Takashi Kiyama

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Takashi Kiyama
木山 隆之
Personal information
Full name Takashi Kiyama
Date of birth (1972-02-18) February 18, 1972 (age 49)
Place of birth Itami, Hyogo, Japan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1987–1989
1990–1993 University of Tsukuba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 Gamba Osaka 50 (1)
1998 Consadole Sapporo 16 (0)
1999–2002 Mito HollyHock 99 (1)
Total 165 (2)
Teams managed
2003–2004 University of Tsukuba
2005–2007 Vissel Kobe
2008–2010 Mito HollyHock
2012 JEF United Chiba
2015–2016 Ehime FC
2017–2019 Montedio Yamagata
2020 Vegalta Sendai
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Takashi Kiyama (木山 隆之, Kiyama Takashi, born February 18, 1972) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is the current manager of Vegalta Sendai.

Playing career[]

Kiyama was born in Itami on February 18, 1972. After graduating from University of Tsukuba, he joined Gamba Osaka in 1994. He played many matches as center back from first season. However his opportunity to play decreased for injuries from 1995. In 1998, he moved to Consadole Sapporo and played in 1 season. In May 1999, he joined Japan Football League club Mito HollyHock. He became a regular player as center back and the club was promoted to J2 League from 2000. He played as central player of defense until 2002. He retired end of 2002 season.

Coaching career[]

After coaching for University of Tsukuba and then the youth team of Vissel Kobe, he took his first top team coaching position for his former club Mito HollyHock in 2008. He has the record for the youngest person to coach a J2 League club at 36 years and 19 days, and was the first J2 League coach to be sent off in his debut match. He is also the first professional sports coach in Japan to go public about his decision to quit smoking.[1]

Kiyama was the manager for J2 side JEF United Chiba at 2012 season, but after JEF failed to get the promotion to J1, he was released from the team on November 28, 2012, but he continued managing the club until their defeat to Kashima Antlers on 2012 Emperor's Cup at the quarterfinals.

Kiyama returned to Vissel Kobe as assistant coach in 2013.

On 16 December 2014, he was named manager of Ehime FC.[2] With him in charge, the team finished 2015 season on 5th place, reaching the play-offs for its first time ever. He left the club after the end of 2016 season.[3]

On 29 November 2016, Kiyama was named manager of Montedio Yamagata.[4]

On 1st of February 2020, Kiyama was appointed the manager of Vegalta Sendai[5]

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
1994 Gamba Osaka J1 League 27 1 4 0 3 0 34 1
1995 1 0 0 0 - 1 0
1996 12 0 2 0 0 0 14 0
1997 10 0 0 0 5 0 15 0
1998 Consadole Sapporo J1 League 16 0 1 0 1 0 18 0
1999 Mito HollyHock Football League 15 0 3 0 - 18 0
2000 J2 League 26 0 3 0 0 0 29 0
2001 27 0 3 0 0 0 30 0
2002 31 1 3 0 - 34 1
Total 165 2 19 0 9 0 193 2

Managerial statistics[]

Update: August 29, 2020[6]

Team League From To Record
G W D L Win %
Mito HollyHock J2 2008 2010 129 42 32 55 032.56
JEF United Chiba 2012 2012 42 21 9 12 050.00
Ehime FC 2015 2016 84 31 28 25 036.90
Montedio Yamagata 2017 2019 126 48 41 37 038.10
Vegalta Sendai J1 2020 Present 12 2 5 5 016.67
Total 393 144 115 134 036.64

References[]

  1. ^ J.League(in Japanese)
  2. ^ "12/16 | 木山 隆之氏 トップチーム監督就任のお知らせ | 愛媛FC 公式サイト" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-12-21.
  3. ^ "11/18 | 木山 隆之 監督 退任のお知らせ | 愛媛FC 公式サイト" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-12-21.
  4. ^ 木山隆之氏 モンテディオ山形 監督就任のお知らせ. モンテディオ山形オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-12-21.
  5. ^ "Takashi Kiyama".
  6. ^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

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