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Minoru Kobayashi

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Minoru Kobayashi
小林 稔
Personal information
Full name Minoru Kobayashi
Date of birth (1976-05-14) May 14, 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Ayase, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1992–1994 Toko Gakuen High School
1995–1998 Kokushikan University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 FC Tokyo 11 (0)
Total 11 (0)
Managerial career
2019 Júbilo Iwata
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Minoru Kobayashi (小林 稔, Kobayashi Minoru, born May 14, 1976) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Playing career

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Kobayashi was born in Ayase on May 14, 1976. After graduating from Kokushikan University, he joined the newly promoted J2 League club, FC Tokyo in 1999. Although the club was promoted to the J1 League in 2000, he did not play that year. He debuted in late 2001 and played several matches as right side back. Although he played as a regular player in early 2002, he was second to Akira Kaji from May 2002 until he retired at the end of the 2002 season.

Coaching career

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After the retirement, Kobayashi started coaching career at FC Tokyo in 2005. He mainly coached youth team until 2011. In 2012, he moved to Júbilo Iwata and became a coach for top team.[1] In August 2019, manager Hideto Suzuki resigned for health reasons and Kobayashi became a caretaker manager.[2]

Club statistics

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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
1999 FC Tokyo J2 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
2002 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
Total 11 0 1 0 1 0 13 0

Managerial statistics

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Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Júbilo Iwata 2019 2019 1 0 1 0 000.00
Total 1 0 1 0 000.00

References

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  1. ^ Júbilo Iwata (in Japanese)
  2. ^ Júbilo Iwata (in Japanese)
  3. ^ Minoru Kobayashi manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
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