is a Japanese former

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Club career

Yasunaga was born in Ube on April 20, 1976. After graduating from

Shimizu Commercial High School was a co-educational commercial high school located in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Japan. The school was founded in 1921 and was permanently closed on March 31st, 2013. It had a strong soccer program and won the All Japan High School Soccer Tournamen ...

, he joined

Yokohama Marinos is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club competes in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Having won the J-League title four times and ...

(later ''Yokohama F. Marinos'') in 1995. In 1995 season, he played many matches and won the champions

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. In 1997, he moved to

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club

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. He returned to Yokohama Marinos in 1998 and he moved to

Shimizu S-Pulse is a professional Japanese football club. Located in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, S-Pulse currently competes in the J2 League (J2). The club was formed in 1991 as a founding member of the J.League (''"Original Ten"''), which began ...

in 1999. He played as regular player and won the 2nd place 1999 J1 League. In Asia, the club won the champions

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. He returned to Yokohama F. Marinos in September 2001. However he could hardly play in the match and he moved to

club

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in 2002. he returned to Yokohama F. Marinos in 2003. He moved to

Kashiwa Reysol is a Japanese professional football club based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadiu ...

in 2005 and retired end of 2005 season.

National team career

In April 1995, Yasunaga was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1995 World Youth Championship. He played full-time in all 4 matches and scored a goal against

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Coaching career

In August 2016, Yasunaga became a manager for

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as Norihiro Satsukawa successor. He resigned end of 2017 season.

Club statistics

Managerial statistics

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* * * 1976 births Living people Association football people from Yamaguchi Prefecture Japanese men's footballers Japan men's youth international footballers J1 League players Segunda División players Yokohama F. Marinos players UE Lleida players Shimizu S-Pulse players Racing de Ferrol footballers Kashiwa Reysol players Japanese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Japanese football managers J3 League managers SC Sagamihara managers Men's association football forwards {{Japan-footy-forward-1970s-stub