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Japanese footballer and manager
Shigeo Sawairi
(
澤入 重雄
,
Sawairi Shigeo
, born May 8, 1963)
is a former
Japanese
football
player and manager.
Playing career
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Sawairi was born in
Shizuoka
on May 8, 1963. After graduating from
Hosei University
, he joined
Toyota Motors
(later
Nagoya Grampus Eight
) in 1986. He played as an offensive midfielder and as a forward. He also served as captain. However his opportunity to play decreased from 1994 and he retired at the end of the 1995 season.
Coaching career
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After retirement, Sawairi started his coaching career at
Nagoya Grampus Eight
in 1996. He mainly served as scout. From 2000, he coached for university and high school teams until 2008. In May 2008, he signed with
JEF United Chiba
and he became a coach under new manager
Alex Miller
. Sawairi managed in 2 matches as caretaker until Miller's registration is completed.
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However the club performance was bad and he was sacked with Miller in September 2009. From 2010, he managed university teams until 2014. In November 2014, he signed with
Kataller Toyama
and became a general manager. In August 2015, manager
Yasuyuki Kishino
was sacked and Sawairi became a new manager.
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He managed the club until end of 2015 season and left the club end of 2016 season.
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Club statistics
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Managerial statistics
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