Masatada Ishii

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Masatada Ishii
石井 正忠
Personal information
Full name Masatada Ishii
Date of birth (1967-02-01) 1 February 1967 (age 54)
Place of birth Ichihara, Chiba, Japan
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Samut Prakan City (manager)
Youth career
1982–1984 Ichihara Midori High School
1985–1988 Juntendo University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1991 NTT Kanto 43 (0)
1991–1997 Kashima Antlers 109 (3)
1998 Avispa Fukuoka 1 (0)
Total 153 (3)
Teams managed
2015–2017 Kashima Antlers
2017–2018 Omiya Ardija
2019– Samut Prakan City
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Masatada Ishii (石井 正忠, Ishii Masatada, born 1 February 1967) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is currently the manager of Thai League 1 club Samut Prakan City.

Playing career[]

Ishii was born in Ichihara on 1 February 1967. After graduating from Juntendo University, he joined Japan Soccer League club NTT Kanto in 1989. He played many matches from first season. He moved to Sumitomo Metal (later Kashima Antlers) in 1991. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and founded new league J1 League. In 1993, the club won the 2nd place J1 League and Emperor's Cup. However he could hardly play in the match from 1996. He moved to Avispa Fukuoka in 1998. He retired end of 1998 season.

Coaching career[]

After retirement, Ishii became a coach for Kashima Antlers in 1999. He served as mainly physical coach. In July 2015, manager Toninho Cerezo was sacked and Ishii became a new manager. He was the Japanese manager of the club for the first time in 21 years since Masakatsu Miyamoto in 1994 (Except caretaker Takashi Sekizuka in 1998 and 1999). In October, the club won the champions 2015 J.League Cup. In 2016, the club won the champions J1 League and qualify for 2016 Club World Cup. He was also elected J.League Manager of the Year. At Club World Cup, the club became the first Asian team to reach the Club World Cup final. In the final, after a 2–2 draw against European champions Real Madrid after 90 minutes, they were beaten 4–2 after extra time. However the club performance is bad in 2017, he was sacked in May 2017.

In November in late in 2017 season, Ishii signed with Omiya Ardija (former NTT Kanto) where he began his playing career. Although he managed 3 matches, the club could not win the matches and was relegated to J2 League. He remained a manager in 2018 season and aimed to return to J1 League. However Ardija finished at 5th place in 2018 season and missed promotion to J1. He resigned at end of the 2018 season.[1]

On 23 December 2019, Ishii was appointed head coach of Samut Prakan City.[2]

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
1989/90 NTT Kanto JSL Division 2 19 0 1 0 20 0
1990/91 24 0 2 0 26 0
1991/92 Sumitomo Metal JSL Division 2 15 0 2 0 17 0
1992 Kashima Antlers J1 League - 2 0 6 0 8 0
1993 22 2 1 0 5 0 28 2
1994 30 1 1 0 1 0 32 1
1995 30 0 3 0 - 33 0
1996 1 0 0 0 10 1 11 1
1997 11 0 0 0 5 0 16 0
1998 Avispa Fukuoka J1 League 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 153 3 7 0 32 1 192 4

Managerial statistics[]

As of match played 17 September 2021

[3]

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Kashima Antlers 2015 2017 96 59 7 30 061.46
Omiya Ardija 2017 2018 48 22 9 17 045.83
Samut Prakan City 2019 Present 33 16 6 11 048.48
Total 177 97 22 58 054.80

Honours[]

Player[]

Kashima Antlers

Manager[]

Kashima Antlers
Individual

References[]

  1. ^ Omiya Ardija(in Japanese)
  2. ^ "Samut Prakan Appoint Masatada Ishii as new Head Coach". Football Tribe. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  3. ^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

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