Norio Sasaki

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Norio Sasaki
Norio Sasaki 2015.jpg
Norio Sasaki (2015)
Personnel
birthday May 24, 1958
place of birth Yamagata Prefecture ,  Japan
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1989-1990 NTT Kanto 26 (2)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1997-1998 Ōmiya Ardija
2006 Japan U17 (women)
2007-2010 Japan U20 (women)
2008-2016 Japan (women)
1 Only league games are given.

Norio Sasaki ( Japanese 佐 々 木 則 夫 , Sasaki Norio ; born May 24, 1958 in Yamagata Prefecture ) is a former Japanese football player and was most recently the coach of the Japanese women's national team , which he led to win the 2011 World Cup .

Club career

Sasaki played in years 1989 to 1990 at NTT Kantō , the team of the former public telecommunications company Nippon Denshin Denwa (English NTT), in the second Japanese division.

Coaching career

His first position as a coach was from 1997 to 1998 with the first division club Ōmiya Ardija . Sasaki coached the U-17s in 2006 and coached the U-20 women's junior national team from 2007 to 2010 . In December 2007 he also took over the position of coach of the Japanese women's national team. His first tournament was the East Asian Football Championship in 2008 , Sasaki was also a coach at the 2008 Olympic Games , when his team lost in the game for third place against Germany , and the 2010 Asian Games . At the 2011 World Cup , he led the team to victory in Frankfurt / Main on July 17, 2011. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , he and his team reached the final again and met the USA again , but this time with 2: 1 could win. The silver medal is the first Olympic medal for the Japanese female soccer players. In the 2015 World Cup final they met the USA again and this time lost 2: 5.

After Japan failed to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games , he resigned as national coach.

Awards

Web links

Commons : Norio Sasaki  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ sportschau.de The writer's clear plan ( memento of August 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 15, 2011.
  2. ↑ nzz.ch The trainer has special methods , accessed on July 15, 2011.
  3. ↑ fifa.com: "Sasaki resignation: Nadeshiko without coach"
personal data
SURNAME Sasaki, Norio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 佐 々 木 則 夫 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION japanese soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Yamagata Prefecture , Japan