Norio Sasaki
Norio Sasaki (佐々木 則夫, Sasaki Norio, born May 24, 1958) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He managed for Japan women's national team.
 Sasaki in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Norio Sasaki | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Obanazawa, Yamagata, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Omiya Ardija Ventus (general manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1974–1976 | Teikyo High School | ||
| 1977–1980 | Meiji University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1991 | NTT Kanto | 25 | (2) |
| Total | 25 | (2) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1997–1998 | Omiya Ardija | ||
| 2006 | Japan Women U-17 | ||
| 2007–2010 | Japan Women U-20 | ||
| 2008–2016 | Japan Women | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Biography
changeAfter graduating from Meiji University, Sasaki joined NTT Kanto. He was a midfielder. He contributed to the club's promotion to Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1987. He retired in 1991.
Sasaki served as the head coach of Japan Football League side Omiya Ardija in 1998, then took various other positions at Omiya, including the youth team head-coach and the head of development.
In 2006, Sasaki became the assistant coach of Japan women's national team, as well as the head coach of its U-20 team. In 2008, he was promoted to the head coach of the national team, succeeding Hiroshi Ohashi.
Under Sasaki's reign, Japan won the EAFF Women's Football Championship in 2008 and again in 2010. He also led the Japan Women to a fourth-place finish at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Sasaki was the manager of the Japan when they won the 2011 World Cup. FIFA[1] named Sasaki 2011 "Coach of the Year".[2] He also coached the national team to a second-place finish at the 2015 World Cup.
He was also coach of the women's team which won a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics at London.[3]
Sasaki announced his retirement from coaching in 2012,[4] but was persuaded to stay on as national team coach.
In 2019, he was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame.[5]
Honours
change- FIFA World Coach of the Year, 2011[6]
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ FIFA is an acronym. FIFA stands for Fédération Internationale de Football Association, which is the commonly used French name of the International Federation of Association Football.
- ↑ Kim McCauley (2012-01-09). "FIFA Women's World Coach Of The Year 2011: Norio Sasaki Wins Honor". Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ↑ Baxter, Kevin. "Japanese soccer team gets upgrade ...," Los Angeles Times. August 11, 2012; retrieved 2012-8-17.
- ↑ Westlake, Adam. "Nadeshiko Japan coach Sasaki to step down after London Olympics," Archived 2013-03-18 at the Wayback Machine Japan Daily Press. August 9, 2012; retrieved 2012-8-17.
- ↑ Japan Football Association
- ↑ Meiji University, "Norio Sasaki, coach of Nadeshiko Japan and a graduate of Meiji University, receives the FIFA Women’s Football Coach of the Year prize, the first-ever such feat for an Asian national," January 11, 2012; retrieved 2012-8-17.
Other websites
change- Norio Sasaki at Soccerway.com
- Norio Sasaki at WorldFootball.net
- Norio Sasaki at J.League (manager) (in Japanese)
- Norio Sasaki at Olympedia
- Japan Football Hall of Fame at Japan Football Association
- なでしこジャパン（日本女子代表チーム）新監督に佐々木 則夫氏が就任 ("Norio Sasaki appointed new coach of women's national team") at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
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