Takayuki Yoshida

Takayuki Yoshida
吉田孝行
Personal information
Full name	Takayuki Yoshida
Date of birth	14 March 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Kawanishi, Hyogo, Japan
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward, Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Vissel Kobe (manager)
Youth career
1992–1994	Takigawa Daini High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1998	Yokohama Flügels
1999–2000	Yokohama F. Marinos
2000–2005	Oita Trinita
2006–2007	Yokohama F. Marinos
2008–2013	Vissel Kobe
Total
International career
1993	Japan U17
Managerial career
2017–2018	Vissel Kobe
2019	Vissel Kobe
2021	V-Varen Nagasaki
2022–	Vissel Kobe
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Takayuki Yoshida (吉田孝行, Yoshida Takayuki, born 14 March 1977) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is currently the manager of J1 League club Vissel Kobe.

Club career

After graduating from high school, he joined Yokohama Flügels with teammate Yasuhiro Hato in 1995. He played many matches as forward from first season and the club won the 1994–95 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. In 1998, the club won Emperor's Cup. In the final, he scored the winning goal. However the club was disbanded at the end of 1998 due to financial strain, he then moved to its merger club Yokohama F. Marinos. However his opportunity to play decreased and he moved to J.League Division 2 Oita Trinita in 2000. He played as offensive midfielder in many matches. The club won the championship in 2002 and was promoted to the first division. He returned to Yokohama F. Marinos in 2006. He moved to his local club Vissel Kobe in 2008. He played many matches until 2011. In 2012, he could not play for injury and the club was relegated to second division. Although he thought of retirement, he extended the contract a year. In 2013, the club finished second and was promoted to first division. He retired at the end of the season.

National team career

In August 1993, Yoshida was selected Japan U17 national team for the 1993 World Championship on home soil and he played 3 matches.

Coaching career

After the retirement, Yoshida started coaching career at Vissel Kobe in 2015. He served a coach under manager Nelsinho Baptista. In August 2017, Nelsinho was sacked for poor results and Yoshida became a new manager as Nelsinho successor. Although Vissel gained Lukas Podolski in July 2017, Vissel finished at the 9th place in 2017 season. In 2018 season, Vissel gained Andrés Iniesta in July and Vissel rose to the 4th place temporarily. However Vissel went down after that and Yoshida resigned in September when the club was at the 10th place.^[1] In April 2019, he became a manager again as Juan Manuel Lillo successor.^[2] However Vissel won only 1 match in 7 matches and he resigned in June.^[3]

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		League Cup		Total
1995	Yokohama Flügels	J1 League	28	3	2	0	-		30	3
1996			2	1	1	0	2	0	5	1
1997			21	0	4	3	5	0	30	3
1998			20	5	5	7	1	1	26	13
1999	Yokohama F. Marinos	J1 League	14	1	0	0	6	2	20	3
2000	Yokohama F. Marinos	J1 League	7	1	0	0	2	0	9	1
2000	Oita Trinita	J2 League	20	6	3	3	0	0	23	9
2001			41	15	3	2	2	1	46	18
2002			41	9	4	1	-		45	10
2003		J1 League	29	7	1	0	2	1	32	8
2004			30	5	2	0	6	1	38	6
2005			28	2	2	0	3	0	33	2
2006	Yokohama F. Marinos	J1 League	27	1	3	0	10	0	40	1
2007	Yokohama F. Marinos	J1 League	22	3	1	0	7	0	30	3
2008	Vissel Kobe	J1 League	30	5	2	1	6	1	38	7
2009			29	5	2	0	5	0	36	5
2010			21	4	2	1	4	2	27	7
2011			29	9	1	0	1	1	31	10
2012			19	1	0	0	2	0	21	1
2013		J2 League	12	3	1	2	-		13	5
Career total			470	86	39	20	64	10	573	116

Managerial statistics

As of 28 October 2023^[4]

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Vissel Kobe	16 August 2017	17 September 2018	54	21	13	20	038.89
Vissel Kobe	17 April 2019	8 June 2019	10	1	1	8	010.00
V-Varen Nagasaki	1 February 2021	3 May 2021	11	4	2	5	036.36
Vissel Kobe	29 June 2022	present	63	34	11	18	053.97
Total			138	60	27	51	043.48