is a Japanese former

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player and manager.

Club career

Jinno was born in Soka on June 1, 1970. He was educated at and played for Shutoku High School. After graduating in 1989, he joined

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side

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. When Japan's first-ever professional league J1 League started in 1993, Nissan Motors was transformed to

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for whom he continued to play. He moved to

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side

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in 1996 and helped them to gain the promotion to J1 League. In 1999, he was transferred to J2 League side

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where he scored the most goals in the league for the season. He played the 2000 season for FC Tokyo. He briefly played for Oita again in the early stage of the 2001 season before he moved to

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where he retired from the game in 2003.

National team career

Jinno was a member of the Japan national team that won the 1992 Asian Cup but he was never capped.

Coaching career

Jinno remained at

after the retirement and has been working in the area of development for the club until 2009. After 2011, he worked for Gainare Tottori (2011),

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(2012–14) and AC Nagano Parceiro (2015–16). In June 2017, he signed with

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club NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls and became a manager.

Club statistics

Team honors

Club

* Asian Cup Winners Cup – 1992 *

Division 1/ J1 League – 1990, 1995 * Emperor's Cup – 1989, 1991, 1992 *

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– 1989, 1990

National team

* AFC Asian Cup – 1992

Personal honors

* J2 League Top Scorer – 1999

References

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* 1970 births Living people Association football people from Saitama Prefecture Japanese footballers Japan Soccer League players J1 League players J2 League players Japan Football League (1992–1998) players Yokohama F. Marinos players Vissel Kobe players Oita Trinita players FC Tokyo players Yokohama FC players 1992 AFC Asian Cup players AFC Asian Cup-winning players Japanese football managers Association football forwards {{Japan-footy-bio-stub