Hisashi Kato
Encyclopedia
Hisashi Kato is a Japanese
football manager and former player. He most recently managed Japanese club Kyoto Sanga F.C..
Kato made 43 appearances for the senior Japan national football team
from 1978 to 1987, including 7 matches in the 1986 FIFA World Cup
qualifying rounds.
|1980||rowspan="12"|Yomiuri||rowspan="12"|JSL Division 1
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|1981||18||3||||||||||18||3
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|1982||18||0||||||||||18||0
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|1983||18||0||||||||||18||0
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|1984||16||0||||||||||16||0
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|1985/86||16||2||||||||||16||2
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|1986/87||22||1||||||||||22||1
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|1987/88||22||2||||||||||22||2
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|1988/89||20||0||||||||||20||0
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|1989/90||10||0||||||1||0||11||0
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|1990/91||21||3||||||2||0||23||3
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|1991/92||20||0||||||0||0||20||0
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|1992||rowspan="2"|Verdy Kawasaki||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||colspan="2"|-||||||9||1||9||1
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|1993||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
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|1993||rowspan="2"|Shimizu S-Pulse
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|1994||6||0||0||0||0||0||6||0
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|1994||Verdy Kawasaki||J. League 1||7||0||0||0||0||0||7||0
243||11||3||0||13||1||259||12
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|1979||0||0
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|1980||3||0
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|1981||8||1
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|1982||8||0
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|1983||7||1
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|1984||6||1
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|1985||8||0
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|1986||5||0
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|1987||11||2
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!Total||61||6
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Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
football manager and former player. He most recently managed Japanese club Kyoto Sanga F.C..
Kato made 43 appearances for the senior Japan national football team
Japan national football team
The Japan national football team represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association, the governing body for association football in Japan...
from 1978 to 1987, including 7 matches in the 1986 FIFA World Cup
1986 FIFA World Cup
The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially...
qualifying rounds.
Club career statistics
|-|1980||rowspan="12"|Yomiuri||rowspan="12"|JSL Division 1
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...
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|1981||18||3||||||||||18||3
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|1982||18||0||||||||||18||0
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|1983||18||0||||||||||18||0
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|1984||16||0||||||||||16||0
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|1985/86||16||2||||||||||16||2
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|1986/87||22||1||||||||||22||1
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|1987/88||22||2||||||||||22||2
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|1988/89||20||0||||||||||20||0
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|1989/90||10||0||||||1||0||11||0
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|1990/91||21||3||||||2||0||23||3
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|1991/92||20||0||||||0||0||20||0
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|1992||rowspan="2"|Verdy Kawasaki||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||colspan="2"|-||||||9||1||9||1
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|1993||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
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|1993||rowspan="2"|Shimizu S-Pulse
Shimizu S-Pulse
is a professional Japanese association football club. Located in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, S-Pulse currently competes in the J. League Division 1 . Formed as recently as 1991, S-Pulse are one of the youngest professional teams in Japan, but are among only five to have competed in...
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|1994||6||0||0||0||0||0||6||0
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|1994||Verdy Kawasaki||J. League 1||7||0||0||0||0||0||7||0
243||11||3||0||13||1||259||12
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National team statistics
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|1979||0||0
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|1980||3||0
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|1981||8||1
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|1982||8||0
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|1983||7||1
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|1984||6||1
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|1985||8||0
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|1986||5||0
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|1987||11||2
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!Total||61||6
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Awards
- Japan Soccer LeagueJapan 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...
Best Eleven (9): 1981Japan Soccer League 1981-First Division:Fujita Industries won their third League title.Nippon Steel, one of eight inaugural member of the First Division in 1965 as Yawata Steel, was defeated by Second Division runner-up Nissan in the playout and relegated, never to play top flight football again...
, 1982Japan Soccer League 1982-First Division:Mitsubishi tied Yanmar's four championships with its own run.NKK could not adjust to the top flight for this season and was relegated instantly, thereby becoming the first Japanese team to go straight back down one season after promotion...
, 1983Japan Soccer League 1983-First Division:Yomiuri, the football club became one of big names of earlier years of J. League as Verdy Kawasaki, and currently known as Tokyo Verdy, won its first of seven League championships, fully riding in the wave of its parent company's funds and prestige.Mazda, five-time First Division...
, 1984Japan Soccer League 1984Statistics of Japan Soccer League in season 1984. No promotion/relegation series for both division were held due to expansion of both divisions in the following season.-First Division:No relegation took place due to expansion to 12 clubs.-Second Division:...
, 1985-86Japan Soccer League 1985-86-First Division:Led by their star player Yasuhiko Okudera, who had returned to the club after successful periods in Europe, Furukawa Electric won a second title...
, 1986-87Japan Soccer League 1986-87-First Division:Despite moving to Kashiwa, Chiba and a soccer-specific stadium of their own, Hitachi did not adjust well and were relegated in bottom place, the first drop for the former champions...
, 1987-88Japan Soccer League 1987-88-First Division:-East:-West:-Promotion Group:-East:-West:-9th-16th Places Playoff:-References:*...
, 1990-91Japan Soccer League 1990-91-First Division:Yanmar Diesel, four-time champions in the 1970s, was relegated for the first time after an aimless decade. Nippon Kokan, who two seasons before was contending for the title, was relegated as well and would cease to exist by the middle of the decade....
, 1991-92Japan Soccer League 1991-92The 1991-92 season in Japanese football was the last of the old Japan Soccer League before the transition period into the J. League.-JSL First Division:-JSL Second Division:-Successor seasons:*1992 Japan Football League*1993 J. League...