Mitsuru Komaeda

Mitsuru Komaeda
古前田充
Personal information
Full name	Mitsuru Komaeda
Date of birth	April 14, 1950 (age 71)
Place of birth	Iwate, Japan
Position(s)	Forward, Midfielder
Youth career
1966–1968
1969–1972	Osaka University of Commerce
Senior career*
National team
Teams managed
1990–1995	Bellmare Hiratsuka
1999	Bellmare Hiratsuka
2003	YKK
Fujita Industries
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Mitsuru Komaeda (古前田充, Komaeda Mitsuru, born April 14, 1950) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Club career[]

Komaeda was born in Iwate Prefecture on April 14, 1950. After graduating from Osaka University of Commerce, he joined Towa Real Estate (later Fujita Industries) in 1973. The club won the league champions in 1977, 1979 and 1981. The club also won 1977 and 1979 Emperor's Cup. He retired in 1982. He played 178 games and scored 18 goals in the league. He was selected Best Eleven 5 times.

National team career[]

On August 10, 1976, Komaeda debuted and scored 2 goals for Japan national team against Indonesia. He was also selected Japan in 1977. He played 2 games and scored 2 goals for Japan until 1977.^[1]

Coaching career[]

After retirement, Komaeda started coaching career at Fujita Industries (later Bellmare Hiratsuka). He was promoted to manager as Yoshinobu Ishii successor in 1990. In 1993, he led the club to won Japan Football League and promoted to J1 League. He managed the club until 1995. In August 1999, he became a manager again as Eiji Ueda successor. However, the club finished at bottom place and was relegated J2 League. He resigned a manager in 1999 and left club in 2000. In 2001, he moved to YKK and became a coach. In 2003, he became a manager.