Takayuki Nishigaya

Takayuki Nishigaya (西ヶ谷 隆之, Nishigaya Takayuki, born 12 May 1973) is a Japanese professional manager and former footballer who is currently the head coach of Thailand under-23 national team.

Nishigaya was born in Shizuoka on 12 May 1973. After graduating from the University of Tsukuba, he joined J1 League club Nagoya Grampus Eight with teammate Shigeyoshi Mochizuki in 1996. He mostly played as a centre-back during that first season. In 1998, he moved to Avispa Fukuoka. He became a regular player as the left-back of a three back defence. In 1999, he moved to Verdy Kawasaki, where he did not play much. In 2000, he moved to JEF United Ichihara. Here, too, he did not play much. In 2001, he moved to J2 League club Albirex Niigata. There, he played a variety of positions, such as defensive midfielder, centre-back and left-back. He retired at the end of the 2001 season.

After retiring, Nishigaya started his coaching career at his alma mater, the University of Tsukuba, in 2003. In 2004, he signed with Tokyo Verdy. He coached for their youth team until 2009. In 2010, he became a manager for Meiji University.

Nishigaya went on to become assistant coach at

In April 2022, Nishigaya was appointed as the manager of the Singapore national team in a two-year contract. He failed to bring Singapore to qualify for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup after losing to Kyrgyzstan 1–2 and losing to Tajikistan 1–0 despite winning against Myanmar 6–2 in third round of 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification. Nishigaya also led the team to a disappointing AFF Cup run, despite a narrow win against Laos and Myanmar, a scoreless draw with Vietnam, the Lions failed to qualify to the semi-finals after a heavy 4–1 humiliation against Malaysia. Despite calls for him to be replaced, he has continued as head coach.^{[citation needed]}

In June 2023, Nishigaya only managed to get two draw results in the friendly matches against Oceania countries,

On 4 September 2024, Nishigaya was appointed as the head coach for the Thailand U-23 team.

As of match played 25 March 2025

• Player statistics at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• Manager statistics manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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