Masahiro Wada

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Masahiro Wada
和田 昌裕
Personal information
Full name Masahiro Wada
Date of birth (1965-01-21) January 21, 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1982 Mikage High School
1983–1986 Juntendo University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1995 Gamba Osaka 152 (15)
1995–1998 Vissel Kobe 46 (2)
Total 198 (17)
Managerial career
2009 Vissel Kobe (caretaker)
2010–2012 Vissel Kobe
2014 Chonburi
2015 Kyoto Sanga FC
2015–2016 Port
2016 Sisaket
Medal record
Gamba Osaka
Winner Emperor's Cup 1990
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Masahiro Wada (和田 昌裕, Wada Masahiro, born January 21, 1965) is a Japanese former football player and manager. His sons Atsuki Wada and Tomoki Wada are also footballer.

Playing career[edit]

Wada was born in Kobe on January 21, 1965. After graduating from Juntendo University, he joined Matsushita Electric (later Gamba Osaka) in 1987. He played as regular player as left side back and left midfielder from first season. In 1990, the club won the champions 1990 Emperor's Cup first major title in club history. However his opportunity to play decreased from 1994. In July 1995, he moved to his local club Vissel Kobe in Japan Football League. He played as regular player and the club was promoted to J1 League in 1997. However he could hardly play in the match from 1997 and he retired end of 1998 season.

Coaching career[edit]

Vissel Kobe[edit]

After the retirement from football, Wada remained as the coaching staff of Vissel Kobe. In 2009, he was appointed as the senior team caretaker after the resignation of Caio Júnior. Wada managed the team for five games in J1 and stepped down from the head coach position after the appointment of Toshiya Miura. He still worked as the assistant coach for the club.

On 12 September 2010, after the dismissal of Miura, Wada was promoted to be the club head coach again. In the later season, Masahiro Wada led Vissel Kobe to finish in the ninth position on J1 League, the highest rank in the club history. However, Wada was sacked by the club in 2012 season after 8 games with 3 wins and 5 losses in J1 since the club had aimed for the top four position for the continental football.

He still worked as the executive staff for Vissel Kobe until November 2013.

Chonburi[edit]

In 2014, Masahiro Wada has become the first foreign head coach of Chonburi in Thai Premier League, followed the invitation of Wittaya Laohakul who was the director of Chonburi and his teammate at Matsushita Electric. Wada finished his season in Thailand with the second place of 2014 Thai Premier League, runner-up of 2014 Thai FA Cup and received the TPL Coach of the Year award. However, he decided to turn down the new contract from Chonburi and return to Japan.

Return to Japan[edit]

In December 2014, Mashiro Wada has returned to Japan and become the manager of Kyoto Sanga FC in J2 League. He later stepped down from his position on 10 July 2015 after dropping the club to the relegation zone.

Second spell on Thailand[edit]

On 22 October 2015, Port F.C. made the official appointment of Masahiro Wada for the last nine games of relegation avoiding in Thai Premier League. Wada made the impressive run with Port but could not save them from relegation. He has maintained his role as the club head coach down in Division 1. Wada was sacked by Port F.C. on 11 July 2016 when the club was in third place and has 5 points away from leading position after 19 games. He was replaced by Jadet Meelarp.[1]

Club statistics[edit]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1987/88 Matsushita Electric JSL Division 2 22 11 2 0 24 11
1988/89 JSL Division 1 20 1 0 0 20 1
1989/90 21 1 1 0 22 1
1990/91 18 0 1 0 19 0
1991/92 22 0 3 0 25 0
1992 Gamba Osaka J1 League - 3 0 9 0 12 0
1993 34 2 2 0 6 0 42 2
1994 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1995 12 0 0 0 - 12 0
1995 Vissel Kobe Football League 16 2 3 0 - 19 2
1996 30 0 3 0 - 33 0
1997 J1 League 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0
1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 198 17 13 0 22 0 233 17

Managerial statistic[edit]

As of 24 September 2016
Nat. Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Japan Vissel Kobe[2] 2009 2012 63 23 14 26 0 0 +0 036.51
Thailand Chonburi 2 December 2013 10 November 2014 48 27 14 7 80 42 +38 056.25
Japan Kyoto Sanga FC[3] 16 December 2014 10 July 2015 22 6 4 12 0 0 +0 027.27
Thailand Port 22 October 2015 11 July 2016 32 16 10 6 58 36 +22 050.00
Thailand Sisaket 1 September 2016 28 October 2016 3 1 0 2 8 8 +0 033.33
Career totals 168 73 42 53 146 86 +60 043.45

1 A win or loss by the penalty shoot-out is counted as the draw in time.

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