Kazuaki Tasaka

Kazuaki Tasaka (田坂 和昭, Tasaka Kazuaki, born August 3, 1971) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He last played for Japan national team until 1999. He manager of Giravanz Kitakyushu from 2023.

Kazuaki Tasaka
田坂 和昭
Personal information
Full name Kazuaki Tasaka
Date of birth (1971-08-03) August 3, 1971
Place of birth Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1987–1989 Tokai University Daiichi High School
1990–1993 Tokai University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1998 Bellmare Hiratsuka 176 (3)
1999 Shimizu S-Pulse 13 (2)
2000–2002 Cerezo Osaka 76 (4)
Total 265 (9)
International career
1995–1999 Japan 7 (0)
Managerial career
2011–2015 Oita Trinita
2015 Shimizu S-Pulse
2017–2018 Fukushima United FC
2019–2021 Tochigi SC
2023 Giravanz Kitakyushu
Medal record
Bellmare Hiratsuka
WinnerEmperor's Cup1994
Shimizu S-Pulse
Runner-upJ1 League1999
Cerezo Osaka
Runner-upEmperor's Cup2001
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Tasaka was born in Hiroshima on August 3, 1971. He was educated at and played for Tokai University Daiichi High School and Tokai University. After graduating, he joined newly promoted J1 League side Bellmare Hiratsuka. He was immediately installed as a regular and received the J1 League Young Player of the Year award that year. Due to club's financial problem, he was released along with Nobuyuki Kojima, Wagner Lopes, Hong Myung-bo and Yoshihiro Natsuka at the end of the 1998 season. He moved to Shimizu S-Pulse (1999) and then to Cerezo Osaka (2000–2002) where he finished his playing career.[1]

International career

Tasaka was capped 7 times for the Japanese national team between 1995 and 1999.[2] His first international appearance came on May 28, 1995 in a friendly against Ecuador at Tokyo National Stadium. In March 1999, he was selected Japan for the first time in 4 years by Philippe Troussier. He also played at 1999 Copa América.

Managerial career

Tasaka worked as a coach at Cerezo Osaka's youth setup from 2003. He was promoted to an assistant coach of the club's top team in the middle of the 2004 season and helped them to stay up at J1 League. He was offered a contract extension but he declined it to prepare for acquiring the S-Class Coaching License, a prerequisite to manage a J.League club, and study coaching skills abroad. He attained the S-Class License in 2005. He became a coach at Shimizu S-Pulse's satellite team in 2006, and was promoted to an assistant coach of club's top team in 2007.

In 2011, Tasaka moved to J2 League club Oita Trinita. In 2012, the club won the promotion playoff and was promoted to J1 for the first time in 4 years. Although he managed in J1 first time in his career, Trinita results were bad and returned to J2 in 1 year. Although Tasaka managed until 2015 season, he was sacked in June 2015 when the club was at the bottom place of 22 clubs in J2.

In July 2015, Tasaka returned to J1 club Shimizu S-Pulse and became an assistant coach under manager Katsumi Oenoki. However the club results were bad and Oenoki resigned in August when the club was at the 17th place of 18 clubs. Tasaka became a new manager as Oenoki successor. However the club performance did not improve and S-Pulse was relegated to J2 first time in the club history. Tasaka also resigned end of the season.

In 2016, Tasaka signed with J2 club Matsumoto Yamaga FC and became a coach under manager Yasuharu Sorimachi.

In 2017, Tasaka moved to J3 League club Fukushima United FC and became a manager.[3] He managed the club in 2 seasons.

In 2019, Tasaka signed with J2 club Tochigi SC until 2021 after resignation contract.[4]

In 8 December 2022, Tasaka signed with J3 club Giravanz Kitakyushu for upcoming 2023 season after Kenichi Amano expiration contract in 2022 season.[5]

Career statistics

Club
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1994Bellmare HiratsukaJ1 League3505110411
199547100-471
199630030150480
19973123050392
19983302030380
Total 17631312402134
1999Shimizu S-PulseJ1 League1320020152
Total 1320020152
2000Cerezo OsakaJ1 League3013040371
20012914020351
2002J2 League17210-182
Total 7648060904
Career Total 265921132031810

International

[2]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
199540
199600
199700
199800
199930
Total70

Managerial statistics

Update; 25 September 2023[6]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Oita Trinita 2011 2015 178 55 50 73 030.90
Shimizu S-Pulse 2015 2015 12 1 4 7 008.33
Fukushima United FC 2017 2018 64 22 17 25 034.38
Tochigi SC 2019 2021 130 35 44 51 026.92
Giravanz Kitakyushu 2023 2023 25 4 8 13 016.00
Total 409 117 123 169 028.61

Honours and awards

Individual honours

References
  1. "Stats Centre: Kazuaki Tasaka Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  2. Japan National Football Team Database
  3. Fukushima United FC(in Japanese)
  4. Tochigi SC(in Japanese)
  5. "田坂 和昭 監督 就任のお知らせ" (in Japanese). 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  6. J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
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