Tatsuya Murata

Tatsuya Murata
村田達哉
Personal information
Full name	Tatsuya Murata
Date of birth	August 8, 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1988–1990	Yomiuri
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1994	Verdy Kawasaki
1995–2000	Consadole Sapporo
2001–2004	Vegalta Sendai
2003	→Omiya Ardija (loan)
Total
Managerial career
2018	Cobaltore Onagawa
Medal record
Verdy Kawasaki
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tatsuya Murata (村田達哉, Murata Tatsuya, born August 8, 1972) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Playing career

Murata was born in Tokyo on August 8, 1972. He joined Yomiuri (later Verdy Kawasaki) from youth team in 1990. However he could not play at all in the match in top team. In 1995 he moved to Toshiba (later Consadole Sapporo). He became a regular player as left side-back. The club won the champions in 1997 and was promoted to J1 League. However the club was relegated to J2 League in a year. In 2000, his opportunity to play decreased and he moved to J2 club Vegalta Sendai in 2001. He played as regular player and the club was promoted to J1 end of 2001 season. In 2003, he lost his opportunity to play and moved to Omiya Ardija in June. He returned to Vegalta in 2004 and retired end of 2004 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Murata moved to Italy and became a coach for ChievoVerona in 2005. He mainly coached youth team until 2007. In 2008, he returned to Japan and joined his old club Consadole Sapporo. He mainly served as scout and coach for top team. In 2014, he moved to L.League club Nippon TV Beleza and became a coach. In September 2014, he moved to Tokyo Verdy and served a coach until 2016. In 2017, he returned to Nippon TV Beleza. In 2018, he moved to Japan Football League club Cobaltore Onagawa and became a manager.

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
1990/91	Yomiuri	JSL Division 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991/92	Yomiuri	JSL Division 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	Verdy Kawasaki	J1 League	-				0	0	0	0
1993			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	Toshiba	Football League	17	0	1	0	-		18	0
1996	Consadole Sapporo	Football League	27	1	3	0	-		30	1
1997		Football League	27	3	3	0	7	0	37	3
1998		J1 League	18	1	3	0	4	0	25	1
1999		J2 League	30	0	3	0	2	0	35	0
2000		J2 League	7	0	2	0	1	0	10	0
2001	Vegalta Sendai	J2 League	27	0	2	1	2	0	31	1
2002		J1 League	25	0	0	0	4	0	29	0
2003		J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	Omiya Ardija	J2 League	22	0	1	0	-		23	0
2004	Vegalta Sendai	J2 League	2	0	0	0	-		2	0
Total			202	5	18	1	20	0	240	6

References

External links

Tatsuya Murata at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Vegalta Sendai

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