is a former

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ese

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player and manager. He managed Japan women's national team.

Playing career

Suzuki was born in Saitama on 29 April 1947. After graduating from

Rikkyo University , also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan. Rikkyo is known as one of the six leading universities in the field of sports in Tokyo (東京六大学 "Big Six" — Rikkyo University, University of ...

, he played for

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from 1972 to 1974.

Coaching career

From 1975, Suzuki became coach for

. He managed for

(1985) and

Nissan FC Ladies was a women's football team which played in Division 1 of Japan's Nadeshiko League. It was founded in 1989 but disbanded five years later in 1994. Honors Domestic competitions * Empress's Cup All-Japan Women's Football Tournament **Champi ...

(1987–1989). In 1989, he became manager for Japan women's national team.Japan Football Association
/ref> He managed 3 world tournament,

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, 1995 World Cup and

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. In Asia, Japan won 2nd place 4 times,

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(

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) and

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(

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). He resigned after 1996 Summer Olympics and

Satoshi Miyauchi is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He also managed Japan women's national team. Club career Miyauchi was born in Tokyo on November 26, 1959. After graduating from high school, he joined Furukaw ...

became a new manager. In August 1996, he became manager for

Nikko Securities Dream Ladies was a women's football team which played in Division 1 of Japan's Nadeshiko League The , commonly known as the , is a semi-professional women's association football Sports league, league in Japan. The Nadeshiko League consists of two divis ...

and won

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champions for 3 years in a row to 1998. However, the club was disbanded due to financial strain end of 1998 season. In June 1999, Japan under manager Miyauchi was defeated in group stage at 1999 World Cup and failure to qualify for

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. After the 1999 World Cup, Suzuki became a manager for Japan national team again and managed Japan at

1999 AFC Women's Championship The Asian Football Confederation's 1999 AFC Women's Championship was held from 7 to 21 November 1999 in the Philippines. The tournament was to be originally hosted only in Iloilo City and Bacolod but due to continuous rains affecting the conditio ...

in November. Japan finished at the 4th place and he resigned end of the championship.

References

1947 births Living people Rikkyo University alumni Association football people from Saitama Prefecture Japanese footballers Japan Soccer League players Yokohama F. Marinos players Japanese football managers Japan women's national football team managers 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup managers 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup managers Sportspeople from Saitama (city) Association footballers not categorized by position {{Japan-footy-bio-stub