is a former

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player and manager. His son Shota Kanno in also former footballer and who is the current head coach

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Playing career

Kanno was born in

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on August 15, 1960. After graduating from high school, he joined

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(later ''JEF United Ichihara'') in 1979. He played many matches from first season. The club won the champions 1985–86 Japan Soccer League,

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and 1986 JSL Cup. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and founded new league

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. However his opportunity to play decreased and he left the club. He played 210 matches in the league in 15 seasons. In 1994, he joined

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. He played in 1 season and retired end of 1994 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Kanno started coaching career at

in 1995. He mainly served as manager for youth team. He moved to

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and served as assistant coach. In July, he became a manager as Hiroshi Kobayashi successor and managed until 2002. He moved to

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in 2003 and served as manager. However the club performance was bad and he was sacked in October. In 2004, he signed with

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and became a manager for youth team until August. In 2005, he signed with

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and became a coach. In June 2006, he became a manager as Eiji Ueda successor and managed until 2008. In 2009, he moved to

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. The club won the 3rd place in

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and 2010 season. However the club was disbanded for

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in 2011, he was the last manager for the club. In 2012, he signed with new club

(later ''Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara''). The club was promoted to Division 2 in 2013 and Division 1 in 2017. The club also won the 2nd place 2017 Empress's Cup. He resigned end of 2018 season.

Club statistics

Managerial statistics

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