Shigeo Sawairi

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Shigeo Sawairi
澤入 重雄
Personal information
Full name Shigeo Sawairi
Date of birth (1963-05-08) May 8, 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Forward
Youth career
1979–1981 Shimizu Higashi High School
1982–1985 Hosei University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1995 Nagoya Grampus Eight
Managerial career
2008 JEF United Chiba (caretaker)
2015 Kataller Toyama
Medal record
Nagoya Grampus Eight
Winner Emperor's Cup 1995
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shigeo Sawairi (澤入 重雄, Sawairi Shigeo, born May 8, 1963) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Playing career

Sawairi was born in Shizuoka on May 8, 1963. After graduating from Hosei University, he joined Toyota Motors (later Nagoya Grampus Eight) in 1986. He played as an offensive midfielder and as a forward. He also served as captain. However his opportunity to play decreased from 1994 and he retired at the end of the 1995 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Sawairi started his coaching career at Nagoya Grampus Eight in 1996. He mainly served as scout. From 2000, he coached for university and high school teams until 2008. In May 2008, he signed with JEF United Chiba and he became a coach under new manager Alex Miller. Sawairi managed in 2 matches as caretaker until Miller's registration is completed.[1] However the club performance was bad and he was sacked with Miller in September 2009. From 2010, he managed university teams until 2014. In November 2014, he signed with Kataller Toyama and became a general manager. In August 2015, manager Yasuyuki Kishino was sacked and Sawairi became a new manager.[2] He managed the club until end of 2015 season and left the club end of 2016 season.[3]

Club statistics

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
1986/87 Toyota Motors JSL Division 2
1987/88 JSL Division 1 21 1 1 0 22 1
1988/89 JSL Division 2 28 11 2 3 30 14
1989/90 29 27 1 1 30 28
1990/91 JSL Division 1 22 5 2 0 24 5
1991/92 19 6 2 2 21 8
1992 Nagoya Grampus Eight J1 League - 1 0 10 2 11 2
1993 22 6 0 0 2 0 24 6
1994 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1995 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
Total 152 56 1 0 20 8 173 64

Managerial statistics

[4]

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
JEF United Chiba 2008 2008 2 2 0 0 100.00
Kataller Toyama 2015 2015 12 5 4 3 041.67
Total 14 7 4 3 050.00

References

  1. ^ JEF United Chiba(in Japanese)
  2. ^ Kataller Toyama(in Japanese)
  3. ^ Kataller Toyama(in Japanese)
  4. ^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

External links