Takashi Kiyama
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Takashi Kiyama | ||
Date of birth | February 18, 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Itami, Hyogo, Japan | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Fagiano Okayama (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1987–1989 | Itami Nishi High School | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990–1993 | University of Tsukuba | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1997 | Gamba Osaka | 50 | (1) |
1998 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | (0) |
1999–2002 | Mito Hollyhock | 99 | (1) |
Total | 165 | (2) | |
Managerial career | |||
2008–2010 | Mito Hollyhock | ||
2012 | JEF United Chiba | ||
2015–2016 | Ehime FC | ||
2017–2019 | Montedio Yamagata | ||
2020 | Vegalta Sendai | ||
2022– | Fagiano Okayama | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Takashi Kiyama (木山 隆之, Kiyama Takashi, born February 18, 1972) is a Japanese professional football manager and former player who is the manager of J1 League club Fagiano Okayama.
Playing career
[edit]Kiyama was born in Itami on February 18, 1972. After graduating from University of Tsukuba, he joined Gamba Osaka in 1994. He played many matches as center back from first season. However his opportunity to play decreased from 1995 because of injuries. In 1998, he moved to Consadole Sapporo and played one season. In May 1999, he joined Japan Football League club Mito HollyHock. He became a regular player as center back and the club was promoted to J2 League from 2000. He played as central player of defense until 2002. He retired end of the 2002 season.
Coaching career
[edit]After coaching for University of Tsukuba and then the youth team of Vissel Kobe, he took his first top team coaching position for his former club Mito HollyHock in 2008. He has the record for the youngest person to coach a J2 League club at 36 years and 19 days, and was the first J2 League coach to be sent off in his debut match. He is also the first professional sports coach in Japan to go public about his decision to quit smoking.[1]
Kiyama was the manager for J2 side JEF United Chiba at 2012 season, but after JEF failed to get the promotion to J1, he was released from the team on November 28, 2012, but he continued managing the club until their defeat to Kashima Antlers on 2012 Emperor's Cup at the quarterfinals.
Kiyama returned to Vissel Kobe as assistant coach in 2013.
On 16 December 2014, he was named manager of Ehime FC.[2] With him in charge, the team finished 2015 season on 5th place, reaching the play-offs for its first time ever. He left the club after the end of 2016 season.[3]
On 29 November 2016, Kiyama was named manager of Montedio Yamagata.[4] He led the team to the J1 entry playoff in 2019, losing to Tokushima Vortis in the 2nd round. He departed from the club on 11 December 2019.
On 19 December 2019, Kiyama was appointed the manager of Vegalta Sendai,[5] the first J1 League side of this managerial career. On 18 December 2020, the club announced his departure at the end of the 2020 season.
On 28 September 2021, Kiyama returned to Gamba Osaka as a coach until the end of the season.
On 14 December 2021, he signed with Fagiano Okayama.[6] Kiyama led the club to promotion into the J1 League for the first time in the club's history, after defeating Vegalta Sendai 2-0 in the 2024 play-off final.[7]
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 | ||||||
1994 | Gamba Osaka | J1 League | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | |||
1996 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
1997 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
1998 | Consadole Sapporo | J1 League | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
1999 | Mito HollyHock | Football League | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 18 | 0 | |
2000 | J2 League | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
2001 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
2002 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | 34 | 1 | |||
Total | 165 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 193 | 2 |
Managerial statistics
[edit]Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Mito Hollyhock | 2008 | 2010 | 134 | 44 | 32 | 58 | 32.84 |
JEF United Chiba | 2012 | 2012 | 48 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 50.00 |
Ehime FC | 2015 | 2016 | 90 | 36 | 28 | 26 | 40.00 |
Montedio Yamagata | 2017 | 2019 | 136 | 52 | 43 | 41 | 38.24 |
Vegalta Sendai | 2020 | 2020 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 16.67 |
Fagiano Okayama | 2022 | present | 44 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 45.45 |
Total | 488 | 182 | 135 | 171 | 37.30 |
- Statistics including J1 and J2 leagues, The Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup results.
Honours
[edit]Manager
[edit]- Fagiano Okayama
References
[edit]- ^ J.League Archived 2018-07-10 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)
- ^ "12/16 | 木山 隆之氏 トップチーム監督就任のお知らせ | 愛媛FC 公式サイト" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- ^ "11/18 | 木山 隆之 監督 退任のお知らせ | 愛媛FC 公式サイト" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- ^ 木山隆之氏 モンテディオ山形 監督就任のお知らせ. モンテディオ山形オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- ^ "Takashi Kiyama". Archived from the original on 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ^ "木山隆之監督 就任のお知らせ | ファジアーノ岡山 Fagiano Okayama". ファジアーノ岡山[Fagiano Okayama]公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ "J1昇格記念グッズ 受注販売のお知らせ". ファジアーノ岡山[Fagiano Okayama]公式サイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2024-12-07. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
External links
[edit]- Player statistics at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Manager statistics manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- 1972 births
- Living people
- University of Tsukuba alumni
- Association football people from Hyōgo Prefecture
- Japanese men's footballers
- J1 League players
- J2 League players
- Japan Football League players
- Gamba Osaka players
- Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players
- Mito HollyHock players
- Japanese football managers
- J1 League managers
- J2 League managers
- Mito HollyHock managers
- JEF United Chiba managers
- Ehime FC managers
- Montedio Yamagata managers
- Vegalta Sendai managers
- Fagiano Okayama managers
- Men's association football defenders
- 20th-century Japanese sportsmen
- Japanese football defender, 1970s birth stubs