Masaaki Yanagishita

Masaaki Yanagishita
柳下正明
Personal information
Full name	Masaaki Yanagishita
Date of birth	January 1, 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth	Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1975–1977	Hamana High School
1978–1981	Tokyo University of Agriculture
Senior career*
Years	Team
1982–1992	Yamaha Motors
Total
International career
1979	Japan U-20
Managerial career
2003	Júbilo Iwata
2004–2006	Consadole Sapporo
2009–2011	Júbilo Iwata
2012–2015	Albirex Niigata
2017–2023	Zweigen Kanazawa
2024	Tochigi SC (assistant)
Medal record
Yamaha Motors
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Masaaki Yanagishita (柳下正明, Yanagishita Masaaki, born January 1, 1960) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Club career

Yanagishita was born in Hamamatsu on January 1, 1960. He played as a central defender for his local club Yamaha Motors during their 1980s glory years, making a total 135 League appearances for the club. He retired in 1992.

National team career

In 1979, Yanagishita selected Japan U-20 national team for 1979 World Youth Championship in Japan. At this competition, he played 3 games.^[1]

Coaching career

After the retirement, Yanagishita started coaching career at Yamaha Motors (later Júbilo Iwata) in 1993. He mainly served as assistant coach until 2002. In 2003, he became a manager. Júbilo won the 2nd place in J1 League and the champions in Emperor's Cup with many international players. In 2004, he moved to J2 League club Consadole Sapporo. Consadole finished at bottom place in 2004 and could not be promoted to J1 in 2005 and 2006. He resigned end of 2006 season. In 2007, he returned to Júbilo and served as assistant coach. In 2009, he became a manager again. Although the club results were bad in J1 League, the club won the champions in 2010 J.League Cup. He resigned end of 2011 season. In June 2012, he signed with Albirex Niigata which was at the 17th place of 18 clubs. The club finished at the 15th place and remaining in J1 League. He managed until end of 2015 season. In 2017, he signed with the then-J2 League club Zweigen Kanazawa.^[2]

Managerial statistics

Update; December 31, 2018^[3]

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Júbilo Iwata	2003	2003	30	16	9	5	053.33
Consadole Sapporo	2004	2006	136	42	39	55	030.88
Júbilo Iwata	2009	2011	102	35	27	40	034.31
Albirex Niigata	2012	2015	123	45	29	49	036.59
Zweigen Kanazawa	2017	present	84	27	23	34	032.14
Total			475	165	127	183	034.74

References

^ FIFA
^ Zweigen Kanazawa(in Japanese)
^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

External links

Masaaki Yanagishita – FIFA competition record (archived)
Masaaki Yanagishita manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Profile at Albirex Niigata (in Japanese)

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[1] FIFA

[2] Zweigen Kanazawa(in Japanese)

[3] J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

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