is a Japanese former

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player and current manager of

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Club career

Shimoda was born in

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on February 10, 1967. After three years at Takashima High School, he opted for a trip away from Japan. He studied in

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, played in the youth ranks of Santos, where he met

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and César Sampaio. He returned to Japan and played in the old

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, but he retired at only 27 years old.

Managerial career

Shimoda tried to have a career in the coaching world, managing the youth side at

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, but he was also the men behind the return of Miura to Japan in 1999, when the striker opted to sign for Sanga from

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. He was as well behind some

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's football operations concerning the acquisition of foreign players in the early 2000s. After getting a coach patent, he managed

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for a couple of months. He also managed the reserves of

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, but in the end

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asked him in 2009 to be in the Technical Committee through a direct request from their chairman, Hiromi Hara. Shimoda accepted and he stayed in charge as a scout for seven years, also briefly managing the Japan U-23 national team in 2013. In 2017, he was also the reserve head coach at Sint-Truidense, in Belgium. He went back to Japan in 2018, when he accepted the offer of Renofa Yamaguchi FC to be the next head coach. In June of 2021, he became the manager of

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. On 26 May 2022, He was fired from manager after worst performance at J2 League after Matchweek 18. On 5 December 2022, Shimoda announcement manager of

from 2023 replace Nanami after expiration contract.

Managerial statistics

Update; ''start of the 2023 season''

References

External links

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Profile at Renofa Yamaguchi FC
1967 births Living people Association football people from Tokyo Japanese men's footballers Japan Soccer League players Shonan Bellmare players Kyoto Sanga FC players Tokyo Musashino United FC players Japanese football managers J2 League managers J3 League managers YSCC Yokohama managers Renofa Yamaguchi FC managers Omiya Ardija managers Matsumoto Yamaga FC managers Men's association football defenders {{Japan-footy-bio-stub