Full name Akira Nishino Name Akira Nishino Years Team Weight 72 kg | Height 1.82 m Role Footballer | |
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Date of birth (1955-04-07) April 7, 1955 (age 60) Team coached Nagoya Grampus (Manager, since 2013) Similar People Dragan Stojkovic, Carlos Queiroz, Nelsinho Baptista, Ryuzo Hiraki, Daniel Sanchez | ||
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Akira Nishino (西野 朗, Nishino Akira, born April 7, 1955) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
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He coached Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Nishino became the first coach at Gamba Osaka to have won four different titles—the AFC Champions League in 2008, the Emperor's Cup twice in 2008 and 2009 and the 2005 J-League titles as well as the J.League Cup twice in 1999 and 2007.

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