Takahiro Shimotaira

Takahiro Shimotaira
下平 隆宏

Personal information
Full name	Takahiro Shimotaira
Date of birth	(1971-12-18) December 18, 1971
Place of birth	Gonohe, Aomori, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–2000	Kashiwa Reysol	244	(8)
2001–2002	FC Tokyo	39	(0)
2003–2004	Kashiwa Reysol	33	(0)
Total		316	(8)
Managerial career
2016–2018	Kashiwa Reysol
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Takahiro Shimotaira (下平 隆宏, Shimotaira Takahiro, born December 18, 1971) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Playing career

Shimotaira was born in Gonohe, Aomori on December 18, 1971. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Soccer League club Hitachi (later Kashiwa Reysol) in 1990. He became a regular player as defensive midfielder from 1991. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and the club joined new league Japan Football League. In 1995, the club was promoted to J1 League. In 1999, the club won the champions J.League Cup. Although he played as regular player for a long time, he moved to FC Tokyo in 2001. Although he could not become a regular player behind Satoru Asari and Fumitake Miura in 2001, he played as regular player instead Asari and Miura in 2002 because they were injured. In 2003, he returned to Kashiwa Reysol. He retired end of 2004 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Shimotaira started coaching career at Kashiwa Reysol in 2005. He mainly served as scout and manager for youth team until 2015. In 2016, he became a manager for top team under manager Milton Mendes. In March 2016, Mendes was sacked and Shimotaira became a new manager as Mendes successor. Although the club finished at 8th place in 2016, the club won the 4th place in 2017 and won the qualify for 2018 AFC Champions League. However the club results were bad in 2018 and he was sacked in May.

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	Hitachi	JSL Division 2	3	0			0	0	3	0
1991/92		JSL Division 1	21	0			1	0	22	0
1992		Football League	17	1			-		17	1
1993	Kashiwa Reysol	Football League	14	2	1	0	6	0	21	2
1994			27	2	0	0	1	0	28	2
1995		J1 League	35	1	2	0	-		37	1
1996			28	0	2	0	14	1	44	1
1997			24	0	3	0	6	0	33	0
1998			25	0	1	0	3	0	29	0
1999			30	2	4	0	6	1	40	3
2000			20	0	1	0	0	0	21	0
2001	FC Tokyo	J1 League	16	0	0	0	3	0	19	0
2002			23	0	1	0	6	0	30	0
2003	Kashiwa Reysol	J1 League	20	0	2	0	3	0	25	0
2004			13	0	1	0	3	0	17	0
Country	Japan		316	8	18	0	52	2	386	10
Total			316	8	18	0	52	2	386	10

Managerial statistics

Update; December 31, 2015

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Kashiwa Reysol	2016	Present
Total			0	0	0	0	!—

External links

• Player statistics at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• Manager statistics manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)