Kazuo Uchida (内田 一夫, Uchida Kazuo, born April 18, 1962) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He managed Guam national football team.

Kazuo Uchida
内田 一夫
Personal information
Full name Kazuo Uchida
Date of birth (1962-04-18) April 18, 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Youth career
Years Team
Shimizu Higashi High School
Komazawa University
Managerial career
2004 Japan U-17 (assist)
2010 Ventforet Kofu
2011 Guam
2012–2015 Shimizu S-Pulse (assist)
2015 Shimizu S-Pulse reserves
2016 Yinchuan Helanshan
2017–2018 Suzhou Dongwu

Playing career

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Uchida was born in Shizuoka on April 18, 1962. He started his career in football as a player for Shimizu Higashi High School where he won the National Sports Festival of Japan with them as well as coming runners-up in the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament in 1980. With these achievements he progressed his career at Komazawa University before he joined local football team Shimizu. While at Shimizu he continued his studies at University of Tokyo to become a coach in physical exercise.

Coaching career

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Uchida gained his first major coaching role at JEF United Ichihara on January 1, 1994 where he was the club's chief instructor. On December 31, 2003 he left the club and joined Vegalta Sendai where he initially started as deputy general manager. On March 1, 2004 he accepted an assistant coaching role for the Japan U-17 national team on a part-time basis. This lasted until 2007, when he left the Japanese team and concentrated on Vegalta Sendai where he moved to become their training director and then youth development director.

On January 1, 2010 Uchida became the manager of J2 League team Ventforet Kofu.[1] At the end of the 2010 season he led the team to second within the division and promotion to the top tier.

On December 22, 2015 Uchida joined third tier Chinese club Yinchuan Helanshan for the start of the 2016 China League Two season.[2]

Managerial statistics

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Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Ventforet Kofu 2010 2010 36 19 13 4 052.78
Total 36 19 13 4 052.78

References

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  1. ^ "J2甲府が内田新監督発表、再建へ意欲". nikkansports.com. 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  2. ^ "银川山屿海贺兰山足球俱乐部今日成立 赛季目标冲甲". news.xinhuanet.com. 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  3. ^ J.League Data Site (in Japanese)
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