Shinji Fujiyoshi

{{Infobox football biography

|name=Shinji Fujiyoshi
藤吉信次

|image=

|fullname=Shinji Fujiyoshi

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1970|4|3}}

|birth_place=Machida, Tokyo, Japan

|height={{Height|m=1.77}}

|position=Forward

|currentclub= Fukui United (manager)

|youthyears1=1986–1988|youthclubs1=Yomiuri

|years1=1989–1996|clubs1=Verdy Kawasaki|caps1=65|goals1=14

|years2=1996–1999|clubs2=Kyoto Purple Sanga|caps2=65|goals2=9

|years3=2000–2002|clubs3=Vegalta Sendai|caps3=79|goals3=19

|years4=2003|clubs4=Chengdu F.C.|caps4=|goals4=

|years5=2004–2006|clubs5=FC Ryukyu|caps5=42|goals5=8

|years6=2007–2009|clubs6=New Wave Kitakyushu|caps6=48|goals6=8

|totalcaps=299|totalgoals=58

|manageryears1=2022–|managerclubs1=Fukui United

|medaltemplates=

}}

{{Nihongo|Shinji Fujiyoshi|藤吉信次|Fujiyoshi Shinji|born April 3, 1970}} is a Japanese football manager and former player. He is currently manager of Fukui United.

Playing career

Fujiyoshi was born in Machida on April 3, 1970. He joined Yomiuri (later Verdy Kawasaki) from youth team in 1989. Although He played many matches as forward from first season, his opportunity to play decreased behind Japan national team players Kazuyoshi Miura and Nobuhiro Takeda. In July 1996, he moved to Kyoto Purple Sanga. Although he played as regular player, his opportunity to play decreased from 1998. In 2000, he moved to J2 League club Vegalta Sendai. He played as regular player and the club was promoted to J1 League in 2002. In 2003, he moved to China and joined Chengdu F.C. In 2004, he returned to Japan and joined Prefectural Leagues club FC Ryukyu. The club was promoted to Regional Leagues in 2005 and Japan Football League (JFL) in 2006. In 2007, he moved to Regional Leagues club New Wave Kitakyushu. The club was promoted to JFL in 2008. He retired end of 2009 season.

Managerial career

On 7 January 2022, Fujiyoshi has been officially appointed as the coach of Fukui United aiming for promotion to the JFL in 2023.

On 30 october 2022, he finished 3rd in the Japanese regional league league in the hokushinetsu group for failing to advance in the championship round.

Career 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
1989/90	rowspan="3"\|Yomiuri	rowspan="3"\|JSL Division 1	10	2	0	0	1	0	11	2
1990/91	17	4	2	0	2	2	21	6
1991/92	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
1992	rowspan="5"\|Verdy Kawasaki	rowspan="5"\|J1 League	colspan="2"
\|1	0	0	0	1	0
1993	6	1	2	0	8	4	16	5
1994	8	3	2	0	0	0	10	3
1995	17	4	3	0	colspan="2"
\|20	4
1996	5	0	0	0	5	1	10	1
1996	rowspan="4"\|Kyoto Purple Sanga	rowspan="4"\|J1 League	13	2	3	1	0	0	16	3
1997	29	6	1	0	6	0	36	6
1998	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
1999	17	1	0	0	4	2	21	3
2000	rowspan="3"\|Vegalta Sendai	rowspan="2"\|J2 League	39	10	1	0	0	0	40	10
2001	31	8	3	0	1	0	35	8
2002	J1 League	9	1	2	0	6	1	17	2
2004	rowspan="3"\|FC Ryukyu	Prefectural Leagues	6	7	1	0	colspan="2"
\|7	7
2005	Regional Leagues	5	0	1	0	colspan="2"
\|6	0
2006	Football League	31	1	0	0	colspan="2"
\|31	1
2007	rowspan="3"\|New Wave Kitakyushu	Regional Leagues	20	7	0	0	colspan="2"
\|20	7
2008	rowspan="2"\|Football League	25	1	3	0	colspan="2"
\|28	1
2009	3	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|3	0
colspan=3\|Total !298\|\|58\|\|28\|\|3\|\|34\|\|10\|\|360\|\|71

Managerial statistics

Update; start from 2023 season

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"\|Fukui United \|align="left"\|2022 \|align="left"\|present {{WDL\|14\|9\|1\|4}}
colspan="3"\|Total {{WDLtot\|14\|9\|1\|4}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

!rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|From

!rowspan="2"|To

!colspan="5"|Record

Win %

align="left"|Fukui United

|align="left"|2022

|align="left"|present

colspan="3"|Total