Kazuaki Yoshinaga
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | March 17, 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Fukuoka, Japan | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Albirex Niigata | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2016 | Ventforet Kofu (coach) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Albirex Niigata (S) | ||
| 2019 | Albirex Niigata | ||
Kazuaki Yoshinaga (吉永一明, Yoshinaga Kazuaki, born March 17, 1968 in Fukuoka, Japan) is a Japanese coach. He is the current head coach at Albirex Niigata.
Coaching career
Yoshinaga was a coach for the main team at Ventforet Kofu in 2016. He was also the head coach of Yamanashi Gakuin Senior High School Soccer Club from 2010 to 2015.
Yoshinaga was appointed head coach of Albirex Niigata Singapore in 2017.[1] He won the S.League title in 2017, and also won S.League coach of the year. [2] He extended his contract with the Swans for another year,[3] and the next season saw Yoshinaga led Albirex to win all titles in Singapore professional football: Singapore Premier League, Singapore Cup and Singapore Community Shield, while he won the league's coach of the year for the second successive year.[4][5]
Due to his impressive work with Albirex Niigata Singapore, he returned to Japan in 2019 as the parent club Albirex Niigata appointed him initially as their academy manager. After first-team manager Koichiro Katafuchi resigns in April the same year, Yoshinaga was appointed as his successor.[6]
References
- ^ "Yoshinaga the head coach".
- ^ "Coach of the year".
- ^ https://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/asian-football/750413/albirex-niigata-s-sign-quadruple-winning-yoshinaga-2018-2/
- ^ https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/white-swansong-for-wataru
- ^ https://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/asian-football/singapore-football/953401/albirex-trio-murofushi-adam-and-yoshinaga-sweep-top-fas-awards/
- ^ https://www.albirex.co.jp/news/57368/
External links
- Kazuaki Yoshinaga manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
