Full name Koji Gyotoku 1989–1992 Toyota Motors Education Tokai University 1988–1989 Werder Bremen II Weight 75 kg | Years Team Role Football player Place of birth Shizuoka, Japan Name Koji Gyotoku | |
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Date of birth (1965-01-28) 28 January 1965 (age 50) | ||
Koji Gyotoku (行徳 浩二, Gyōtoku Kōji, born January 28, 1965) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is Current Head Coach of Nepal national team. He was also the head coach of the Bhutan national team.
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Early years
Koji Gyotoku was born January 28, 1965 in Shizuoka, Japan. He went to school at Shizuoka Municipal Shimizu Fifth and Tokai Western High School. After high school, he went to Tokai University.
Career
Gyotoku began his soccer career with Werder Bremen II, a team in West Germany. After playing for Werder Bremen II, he went on to play for Toyota Motors. He appeared 13 times for the team, 12 in 1990-91 and 1 in 1991-92, but never scored a goal for the team. It did not make the Japan Soccer League Cup.
Coaching career
Gyotoku coached the Shimizu S-Pulse in 2003 after Takeshi Oki resigned from his position as team manager He led the team to the semi-finals of the Japan League Cup and the Emperors Cup, placing them 11th overall in the league. The team went on to make it to the AFC champions league group stage.
Gyotoku became the coach of the Bhutan national team in 2008. He led the Bhutan team the semifinals of the 2008 South Asian Football Federation Cup tournament, where they lost to India (2 - 1) during stoppage time of extra time. It was the furthest the team had ever gone. In the 2008 and 2010 AFC Challenge Cup he would lead the team to third and fourth place respectively.However, the team did not attempt to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, being the only FIFA member in the 2010 qualifications to withdraw. The cited reason for this was a lack of preparation of the field before their game against Kuwait.
From December 2014 to July 2015, Gyotoku was head coach of Ang Thong of the Thai Division 1 League. In early 2016, Gyotoku was appointed as head coach of the Nepal national team arriving in the Himalayan country in March 4, 2016.
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Gyotoku played in for each of the schools he attended before he reached the professional level.
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