Yasuharu Sorimachi (反町 康治, Yasuharu Sorimachi?, born March 8, 1964 in Saitama, Saitama, Japan) is a football manager and former footballer who currently manages Japanese club Matsumoto Yamaga.[1]
A midfielder, He played for Japan national football team 4 times between 1990 and 1991. At club level, he scored 23 goals from 188 appearances in the domestic leagues. He subsequently became a manager and has worked for Albirex Niigata, Shonan Bellmare and Japan national under-23 football team.[2]
[edit] Career
Sorimachi was educated at and played for Shimizu Higashi High School and Keio University. At the high school, he won the national high school championship with his teammates Shigeo Sawairi and Tatsuya Mochizuki.
Sorimachi began his senior career with Japan Soccer League side ANA Soccer Club in 1987. He helped ANA gain promotion to the top flight in 1988. When Japan's first-ever professional league J. League started in 1993, ANA was transformed to Yokohama Flügels for whom he continued to play. While at Flügels, he won the Emperor's Cup in 1993. He moved to Bellmare Hiratsuka (now Shonan Bellmare) in 1994. He helped the club to win the Emperor's Cup in 1994, and the Asian Cup Winners Cup in 1996.
He was capped 4 times for the Japanese national team between 1990 and 1991. His first international appearance came on 27 July 1990 in a friendly against South Korea.[3]
[edit] Club career statistics
| Club performance |
League |
Cup |
League Cup |
Total |
| Season |
Club |
League |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
| 1987/88 |
ANA/
Yokohama Flügels |
JSL Division 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1988/89 |
JSL Division 1 |
17 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
17 |
3 |
| 1989/90 |
20 |
3 |
|
|
2 |
0 |
22 |
3 |
| 1990/91 |
22 |
3 |
|
|
4 |
0 |
26 |
3 |
| 1991/92 |
21 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
0 |
22 |
1 |
| 1992 |
J. League 1 |
- |
|
|
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
| 1993 |
26 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
35 |
4 |
| 1994 |
Bellmare Hiratsuka |
25 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
| 1995 |
21 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
- |
23 |
3 |
| 1996 |
14 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
1 |
| 1997 |
22 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
24 |
5 |
| Total |
188 |
23 |
9 |
2 |
21 |
2 |
218 |
27 |
[edit] International career statistics
[edit] References
[edit] External links
| Persondata |
| Name |
Sorimachi, Yasuharu |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
March 8, 1964 |
| Place of birth |
Saitama, Japan |
| Date of death |
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| Place of death |
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