita
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Kazuaki Tasaka (田坂 和昭 Tasaka Kazuaki, born August 3, 1971 in Hiroshima City) is a retired Japanese international football player. He was a defensive midfielder. He is currently the manager at Oita Trinita.

Career

He was capped 7 times for the Japanese national team between 1995 and 1999. His first international appearance came on May 28, 1995 in a friendly against Ecuador at National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.

He was educated at and played for Tokai University Daiichi High School and Tokai University. After graduating, he joined newly promoted J. League side Bellmare Hiratsuka. He was immediately installed as a regular and received the J. League Young Player of the Year award that year. Due to club's financial problem, he was released along with Nobuyuki Kojima, Wagner Lopes, Hong Myung-Bo and Yoshihiro Natsuka at the end of the 1998 season. He moved to Shimizu S-Pulse (1999) and then to Cerezo Osaka (2000–2002) where he finished his playing career.[1]

He worked as a coach at Cerezo's youth setup from 2003. He was promoted to an assistant coach of the club's top team in the middle of the 2004 season and helped them to stay up at Division 1. He was offered a contract extension but he declined it to prepare for acquiring the S-Class Coaching License, a prerequisite to manage a J. League club, and study coaching skills abroad. He attained the S-Class License in 2005. He became a coach at Shimizu S-Pulse's satellite team in 2006, and was promoted to an assistant coach of club's top team in 2007.

Club career 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
1994Bellmare HiratsukaJ.League3505110411
199547100-471
199630030150480
19973123050392
19983302030380
1999Shimizu S-PulseJ.League 11320020152
2000Cerezo Osaka3013040371
20012914020351
2002J.League 217210-182
Country Japan 265921132031810
Total 265921132031810

International career statistics

[2]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
199540
199600
199700
199800
199930
Total70

Managerial statistics

As of 13 November 2014.
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Oita Trinita 2010 Present 156 52 42 62 33.33
Total 156 52 42 62 33.33

Honors and awards

Individual honors

References

  1. "Stats Centre: Kazuaki Tasaka Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  2. Kazuaki Tasaka at National-Football-Teams.com

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