Masakazu Suzuki
{{short description|Japanese footballer and manager}}
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|name=Masakazu Suzuki
鈴木 政一
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|fullname=Masakazu Suzuki
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|position=Defender
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|youthyears1=1970–1972|youthclubs1=Isawa High School
|collegeyears1=1973–1976|college1=Nippon Sport Science University
|years1=1977–1982|clubs1=Yamaha Motors|caps1=|goals1=
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|manageryears1=2000–2002|managerclubs1=Júbilo Iwata
|manageryears2=2004|managerclubs2=Júbilo Iwata
|manageryears3=2013–2014|managerclubs3=Japan U-20
|manageryears4=2018|managerclubs4=Albirex Niigata
|manageryears5=2020-2021|managerclubs5=Júbilo Iwata
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{{Medal|Team|Yamaha Motors}}
{{Medal|W|Emperor's Cup|1982}}
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{{Nihongo|Masakazu Suzuki|鈴木 政一|Suzuki Masakazu|born January 1, 1955}} is a former Japanese football player and manager. who is becoming the assistant coach of the Myanmar national football team.
Playing career
Suzuki was born in Yamanashi Prefecture on January 1, 1955. After graduating from Nippon Sport Science University, he played for Yamaha Motors (later Júbilo Iwata) from 1977 to 1982.
Coaching career
After retirement, Suzuki started coaching career at Yamaha Motors in 1984. He served as a coach. In 2000, he was promoted to manager as Gjoko Hadžievski successor. In 2002, he led to the champions, and he resigned. He also managed September to November in 2004. In 2013, he became a manager for Japan U-20 national team. In 2018, he signed with J2 League club Albirex Niigata. However the club results were bad and he was sacked in August when the club at the 19th place of 22 clubs.
Managerial statistics
[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFIX07/?staff_id=1745 J.League Data Site]{{in lang|ja}}
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!rowspan="2"|Team !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="5"|Record | ||||
| G | W | D | L | Win % |
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| align="left"|Júbilo Iwata
|align="left"|2000 |align="left"|2002 {{WDL|65|56|2|7}} | ||||
| align="left"|Júbilo Iwata
|align="left"|2004 |align="left"|2004 {{WDL|8|3|4|1}} | ||||
| align="left"|Albirex Niigata
|align="left"|2018 |align="left"|2018 {{WDL|27|8|5|14}} | ||||
| colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|100|67|11|22}} |
Honours
=Manager=
;Júbilo Iwata
;Individual
- J.League Manager of the Year: 2001, 2002{{cite news|title=Takahara voted the best in Japan league|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/12/18/sports/hiro&sec=sports|accessdate=7 January 2011|newspaper=Malaysia Star|date=18 December 2002|agency=Reuters}}{{cite news|title=Indisputed champion|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2002/11/27/jubilo_double/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021218152017/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2002/11/27/jubilo_double/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 18, 2002|accessdate=7 January 2011|newspaper=CNNSI|date=27 November 2002}}
References
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External links
- {{J.League manager}}
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Category:Nippon Sport Science University alumni
Category:Association football people from Yamanashi Prefecture
Category:Japanese men's footballers
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:Japanese football managers
Category:Júbilo Iwata managers
Category:Albirex Niigata managers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:20th-century Japanese sportsmen
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