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Norio Sasaki, Japan football coach: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Norio Sasaki
Norio Sasaki
Japan
24 May 1958
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Norio Sasaki is a Japanese football coach and former player. He is best known for leading the Japanese women's national team to their first and only FIFA Women's World Cup win in 2011 over the United States on penalty shootouts. He retired as head coach in March 2016 after eight years. Sasaki also coached the Japan women's U-20 national team starting in 2007.

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📋 Profile & Career

: Sasaki in 2015
⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Norio Sasaki
Date of birth: (1958-05-24) 24 May 1958 (age 67)
Place of birth: Obanazawa, Yamagata, Japan
Height: 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s): Midfielder
⚽ Youth career:
1974–1976: Teikyo High School
1977–1980: Meiji University
⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1991: NTT Kanto 25 (2)
Total: 25 (2)
⚽ Managerial career:
1997–1998: Omiya Ardija
2006: Japan women U-17
2007–2010: Japan women U-20
2008–2016: Japan women
2021: Omiya Ardija Ventus
2024: Japan women (interim)

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📰 Google News (RSS)

Norio Sasaki: Walking around the world, smiling for peace - Alaska Public Media

Sasaki steps down as Japan coach after Rio failure - Equalizer Soccer

A Year After Tsunami, Toshiba Chief Norio Sasaki Stays Focused on Infrastructure - The Wall Street Journal

Toshiba ex-CEOs unlikely to face charges over scandal - source - Reuters

  • ✐ Reuters
  • Fri, 08 Jul 2016 07:00:00 GMT

Japanese Women Play Without Their Superstar (Published 2015) - The New York Times

Coach SASAKI Norio describes experience with Nadeshiko Japan as "a treasure"｜Japan Football Association - 公益財団法人日本サッカー協会

The final step for Japan’s women - Al Jazeera

Japan motivated to further cement program with World Cup win - USA Today

  • ✐ USA Today
  • Sat, 04 Jul 2015 07:00:00 GMT

» The Nadeshiko Revolution: Japan’s Women’s Soccer Team Plays Tiki-Taka Without the Tedium - Grantland

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  • Thu, 09 Aug 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Toshiba's Turn to Reshuffle at the Top - Bloomberg.com

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