*anese footballer and manager*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kazushi Kimura (木村 和司, Kimura Kazushi, born July 19, 1958) is a former *anese football player and manager. He played for *an national team.

Contents

• 1 Club career
• 2 National team career
• 3 Coaching career
• 4 Club statistics
• 5 National team statistics
• 6 Managerial statistics
• 7 Honours and awards
  • 7.1 Team
  • 7.2 Awards
• 8 References
• 9 External links

Club career

Kimura was born in Hiroshima on July 19, 1958. After graduating from Meiji University, he joined Nissan Motors (later Yokohama Marinos) in 1981. From 1982, he wore the number 10 shirt. He was selected *anese Footballer of the Year awards in 1983 and 1984. The club also won 1983 and 1985 Emperor's Cup. From 1988 to 1990, the club won all three major *le in *an; *an Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup for 2 years in a row. He was also selected *anese Footballer of the Year awards again 1989. In 1990s, the club won 1990 JSL Cup, 1991 and 1992 Emperor's Cup. In Asia, the club won 1991–92 and 1992–93 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. He was a central player in golden era in club history. He retired in 1994. He played 251 games and scored 51 goals in the league. He was selected *anese Footballer of the Year awards 3times and Best Eleven 5 times.

National team career

On May 31, 1979, when Kimura was a Meiji University student, he debuted for *an national team against Indonesia. He played at 1980 Summer Olympics qualification and 1982 World Cup qualification. From 1982, he played in all matches of *an national team included 1982, 1986 Asian Games, 1984 Summer Olympics qualification and 1986 World Cup qualification. In 1985, he scored goals in six consecutive games. This is a record of continuous score in *an national team. He played 54 games and scored 26 goals for *an until 1986.

Coaching career

Kimura became a manager for Yokohama F. Marinos in 2010. In 2011, although the club compete for the champions till half way, the club stalled in the late stages and finished 5th place. He was sacked end of 2011 season.

Club statistics

National team statistics

Managerial statistics

Honours and awards

Team

• *an Soccer League Champions: 1988–89, 1989–90
• JSL Cup Champions: 1988, 1989, 1990
• Emperor's Cup Champions: 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992
• Asian Cup Winners' Cup Champions: 1991–92, 1992–93

Awards

• *anese Football Player of the Year: 1983, 1984, 1989
• *an Soccer League Most Valuable Player: 1989-90
• *an Soccer League Best Eleven (5): 1983, 1984, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90
• *an Soccer League *ists leader: 1984
• *an Football Hall of Fame: Inducted in 2020

References

External links

• Kazushi Kimura at National-Football-Teams.com
• *an National Football Team Database
• Player statistics at J.League (in *anese)
• Manager statistics at J.League (in *anese)