Yasuharu Sorimachi

Yasuharu Sorimachi
Personal information
Full name Yasuharu Sorimachi
Date of birth (1964-03-08) March 8, 1964
Place of birth Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1979–1981 Shimizu Higashi High School
1983–1986 Keio University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1993 Yokohama Flügels
1994–1997 Bellmare Hiratsuka 82 (8)
National team
1990–1991 Japan 4 (0)
Teams managed
2001–2005 Albirex Niigata
2006–2007 Japan (assistant)
2006–2008 Japan U-23
2009–2011 Shonan Bellmare
2012– Matsumoto Yamaga FC

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Yasuharu Sorimachi (反町 康治 Yasuharu Sorimachi, born March 8, 1964) is a former Japanese football player and manager who currently manages Japanese club Matsumoto Yamaga FC.[1] A midfielder, He played for Japan national team 4 times between 1990 and 1991. At club level, he scored 23 goals from 188 appearances in the domestic leagues. He subsequently became a manager and has worked for Albirex Niigata, Shonan Bellmare and Japan national under-23 football team.

Career

Sorimachi was educated at and played for Shimizu Higashi High School and Keio University. At the high school, he won the national high school championship with his teammates Shigeo Sawairi and Tatsuya Mochizuki.

Sorimachi began his senior career with Japan Soccer League side All Nippon Airways in 1987. He helped All Nippon Airways gain promotion to the top flight in 1988. When Japan's first-ever professional league J1 League started in 1993, All Nippon Airways was transformed to Yokohama Flügels for whom he continued to play. While at Flügels, he won the Emperor's Cup in 1993. He moved to Bellmare Hiratsuka (now Shonan Bellmare) in 1994. He helped the club to win the Emperor's Cup in 1994, and the Asian Cup Winners Cup in 1996.

He was capped 4 times for the Japanese national team between 1990 and 1991. His first international appearance came on 27 July 1990 in a friendly against South Korea.[2]

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1987-88All Nippon AirwaysJSL Division 2
1988-89JSL Division 1173173
1989-9020320223
1990-9122340263
1991-9221110221
1992Yokohama FlügelsJ1 League5050
19932613162354
1994Bellmare Hiratsuka2502010280
199521320233
19961411010161
19972241110245
Total 188239221221827

National team statistics

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
199020
199120
Total40

Managerial statistics

Update; December 31, 2015[3]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Albirex Niigata 2001 2005 196 97 40 59 49.49
Shonan Bellmare 2009 2011 123 44 28 51 35.77
Matsumoto Yamaga FC 2012 Present 160 65 41 54 40.63
Total 479 206 109 164 43.01

References

  1. "反町康治氏監督就任のお知らせ". Matsumoto Yamaga. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  2. Yasuharu Sorimachi at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. J.League Data Site(Japanese)
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