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Yuji Sakakura
(
阪倉 裕二
,
Sakakura Yuji
, born June 7, 1967)
is a former
Japanese
football
player and manager. He played for the
Japan national team
.
Sakakura was educated at and played for
Yokkaichi Chuo Technical High School
and
Juntendo University
. After finishing the university, he joined
Japan Soccer League
side
Furuawa Electric
(later
JEF United Ichihara
). In 1992,
Japan Soccer League
was folded and the club joined new league,
J1 League
. He moved to
Nagoya Grampus Eight
in 1995, then
Japan Football League
side
Brummell Sendai
in 1996. He finished his playing career in 1998 at his home town club
Mind House TC
, a
Regional Leagues
side, after playing for them for one season.
On July 27, 1990, Sakakura debuted for the
Japan national team
against
South Korea
. He was selected Japan for
1990 Asian Games
and played 2 matches. He played 6 games for Japan until 1991. He was also a member of the Japan which won the
1992 Asian Cup
, but did not play in the tournament.
After the retirement, Sakakura started coaching career at new club
Yokohama FC
in 1999. He served as an assistant coach. He also managed the club as caretaker in 2001. In 2005, he moved to
Kyoto Purple Sanga
(later
Kyoto Sanga FC
) and served as a manager for the youth team. In 2008, he moved to
Tochigi SC
. He mainly served as assistant coach for top team. In 2014, he was promoted to a manager. He resigned in July 2015. In 2016, he signed with
Shimizu S-Pulse
and served as a assistant coach. In 2018, he moved to
AC Nagano Parceiro
and served as a assistant coach. In June, he became a manager and managed the club until end of 2018 season.
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