Kazuo Echigo
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Full name | Kazuo Echigo | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | December 28, 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Mie District, Mie, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1981–1983 | Yokkaichi Chuo Technical High School | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
1984–1995 | JEF United Ichihara | 174 | (27) | |||||||||||||||||
1996–1999 | Vegalta Sendai | 84 | (13) | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 258 | (40) | ||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1986–1987 | Japan | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies | |||||||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Chinese Taipei Women | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kazuo Echigo (越後 和男, Echigo Kazuo, born December 28, 1965) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He also played for the Japanese National Team.
Club career
[edit]Echigo was born in Mie District, Mie on December 28, 1965. After graduating from high school, he joined Furukawa Electric (later JEF United Ichihara) in 1984. The club won the 1985–86 Japan Soccer League and the 1986 JSL Cup. In Asia, the club won 1986 Asian Club Championship. They were the first Japanese club to win the Asian championships. In 1995, he moved to Brummell Sendai (later Vegalta Sendai). He retired in 1999.
National team career
[edit]On July 25, 1986, Echigo debuted for the Japanese National Team against Syria. He also played at 1986 Asian Games. In 1987, he was selected by Japan for 1988 Summer Olympics qualifications. He played 6 games and scored 1 goal.[1]
Coaching career
[edit]After retirement, Echigo started a coaching career at Vegalta Sendai in 2000. He served as a coach until 2004. In 2007, he signed with JEF United Chiba and became a manager for the reserve team. In 2011, he moved back to Vegalta Sendai and served as manager for the youth team. In 2017, he became a manager for the Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies. In the 2017 season, the club was finished in 4th place. However in the 2018 season, the club won only 1 out of 9 matches and he resigned in June.[2]
Echigo was appointed as the manager of Chinese Taipei women's national football team on January 19, 2019, and at the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup almost led the team to its first world cup since 1991.
Club statistics
[edit]Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
1984 | Furukawa Electric | JSL Division 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
1985/86 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 5 | ||
1986/87 | 15 | 0 | - | 5 | 1 | 20 | 1 | |||
1987/88 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
1988/89 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | ||
1989/90 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | ||
1990/91 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | ||||
1991/92 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | ||||
1992 | JEF United Ichihara | J1 League | - | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 3 | |
1993 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
1994 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 7 | ||
1995 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 11 | 0 | |||
1996 | Brummell Sendai | Football League | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | - | 25 | 7 | |
1997 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | ||
1998 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | ||
1999 | Vegalta Sendai | J2 League | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
Total | 258 | 40 | 24 | 3 | 34 | 5 | 316 | 48 |
National team statistics
[edit]Japan national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1986 | 3 | 0 |
1987 | 3 | 1 |
Total | 6 | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Japan National Football Team Database
- ^ Mynavi Vegalta Sendai(in Japanese)
External links
[edit]- Kazuo Echigo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Japan National Football Team Database
- Kazuo Echigo at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Association football people from Mie Prefecture
- Japanese men's footballers
- Japan men's international footballers
- Japan Soccer League players
- J1 League players
- J2 League players
- Japan Football League (1992–1998) players
- JEF United Chiba players
- Vegalta Sendai players
- Japanese football managers
- Mynavi Sendai Ladies managers
- Chinese Taipei women's national football team managers
- Footballers at the 1986 Asian Games
- Men's association football midfielders
- Asian Games competitors for Japan
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Taiwan
- Japanese expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Taiwan
- Japanese football midfielder, 1960s birth stubs