Full name Tetsuji Hashiratani 1987–1992 Nissan Motors Weight 70 kg Name Tetsuji Hashiratani Position Defender | Role Football player Manages Mito HollyHock Years Team Height 1.82 m | |
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Date of birth (1964-07-15) July 15, 1964 (age 51) Team coached Mito HollyHock (Manager, since 2011) | ||
Playing position Place of birth Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan | ||
Tetsuji Hashiratani (柱谷 哲二, Hashiratani Tetsuji, born July 15, 1964) is a former Japanese football player and current manager for Vanraure Hachinohe. He played for Japan national team. He was a defender and a defensive midfielder. His elder brother Koichi is also a former football player.
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Playing career
He was educated at and played for Kyoto Commercial High School and Kokushikan University. He joined Japan Soccer League side Nissan Motors in 1987. He moved to Verdy Kawasaki in 1992 when professional league J1 League was founded. He retired as a Verdy player in 1998.
He was capped 72 times and scored 6 goals for the Japanese national team from 1988 to 1995. He was a member of the Japan team for the 1992 AFC Asian Cup which Japan won. He was the captain when Japan's hope to play in the 1994 FIFA World Cup finals was dashed by a late Iraqi equaliser in the final qualifier, the match that the Japanese fans now refer to as the Agony of Doha.
He was the first chairman of the J. League Pro-Footballers Association (JPFA).
Managerial career
He succeeded Takeshi Okada as the manager of Consadole Sapporo at the beginning of the 2002 season. However, he was sacked after only seven matches. The club was relegated to J2 League that season. Then he coached Kokushikan University and Urawa Red Diamonds. He was a coach at Tokyo Verdy from 2006 to 2007. He was promoted to the manager of the club in 2008 but fired by the Verdy after the season. He would later return in 2010 to coach Kokushikan University's soccer club. He was called back to professional managing once more, as he was announced to lead Mito HollyHock from the 2011 season. After poor results leaving Mito in the relegation zone, he was sacked in the middle of the 2015 season. He was signed to manage J3 League-team Gainare Tottori from the 2016 season, but he lasted only season before signing for JFL's Vanraure Hachinohe.
Managerial statistics
Update; December 31, 2016