Koji Gyotoku

Koji Gyotoku
Personal information
Full name Koji Gyotoku
Date of birth (1965-01-28) January 28, 1965
Place of birth Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
Tokai University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1989 Werder Bremen II
1989–1992 Toyota Motors 16 (0)
Total 16 (0)
Teams managed
2003 Shimizu S-Pulse
2008–2010 Bhutan
2012–2013 FC Gifu
2014–2015 Ang Thong
2016– Nepal

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Koji Gyotoku (行徳 浩二 Gyōtoku Kōji, born January 28, 1965) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is Current Head Coach of Nepal national team. He was also the head coach of the Bhutan national team.[1]

Early years

Koji Gyotoku was born January 28, 1965 in Shizuoka, Japan. He went to school at Shizuoka Municipal Shimizu Fifth and Tokai Western High School. After high school, he went to Tokai University.

Career

Gyotoku began his soccer career with Werder Bremen II, a team in West Germany. After playing for Werder Bremen II, he went on to play for Toyota Motors. He appeared 13 times for the team, 12 in 1990-91 and 1 in 1991-92, but never scored a goal for the team. It did not make the Japan Soccer League Cup.

Coaching career

Gyotoku coached the Shimizu S-Pulse in 2003 after Takeshi Oki resigned from his position as team manager[2] He led the team to the semi-finals of the Japan League Cup and the Emperors Cup, placing them 11th overall in the league. The team went on to make it to the AFC champions league group stage.

Gyotoku became the coach of the Bhutan national team in 2008. He led the Bhutan team the semifinals of the 2008 South Asian Football Federation Cup tournament, where they lost to India (2 - 1) during stoppage time of extra time.[3] It was the furthest the team had ever gone. In the 2008 and 2010 AFC Challenge Cup he would lead the team to third and fourth place respectively.However, the team did not attempt to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, being the only FIFA member in the 2010 qualifications to withdraw. The cited reason for this was a lack of preparation of the field before their game against Kuwait.

From December 2014 to July 2015, Gyotoku was head coach of Ang Thong of the Thai Division 1 League.[4] In early 2016, Gyotoku was appointed as head coach of the Nepal national team arriving in the Himalayan country in March 4, 2016.[5]

Club statistics

Gyotoku played in for each of the schools he attended before he reached the professional level.

Season Club League League Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1989-90Toyota MotorsJSL Division 230?00030
1990-91JSL Division 1120?000120
1991-9210?00010
Career total 1600000160

Other official game

Managerial statistics

As of 11 November 2014.
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Shimizu S-Pulse December 2003 December 2003 0 0 0 0 !—
Bhutan 2008 2010 14 1 2 11 07.14
FC Gifu 2012 18 August 2013 71 13 20 38 18.31
Nepal 2016 Current 4 3 1 0 75.00
Total 86 14 23 49 16.28

Career guidance

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA.com - Bhutan on FIFA.com". fifa.com. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  2. ↑ "History of Shimizu S-Pulse since 1991". s-pulse.co.jp. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "2008 SAFF Cup tournament". Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  4. ↑ "ANGTHONG FC". Samurai x TPL (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "New national team coach arrives". All Nepal Football Association. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
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