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Kenta Hasegawa (長谷川 健太, Hasegawa Kenta, born September 25, 1965) is a Japanese professional football manager and former player who is the manager of J1 League club of Nagoya Grampus.

Club career

Hasegawa was educated at and played for Shimizu Higashi High School. He won the national high school championship with his teammates including Katsumi Oenoki and Takumi Horiike. He continued his study and football at University of Tsukuba where he won the Kanto University League title in 1987.

After graduating from the university in 1988, he joined Japan Soccer League side Nissan Motors (current Yokohama F. Marinos). He contributed to the club winning the Emperor's Cup twice in 1988 and 1989. When Japan's first-ever professional league J1 League started, Shimizu S-Pulse was founded in his local city. He joined the club in 1992 and re-united with his high school teammates Oenoki and Horiike. He helped the club to win the J.League Cup in 1996. He retired as a Shimizu player after the club won the second stage of the J1 League 1999 season. He played 207 league matches and scored 45 league goals in 7 seasons at Shimizu.

International career

Hasegawa was capped 27 times and scored 4 goals for the Japan national team between 1989 and 1995.[1] His first international appearance came on January 20, 1989 in a friendly against Iran in Teheran. He scored for the first time for his country on June 11, 1989 in a 1990 World Cup qualification against Indonesia at Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium in Tokyo. He was a member of the Japan squad who participated in the 1994 World Cup qualification for the 1994 World Cup. In the crucial last match, Hasegawa was substituted in the 59th minute by Masahiro Fukuda and watched from the bench a late Iraqi equaliser dashed Japan's hope to qualify for the finals in the US, the match that the Japanese fans now refer to as the Agony of Doha.

Coaching career

After retiring from the game, Hasegawa started working as a pundit for national television NHK. He was also installed as the general manager of two university clubs, Hamamatsu University and Fuji Tokoha University (2000–2001). He became the manager of Hamamatsu University and lead them to win the Tokai University League title and the Shizuoka Prefectural qualification for the Emperor's Cup. He acquired the S-class coaching license that was required to manage a J1 League club in 2004 and became the manager of his old club Shimizu S-Pulse in 2005. The club struggled and narrowly escaped relegation in the 2005 season but they fought back strongly in the 2006 season and finished 4th in the league; a position equaled in 2007.[2] In 2008 Hasegawa led S-Pulse to the final of the J.League Cup and a fifth-placed finish in the league, a placing which included them being the strongest performing team in the second half of the season. He was rewarded with an extended contract which will keep him at S-Pulse until 2010.[3] He left Shimizu after he led the club to the final of 2010-11 Emperor's Cup when his contract was expired.

Hawegawa was appointed as a manager at J2 League club Gamba Osaka in 2013. The club won the champions in 2013 and was promoted to J1 League. In 2014, the club won all three major title in Japan; J1 League, J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup. He also was selected J.League Manager of the Year awards. In 2015, the club won the champions at Emperor's Cup and 2nd place at J1 League and J.League Cup. He resigned end of 2017 season.

In 2018, Hasegawa signed with FC Tokyo. In 2021, after a three year spell in which the club finished 6th, 2nd, 6th, and 9th in four respective seasons, Hasegawa resigned after an 8 - 0 loss to 2nd place Yokohama F. Marinos. [4]

Shortly after the conclusion of the J1 league's 21/22 season, Hasegawa signed a contract with J1 league club Nagoya Grampus.[5]

Career statistics

Club

[6]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1988/89 Nissan Motors JSL Division 1 18 4 18 4
1989/90 11 5 3 0 14 5
1990/91 4 0 4 0 8 0
1992 Shimizu S-Pulse J1 League - 3 0 10 2 13 2
1993 36 10 4 1 1 0 41 11
1994 44 9 1 1 1 0 46 10
1995 21 3 0 0 - 21 3
1996 24 7 3 2 16 7 43 16
1997 30 5 1 0 6 2 37 7
1998 31 9 5 2 5 0 41 11
1999 21 2 2 1 2 1 25 3
Total 240 54 19 7 48 12 307 73

International

[1]

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
1989 11 2
1990 6 1
1991 0 0
1992 0 0
1993 5 0
1994 2 0
1995 3 1
Total 27 4

Managerial

As of match played 12 June 2024[7]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 February 2005 31 January 2011 280 128 69 83 045.71
Gamba Osaka 1 February 2013 31 January 2018 251 125 58 68 049.80
FC Tokyo 1 February 2018 7 November 2021 182 86 35 61 047.25
Nagoya Grampus 1 February 2022 Present 117 51 30 36 043.59
Total 830 390 192 248 046.99

In popular culture

In popular manga and anime series Chibi Maruko-chan, a boy called Kenta kun occasionally makes an appearance.[8] He loves football and is a classmate of title character Chibi Maruko. Momoko Sakura, the author of the manga, created this character after Hasegawa. Sakura and Hasegawa attended the same primary school during the same period.

Honours

As a coach

Gamba Osaka
Individual

References

  1. ^ a b Japan National Football Team Database
  2. ^ Shimizu S-Pulse | The Japan Times Online
  3. ^ "ニュースリリース | 清水エスパルス - 公式Webサイト". Archived from the original on 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2016-12-03. Kenta Hasegawa contract extension news release
  4. ^ "Tokyo manager Kenta Hasegawa resigns after blowout loss to F. Marinos". 7 November 2021.
  5. ^ "長谷川健太氏 トップチーム監督就任決定のお知らせ｜ニュース｜名古屋グランパス公式サイト".
  6. ^ Kenta Hasegawa at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. ^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
  8. ^ Chibi Maruko-chan (2006) (TV)

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