Kazuaki Tasaka

Kazuaki Tasaka
Personal information
Full name	Kazuaki Tasaka
Date of birth	August 3, 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1987–1989	Tokai University Daiichi High School
1990–1993	Tokai University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1998	Bellmare Hiratsuka
1999	Shimizu S-Pulse
2000–2002	Cerezo Osaka
Total
National team
1995–1999	Japan
Teams managed
2011–2015	Oita Trinita
2015	Shimizu S-Pulse
2017–2018	Fukushima United FC
2019–	Tochigi SC
Honours
Bellmare Hiratsuka
Shimizu S-Pulse
Cerezo Osaka
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Kazuaki Tasaka (田坂和昭, Tasaka Kazuaki, born August 3, 1971) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Tasaka was born in Hiroshima on August 3, 1971. He was educated at and played for Tokai University Daiichi High School and Tokai University. After graduating, he joined newly promoted J1 League side Bellmare Hiratsuka. He was immediately installed as a regular and received the J1 League "Young Player of the Year award" that year. The club also won the 1994 Emperor's Cup. 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.

Tasaka was capped 7 times for the Japan national team between 1995 and 1999. His first international appearance came on May 28, 1995 in a friendly against Ecuador. In March 1999, he was selected Japan for the first time in 4 years by Philippe Troussier. He also played at 1999 Copa América.

After the retirement, started coaching career at Cerezo Osaka in 2003. He mainly served as an assistant coach until 2004. In 2006, he signed with Shimizu S-Pulse and served as an assistant coach. In 2011, he moved to J2 League club Oita Trinita and became a manager. In 2012, the club won the 6th place and was promoted to J1 League. However the club finished at the bottom place in 2013 and was relegated to J2 in a year. He was sacked in June 2015. In July 2015, he returned to J1 club Shimizu S-Pulse and became an assistant coach under the manager Katsumi Oenoki. In August, he became a manager as Oenoki successor. However the club was relegated to J2 end of the 2015 season and he resigned. In 2016, he signed with with J2 club Matsumoto Yamaga FC and served an assistant coach. In 2017, he moved to J3 League cub Fukushima United FC and became a manager. In 2019, he moved to J2 club Tochigi SC.

Statistics

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Club statistics			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
1994	Bellmare Hiratsuka	J1 League	35	0	5	1	1	0	41	1
1995			47	1	0	0	-		47	1
1996			30	0	3	0	15	0	48	0
1997			31	2	3	0	5	0	39	2
1998			33	0	2	0	3	0	38	0
1999	Shimizu S-Pulse	J1 League	13	2	0	0	2	0	15	2
2000	Cerezo Osaka	J1 League	30	1	3	0	4	0	37	1
2001		J1 League	29	1	4	0	2	0	35	1
2002		J2 League	17	2	1	0	-		18	2
Country	Japan		265	9	21	1	32	0	318	10
Total			265	9	21	1	32	0	318	10

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Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1995	4	0
1996	0	0
1997	0	0
1998	0	0
1999	3	0
Total	7	0

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Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Oita Trinita	2011	2015	172	54	47	71	031.40
Shimizu S-Pulse	2015	2015	12	1	4	7	008.33
Fukushima United FC	2017	2018	64	22	17	25	034.38
Tochigi SC	2019	present
Total			248	77	68	103	031.05