is a former

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ese

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player and manager. He is currently the Manager of

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Playing career

Saneyoshi was born in

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on October 19, 1972. After graduating from

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, he joined

Gamba Osaka is a Japanese professional football club based in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. The club's name ''Gamba'' comes from the Japanese , meaning "to do your best" or "to st ...

in 1995. He became a regular player from first season and played many matches for the club for a long time. In 1990s, he played many matches as mainly left side back. However he got hurt in 2000 and he could hardly play in the match. From 2002, he played many matches as mainly center back and the club won the 3rd place in

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and 2004 J1 League. In 2005, the club were crowned the champions of

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for the first time in the club history. He could hardly play in the match from 2006 and retired end of 2007 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Saneyoshi started coaching career at

in 2008. He served as coach for youth team (2008) and top team (2009–13). In 2014, he moved to

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and served as coach. In 2016, he returned to Gamba Osaka. He became a manager for new team

Gamba Osaka U-23 Gamba Osaka Under−23 was a Japanese football team based in Suita, Osaka. It was the reserve team of Gamba Osaka and played in J3 League which they have done since their entry to the league at the beginning of the 2016 season. They played t ...

. and managed the team in 1 season. In July 2018, U-23 team manager

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became a top team manager. So, Saneyoshi became a U-23 team manager again as Miyamoto successor. Saneyoshi resigned with Gamba end of 2018 season. On February 1, 2020, Saneyoshi was appointed manager of Kyoto Sanga FC, where he finished in 8th place. On the February 1st, 2021, Saneyoshi was appointed as assistant manager of

. After the resignation of Shigenari Izumi on April 4, 2021, Saneyoshi was promoted to the position of manager on 7 April 2021.

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* * 1972 births Living people Ritsumeikan University alumni Association football people from Ehime Prefecture Japanese men's footballers J1 League players Gamba Osaka players Japanese football managers J2 League managers J3 League managers Gamba Osaka U-23 managers Kyoto Sanga FC managers Ehime FC managers Men's association football defenders {{Japan-footy-defender-1970s-stub