Kenta Hasegawa

Japanese association football player and manager

Kenta Hasegawa (長谷川 健太, Hasegawa Kenta, born September 25, 1965) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.

Kenta Hasegawa
長谷川 健太
Personal information
Full name Kenta Hasegawa
Date of birth (1965-09-25) September 25, 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1981–1983 Shimizu Higashi High School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1987 University of Tsukuba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1991 Nissan Motors 33 (9)
1992–1999 Shimizu S-Pulse 207 (45)
Total 240 (54)
National team
1989–1995 Japan 27 (4)
Teams managed
2005–2010 Shimizu S-Pulse
2013–2017 Gamba Osaka
2018–2021 FC Tokyo
2022– Nagoya Grampus
Honours
Yokohama Marinos
Winner Japan Soccer League 1988/89
Winner Japan Soccer League 1989/90
Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1990/91
Winner JSL Cup 1988
Winner JSL Cup 1989
Winner JSL Cup 1990
Winner Emperor's Cup 1988
Winner Emperor's Cup 1989
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1990
Shimizu S-Pulse
Runner-up J1 League 1999
Winner J.League Cup 1996
Runner-up J.League Cup 1992
Runner-up J.League Cup 1993
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1998
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

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Hasegawa was educated at and played for Shimizu Higashi High School. He won the national high school championship with his teammates including Katsumi Oenoki and Takumi Horiike. He continued his study and football at University of Tsukuba where he won the Kanto University League title in 1987.

After graduating from the university in 1988, he joined Japan Soccer League side Nissan Motors. He contributed to the club winning the Emperor's Cup twice in 1988 and 1989. When Japan's first-ever professional league J1 League started, Shimizu S-Pulse was founded in his local city. He joined the club in 1992 and re-united with his high school teammates Oenoki and Horiike. He helped the club to win the J.League Cup in 1996. He retired as a Shimizu player after the club won the second stage of the J1 League 1999 season. He played 207 league matches and scored 45 league goals in 7 seasons at Shimizu.

Hasegawa was capped 27 times and scored 4 goals for the Japanese national team between 1989 and 1995. His first international appearance came on January 20, 1989 in a friendly against Iran in Teheran. He was a member of the Japan squad who participated in the 1994 World Cup qualification. In the crucial last match, Hasegawa was substituted in the 59th minute by Masahiro Fukuda and watched from the bench as a late Iraqi equaliser dashed Japan's hope to qualify for the finals in the US, a match that the Japanese fans now refer to as the "Agony of Doha" (ドーハの悲劇).

In 2005, Hasegawa became a manager for Shimizu S-Pulse. The club finished in second place in 2005, and finished as runners-up at the 2010 Emperor's Cup and 2008 J.League Cup. He resigned at the end of the 2010 season. In 2013, he signed with J2 League club Gamba Osaka, who were relegated to J2 for 2013. The club were J2 League champions in 2013 and were promoted to J1 League. In 2014, the club won all three major titles in Japan; J1 League, J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup. The club also were the winners of the 2015 Emperor's Cup. In 2018, he moved to FC Tokyo. In 2019, the club finished in second place in J1 League. In 2020, the club won the Emperor's Cup.

Career statistics

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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
1988/89 Nissan Motors JSL Division 1 18 4 18 4
1989/90 11 5 3 0 14 5
1990/91 4 0 4 0 8 0
1992 Shimizu S-Pulse J1 League - 3 0 10 2 13 2
1993 36 10 4 1 1 0 41 11
1994 44 9 1 1 1 0 46 10
1995 21 3 0 0 - 21 3
1996 24 7 3 2 16 7 43 16
1997 30 5 1 0 6 2 37 7
1998 31 9 5 2 5 0 41 11
1999 21 2 2 1 2 1 25 3
Total 240 54 19 7 48 12 307 73

International

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Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
1989 11 2
1990 6 1
1991 0 0
1992 0 0
1993 5 0
1994 2 0
1995 3 1
Total 27 4

Managerial

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As of match played 14 September 2024[3]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 February 2005 31 January 2011 280 128 69 83 045.71
Gamba Osaka 1 February 2013 31 January 2018 251 125 58 68 049.80
FC Tokyo 1 February 2018 7 November 2021 182 86 35 61 047.25
Nagoya Grampus 1 February 2022 Present 131 55 32 44 041.98
Total 844 394 194 256 046.68

References

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  1. "Kenta Hasegawa". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  2. Cite error: The named reference JNFTD was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  3. J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

Other websites

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