Makoto Teguramori (手倉森 誠, Teguramori Makoto, born November 14, 1967) is a Japanese professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of Thai League 1 club BG Pathum United.
 Teguramori with Japan U23 in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Makoto Teguramori | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | November 14, 1967 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gonohe, Aomori, Japan | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1985 | Gonohe High School | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1992 | Kashima Antlers | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1999 | NEC Yamagata | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2013 | Vegalta Sendai | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Japan U23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Japan (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | V-Varen Nagasaki | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Vegalta Sendai | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | BG Pathum United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Chonburi | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | BG Pathum United | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Playing career
editTeguramori was born in Gonohe, Aomori on November 14, 1967. After graduating from high school, he joined Sumitomo Metal (later Kashima Antlers) in 1986. The club won the 2nd place in 1987 JSL Cup. In 1993, he moved to NEC Yamagata (later Montedio Yamagata). He retired in 1995.
Managerial career
editUntil 2003
editAfter his retirement from playing, Teguramori started coaching career at Montedio Yamagata in 1996. He served as assistant coach until 2000. In 2001, he moved to Oita Trinita and served as physical coach and assistant coach until 2003.
Vegalta Sendai
editIn 2004, Teguramori moved to Vegalta Sendai and became a coach. In 2008, he became a manager first time in his career. In 2008 season, Vegalta finished the 3rd place in J2 League. In 2009 season, Vegalta won the champions and was promoted to J1 League. Immediately after the opening 2011 season, 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami occurred in Sendai. However Vegalta finished at the 4th place in 2011 season which is best place in the club history. In 2012 season, Vegalta won the 2nd place and qualified for 2013 AFC Champions League. He resigned with Vegalta end of 2013 season to be the manager of Japan U-23 national team for 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]
Japan national team
editIn 2014, Teguramori became a manager for Japan U-23 national team and assistant coach for Japan national team. In 2016 AFC U-23 Championship held in Qatar, he managed Japan U-23 to win the Asian U-23 tournament for the first time, thus qualifying to join 2016 Summer Olympics as the champions of Asia. In 2016 Summer Olympics, he and his U-23 men obtained as many as four points at the group stage, nonetheless ending up at only the third place behind Nigeria and Colombia in Group B. This was not sufficient for them to qualify to the next stage.
V-Varen Nagasaki
editIn February 2019, Teguramori signed with J2 League club V-Varen Nagasaki.[2]
Vegalta Sendai
editIn February 2021, Teguramori signed with J1 League club Vegalta Sendai.
BG Pathum United
editOn 27 January 2022, BG Pathum United hired Teguramori as head coach.[3] He was fired in October of that same year for "failing to meet the club's target."[4] He has helped the club to win the 2022 Thailand Champions Cup.
Chonburi
editOn 13 May 2023, Thai League 1 club Chonburi hired Teguramori as their head coach.
Return to BG Pathum United
editOn 25 December 2023, he made a comeback to BG Pathum United in the second leg of the 2023-24 season, with the aim of winning one of the remaining domestic competitions. On 16 June 2024, Teguramori led BG Pathum United to win the first Thai League Cup title in their history, after a 1–0 win over Muangthong United in the final. However, he parted ways with The Rabbits on 8 October, after a disappointing run in the beginning of the 2024-25 season.
Club statistics
edit| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1986/87 | Sumitomo Metal | JSL Division 2 | ||||||||
| 1987/88 | JSL Division 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 1988/89 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | ||||
| 1989/90 | JSL Division 2 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | |||
| 1990/91 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||||
| 1991/92 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 1992 | Kashima Antlers | J1 League | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57 | 10 | ||
Managerial statistics
edit- As of match played 5 October 2024 [5]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Vegalta Sendai | 1 February 2008 | 31 January 2014 | 276 | 120 | 85 | 71 | 43.48 |
| Japan U23 | 1 February 2014 | 21 August 2016 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 66.67 |
| V-Varen Nagasaki | 1 February 2019 | 31 January 2021 | 97 | 46 | 19 | 32 | 47.42 |
| Vegalta Sendai | 1 February 2021 | 22 November 2021 | 43 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 16.28 |
| BG Pathum United | 27 January 2022 | 24 October 2022 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 60.71 |
| Chonburi | 13 May 2023 | 7 December 2023 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 30.77 |
| BG Pathum United | 25 December 2023 | 8 October 2024 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 55.17 |
| Total | 501 | 220 | 134 | 147 | 43.91 | ||
Honours
editManager
editVegalta Sendai
Japan U-23
BG Pathum United
Individual
edit- Thai League 1 Coach of the Month: April 2022, May 2024
References
edit- ^ Vegalta Sendai(in Japanese)
- ^ V-Varen Nagasaki(in Japanese)
- ^ "Teguramori to coach Rabbits". Bangkok Post.
- ^ "Pathum sack Teguramori after Bangkok United loss". Bangkok Post.
- ^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
External links
edit- Makoto Teguramori manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
