*anese footballer and manager

Tadahiro Akiba (秋葉 忠宏, Akiba Tadahiro, born October 13, 1975) is a former *anese football player and manager. His cousin Nobuhide Akiba is also footballer.

Contents

• 1 Club career
• 2 National team career
• 3 Coaching career
• 4 Club statistics
• 5 Managerial statistics
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Club career

Akiba was born in Chiba on October 13, 1975. After graduating from high school, he joined his local club JEF United Ichihara in 1994. He played many matches as defensive midfielder in 1995. However his opportunity to play decreased for injury in 1996. Although he moved to Avispa *uoka (1997) and Cerezo Osaka (1998), he could hardly play in the match. He moved to J2 League club Albirex Niigata in 1999. He played as regular player and the club was promoted to J1 League end of 2003 season. However his opportunity to play decreased in 2004 season and he moved to Tokushima Vortis in 2005. He played many matches and he moved to Thespa Kusatsu in September 2006. He played until 2008. He moved to SC Sagamihara in 2009 and played as playing manager until 2010. He retired end of 2010 season.

National team career

In April 1995, Akiba was selected *an U-20 national team for 1995 World Youth Championship. He played full time in all 4 matches as central defender of three backs defense. In July 1996, he was selected *an U-23 national team for 1996 Summer Olympics. He played 1 match as subs*ute as defensive midfielder. Although *an won 2 matches, *an lost at First round. At this time, *an won Brazil in first game. It was known as "Miracle of Miami" (マイアミの奇跡) in *an.

Coaching career

In 2009, when Akiba was player, he became a playing manager for SC Sagamihara. In 2010, he retired playing career and resigned as manager. In 2011, he signed with Mito HollyHock and became a coach. In 2013, he moved to Thespakusatsu Gunma and became a manager. He resigned end of 2014 season.

Club statistics

Managerial statistics

References

External links

• Tadahiro Akiba – FIFA compe*ion record (archived)
• Player statistics at J.League (in *anese)
• Manager statistics at J.League (in *anese)