Hiroshi Kobayashi is a former Japanese soccer player, coach, and manager.

Biography

Hiroshi Kobayashi first played soccer in the JSL

Japan Soccer League

, or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...

 for the Furukawa Electric soccer club. (Currently, JEF United Ichihara Chiba

JEF United Ichihara Chiba

is a Japanese professional football club that plays in J. League Division 2. On February 1, 2005, the club changed its name from JEF United Ichihara to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as its hometown in 2003. The club name, JEF -taken from JR East and Furukawa Electric-...

.) He began his soccer coaching career in 1990 as coach of ALO's Hokuriku

ALO's Hokuriku

were a Japanese football club based in Toyama, the capital city of Toyama Prefecture. They played in the Japan Football League. Their team colour was blue....

, which he coached through 1998 leading the team to promotion in the league. He then coached for the second half of 2001 for Division 1 club Kawasaki Frontale

Kawasaki Frontale

is a J. League Division 1 association football club. The team is located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. Their home stadium is Todoroki Athletics Stadium, in Nakahara Ward, in the central area of Kawasaki.-History:...

 and the first 20 games of the 2002 season for Mito Hollyhock before becoming Mito's general manager. He was the president of Mito Hollyhock from 2002 to 2007.

External links

• FC Mito Hollyhock Official site