is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Playing career

Nunobe was born in

Takatsuki is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is located in northern Osaka's Hokusetsu region. As of 2020, the city had an estimated population of 347,944 and a population density of 3,300 persons per km². The total area is 105.31 km². The c ...

on September 23, 1973. After dropped out from

Kindai University is a private non-sectarian and coeducational university based in Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan with campuses in five other locations: Nara, Nara; Ōsakasayama, Osaka; Uchita, Wakayama; Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima; and Iizuka, Fukuoka. The Eng ...

in 1993, he joined

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in 1995. He played as forward from first season and the club won the champions

1996 Emperor's Cup Statistics of Emperor's Cup in the 1996 season. Overview It was contested by 80 teams, and Verdy Kawasaki won the championship. Results 1st Round * Denso 3–1 Juntendo University *Blaze Kumamoto 2–1 Kwansei Gakuin University *World Blitz ...

. However he could hardly play in the match in 1997 and he moved to Júbilo Iwata. He played many matches as substitutes and the club won the champions J1 League. In 1998, he moved to

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. He became a regular player as right midfielder and right side back. In 2001, he moved to his local club Cerezo Osaka. Although the club won the 2nd place 2001 Emperor's Cup, was relegated to J2 League from 2002. From 2002, he became a regular player as defensive midfielder and the club returned to J1 League in a year. In 2003, the club won the 2nd place Emperor's Cup. In 2006, he moved to

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. Although he played many matches as defensive midfielder, the club was relegated to J2 from 2007. From 2007, he played as regular player and retired end of 2008 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Nunobe started coaching career at

in 2009. In 2010, he moved to

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and served as a coach until 2016. In 2017, he moved to J2 League club

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and became a manager. However the club results were bad in 2018 and he was sacked in May when the club was at 21st place of 22 clubs.

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* * 1973 births Living people Kindai University alumni Association football people from Osaka Prefecture People from Takatsuki, Osaka Japanese footballers J1 League players J2 League players Tokyo Verdy players Júbilo Iwata players Vissel Kobe players Cerezo Osaka players Avispa Fukuoka players Japanese football managers J2 League managers Kyoto Sanga FC managers Association football midfielders {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub