Full name Norio Tsukitate Name Norio Tsukitate | 1979–1988 Toyota Motor Corp. SC Years Team Role Football manager | |
Date of birth (1960-04-02) April 2, 1960 (age 55) Place of birth Aichi Prefecture, Japan | ||
2018 AFF QUALIFYING - TIMOR LESTE vs BRUNEI DS
Norio Tsukitate (築舘 範男, Tsukitate Norio, born on 2 April 1960) is a Japanese football manager and former player. He was most recently head coach of the Bhutan national football team.
Contents
- 2018 AFF QUALIFYING TIMOR LESTE vs BRUNEI DS
- Early career
- Guam national team
- Timor Leste national under 19 team
- Bangladesh womens national team
- Bhutan national team
- Coaching honours
- References
Early career
Tsukitate coached the Nagoya Grampus and the youth team of Shimizu S-Pulse.
Guam national team
Tsukitate led the national team of Guam from February 2005 to 2009. The highlight of his Guamanian stint was when he led the team to winning the top of its group at the first round of the preliminary competition of the 2010 East Asian Football Championship held in March 2009.
Timor-Leste national under-19 team
The national under-19 team of Timor-Leste was led by Tsukitate during the 2013 AFF U-19 Youth Championship. Timor-Leste finished third at said tournament.
Bangladesh women's national team
In October 2014, Tsukitate was appointed as head coach of the women's national team of Bangladesh. This was his first time to coach a women's team. He was tasked to lead the team until the 2014 SAFF Women's Championship. He was also named adviser of the under-16 team for the 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualifiers.
Bhutan national team
Tsukitate was appointed coach of the Bhutan national team taking over from Chokey Nima who led the team through the first round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. His first task as coach is to lead the team through the second round of the qualifiers.
At his final game with Bhutan against Maldives in the qualifiers, he had a disagreement with Hishey Tshering, the team manager over the selection of starting players. Tsukitate claims that Hishey was trying to take over his duties as head coach while Hishey said that he is expressing concerns of players being played in an unfamiliar position. Tsukitate left the team half time after he was asked to leave by Hishey, who is also Vice President of the Bhutan Football Federation. Tsukitate's tenure as head coach of Bhutan ended. For the next qualifiers game, the Bhutanese national team shall be led by Tsukitate's assistant coach Pema will take over as interim head coach.