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player and manager he is the current head coach

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Club career

Yanagishita was born in

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on January 1, 1960. He played as a

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for his local club Yamaha Motors during their 1980s glory years, making a total 135 League appearances for the club. He retired in 1992.

National team career

In 1979, Yanagishita selected Japan U-20 national team for 1979 World Youth Championship in Japan. At this competition, he played 3 games.

Coaching career

After the retirement, Yanagishita started coaching career at Yamaha Motors (later ''Júbilo Iwata'') in 1993. He mainly served as assistant coach until 2002. In 2003, he became a manager. Júbilo won the 2nd place in

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and the champions in

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with many international players. In 2004, he moved to

club

Consadole Sapporo is a Japanese professional football club, which plays in the J1 League. The team is based in Sapporo, on the island of Hokkaido. The club name of "Consadole" is made from ''consado'', a reverse of the Japanese word and the Spanish expression ...

. Consadole finished at bottom place in 2004 and could not be promoted to J1 in 2005 and 2006. He resigned end of 2006 season. In 2007, he returned to Júbilo and served as assistant coach. In 2009, he became a manager again. Although the club results were bad in J1 League, the club won the champions in 2010 J.League Cup. He resigned end of 2011 season. In June 2012, he signed with

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which was at the 17th place of 18 clubs. The club finished at the 15th place and remaining in J1 League. He managed until end of 2015 season. In 2017, he signed with

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Managerial statistics

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1960 births Living people Tokyo University of Agriculture alumni Association football people from Shizuoka Prefecture Japanese footballers Japan youth international footballers Japan Soccer League players Júbilo Iwata players Japanese football managers J1 League managers J2 League managers Júbilo Iwata managers Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo managers Albirex Niigata managers Zweigen Kanazawa managers Association football defenders {{Japan-footy-defender-1960s-stub