Takahiro Shimotaira

Takahiro Shimotaira (下平 隆宏, Shimotaira Takahiro, born December 18, 1971) is a Japanese football manager and former footballer.

He is the manager of V-Varen Nagasaki.

Takahiro Shimotaira
下平 隆宏
Personal information
Full name Takahiro Shimotaira
Date of birth (1971-12-18) December 18, 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth Gonohe, Aomori, Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
V-Varen Nagasaki
Youth career
1997–1999 Gonohe High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–2000 Kashiwa Reysol 244 (8)
2001–2002 FC Tokyo 39 (0)
2003–2004 Kashiwa Reysol 33 (0)
Total 316 (8)
Managerial career
2016–2018 Kashiwa Reysol
2019–2021 Yokohama FC
2022–2023 Oita Trinita
2024– V-Varen Nagasaki
Medal record
Kashiwa Reysol
Winner J.League Cup 1999
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Shimotaira was born in Gonohe, Aomori on December 18, 1971. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Soccer League club Hitachi (later Kashiwa Reysol) in 1990. He became a regular player as defensive midfielder from 1991. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and the club joined new league Japan Football League. In 1995, the club was promoted to J1 League. In 1999, the club won the champions J.League Cup. Although he played as regular player for a long time, he moved to FC Tokyo in 2001. Although he could not become a regular player behind Satoru Asari and Fumitake Miura in 2001, he played as regular player instead Asari and Miura in 2002 because they were injured. In 2003, he returned to Kashiwa Reysol. He retired end of 2004 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Shimotaira started coaching career at Kashiwa Reysol in 2005. He mainly served as scout and manager for youth team until 2015. In 2016, he became a manager for top team under manager Milton Mendes. In March 2016, Mendes was sacked and Shimotaira became a new manager as Mendes successor. Although the club finished at 8th place in 2016, the club won the 4th place in 2017 and won the qualify for 2018 AFC Champions League. However the club results were bad in 2018 and he was sacked in May when the club was at the 14th place of 18 clubs.

In 2019, Shimotaira signed with J2 League club, Yokohama FC and became a coach under manager Edson Tavares. In May, Tavares was sacked and Shimotaira became a new manager.

In 1 February 2022, Shimotaira signed with J2 League relegated club, Oita Trinita and became a manager.

The final position 5th advance to promotion playoff J1 League. They draw 2-2 with Roasso Kumamoto in away game and missed J1 League return in one year.

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
1990/91 Hitachi JSL Division 2 3 0 0 0 3 0
1991/92 JSL Division 1 21 0 1 0 22 0
1992 Football League 17 1 - 17 1
1993 Kashiwa Reysol 14 2 1 0 6 0 21 2
1994 27 2 0 0 1 0 28 2
1995 J1 League 35 1 2 0 - 37 1
1996 28 0 2 0 14 1 44 1
1997 24 0 3 0 6 0 33 0
1998 25 0 1 0 3 0 29 0
1999 30 2 4 0 6 1 40 3
2000 20 0 1 0 0 0 21 0
2001 FC Tokyo 16 0 0 0 3 0 19 0
2002 23 0 1 0 6 0 30 0
2003 Kashiwa Reysol 20 0 2 0 3 0 25 0
2004 13 0 1 0 3 0 17 0
Total 316 8 18 0 52 2 386 10

Managerial statistics

Update; end of 2022 season.

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Kashiwa Reysol 2016 2018 79 38 18 23 048.10
Yokohama FC 2019 2021 113 38 25 50 033.63
Oita Trinita 2022 present 42 17 15 10 040.48
Total 234 93 58 83 039.74

References


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