Minoru Kobayashi

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|name=Minoru Kobayashi
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|fullname=Minoru Kobayashi

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1976|5|14}}

|birth_place=Ayase, Kanagawa, Japan

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|height={{Height|m=1.70}}

|position=Defender

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|youthyears1=1992–1994|youthclubs1=Toko Gakuen High School

|youthyears2=1995–1998|youthclubs2=Kokushikan University

|years1=1999–2002|clubs1=FC Tokyo|caps1=11|goals1=0

|totalcaps=11|totalgoals=0

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|manageryears1=2019|managerclubs1=Júbilo Iwata

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{{Nihongo|Minoru Kobayashi|小林稔|Kobayashi Minoru|born May 14, 1976}} is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Playing career

Kobayashi was born in Ayase on May 14, 1976. After graduating from Kokushikan University, he joined the newly promoted J2 League club, FC Tokyo in 1999. Although the club was promoted to the J1 League in 2000, he did not play that year. He debuted in late 2001 and played several matches as right side back. Although he played as a regular player in early 2002, he was second to Akira Kaji from May 2002 until he retired at the end of the 2002 season.

Coaching career

After the retirement, Kobayashi started coaching career at FC Tokyo in 2005. He mainly coached youth team until 2011. In 2012, he moved to Júbilo Iwata and became a coach for top team.[https://www.jubilo-iwata.co.jp/newslist/detail/?nw_seq=2467 Júbilo Iwata] {{in lang|ja}} In August 2019, manager Hideto Suzuki resigned for health reasons and Kobayashi became a caretaker manager.[https://www.jubilo-iwata.co.jp/newslist/detail/?nw_seq=6853 Júbilo Iwata] {{in lang|ja}}

Club statistics

colspan=3 \| Club performance ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Cup ! colspan=2 \| League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Season ! Club ! League ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals
colspan=3 \|Japan ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Emperor's Cup ! colspan=2 \| J.League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
1999	rowspan="4"\|FC Tokyo	J2 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	rowspan="3"\|J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
2002	8	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
colspan=3\|Total !11\|\|0\|\|1\|\|0\|\|1\|\|0\|\|13\|\|0

Managerial statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" !rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|From !rowspan="2"\|To !colspan="5"\|Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
align="left"\|Júbilo Iwata \|align="left"\|2019 \|align="left"\|2019 {{WDL\|1\|0\|1\|0}}
colspan="3"\|Total {{WDLtot\|1\|0\|1\|0}}

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!rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|From

!rowspan="2"|To

!colspan="5"|Record

Win %

align="left"|Júbilo Iwata

|align="left"|2019

colspan="3"|Total