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manager and former

player he is the current head coach of

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Playing career

Uki was born in

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on October 4, 1971. After graduating from

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, he joined

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in 1994. He became a regular player as center back from first season. In 1997, he moved to

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. However he could hardly play in the match. In 1998, he returned to Tokyo Gas and the club won the champions in 1998 season. In 1999, he moved to newly was promoted to

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. Although he played as center back until July 1999, he was converted to defensive midfielder in August. In 2001, he moved to J2 club

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. He played as regular defensive midfielder. In 2002, he moved to J2 club

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. He played as regular defensive midfielder and the club won the champions in 2002 and was promoted to J1 from 2003. However he could hardly play in the match in 2003. In 2004, he moved to J2 club

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. He played many matches as defensive midfielder and center back. In August 2005, he moved to J2 club

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and played many matches as center back. In 2006, he moved to

club

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. Although he played many matches as regular player, the club results were bad and manager

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was sacked in July 2007. Uki retired and became a new manager as Yasuhara successor.

Coaching career

In July 2007, Uki retired from playing career at

club

and became a manager. Although the club results were bad and finished 16th place in 2007, the club finished at 8th place in 2008. However the club finished at 17th place in 2009 and was relegated to

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end of 2009 season. He also resigned end of 2009 season. In 2010, he moved to

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and became a coach for top team. In 2016, he moved to

. He coached for top team and youth team until 2016. In 2017, he moved to

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club

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. Although the club finished at 8th place in 2017, the club results were bad in 2018 and he was sacked in May when the club was at bottom place of 17 clubs.

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* * 1971 births Living people Tokyo Gakugei University alumni Association football people from Chiba Prefecture Japanese men's footballers J1 League players J2 League players Japan Football League (1992–1998) players Japan Football League players FC Tokyo players JEF United Chiba players Omiya Ardija players Montedio Yamagata players Oita Trinita players Shonan Bellmare players Yokohama FC players FC Kariya players Japanese football managers J3 League managers Kataller Toyama managers Men's association football midfielders Myanmar women's national football team Association football managers by women's national team Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Myanmar Japanese expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Myanmar {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub