Susumu Watanabe
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Susumu Watanabe | ||
| Date of birth | October 10, 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Hinode, Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1991 | Toin Gakuen High School | ||
| 1992–1995 | Komazawa University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996 | Consadole Sapporo | 8 | (1) |
| 1997–2000 | Ventforet Kofu | 120 | (23) |
| 2001–2004 | Vegalta Sendai | 53 | (3) |
| Total | 181 | (27) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2019 | Vegalta Sendai | ||
| 2021 |
Renofa Yamaguchi | ||
| 2023– | Montedio Yamagata | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Susumu Watanabe (渡邉 晋, Watanabe Susumu, born October 10, 1973) is a Japanese professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of J2 League club Montedio Yamagata.
Playing career
Watanabe was born in
Coaching career
Vegalta Sendai
After retirement, Watanabe started coaching career at Vegalta Sendai in 2005. In 2008, he became a top team coach. In April 2014, the club results were bad and manager Graham Arnold was sacked when the club was at the 17th place of 18 clubs. Watanabe became a new manager as Arnold successor.[1] Vegalta finished at the 14 the place in 2014 season and remained in J1. Vegalta won the runners-up in 2018 Emperor's Cup.
Renofa Yamaguchi
In 2021, he signed with J2 League club Renofa Yamaguchi FC.
Montedio Yamagata
In 2022, he signed a contract with J2 League club Montedio Yamagata as a coach. In April 2023, following the dismissal of Peter Cklamovski, Watanabe was appointed as manager of the club.[2]
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 | ||||||
| 1996 | Consadole Sapporo | Football League |
8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 8 | 1 | |
| 1997 | Ventforet Kofu | Football League |
22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | 25 | 9 | |
| 1998 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | - | 29 | 12 | |||
| 1999 | J2 League | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 3 | ||
| 2001 | Vegalta Sendai | J2 League | 36 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 4 |
| 2002 | J1 League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | J2 League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 181 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 206 | 31 | ||
Managerial statistics
Update; December 31, 2019[3]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win% | |||
| Vegalta Sendai | 2014 | 2019 | 198 | 67 | 40 | 91 | 33.84 |
Renofa Yamaguchi
|
2021 | 2021 | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 25.81 |
| Montedio Yamagata | 2023 | - | — | − | − | − | — |
| Total | 229 | 75 | 48 | 106 | 32.75 | ||
Honours
Vegalta Sendai
- Emperor's Cup
- Runners-up: 2018
Individual
- Monthly Best coach: 2019(June)
References
- ^ Vegalta Sendai(in Japanese)
- ^ "トップチーム監督交代のお知らせ". モンテディオ山形 オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
External links
- Player statistics at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Manager statistics manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Vegalta Sendai at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-02-17)
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