Career
He was selected to be the manager of Vegalta Sendai, in the J. League beginning in the 2007 season. However, Sendai failed to return to Division 1 and he resigned from the job after the season. He has previously served as a coach of Vegalta, Shonan Bellmare, and Avispa Fukuoka and also filled in as interim manager at each of those three teams.
He played professionally in the Netherlands, for HFC Haarlem and Telstar between 1982 and 1986.
In 1986, he moved back to Japan to play for Yamaha Motor Corporation company team, which later became Júbilo Iwata. After retiring, he began his coaching career and held several positions with the Júbilo Iwata organization before leaving in 2002 to become the coach of Avispa Fukuoka"s youth team
1979-1981: Shimizu-higashi high school
1982-1985: HFC Haarlem
1986: Telstar
1986-1990: Yamaha Motor Corporation
1990-1991: Yamaha soccer school coach
1991-2001: Yamaha Motor Corporation coach
1994-1995: Júbilo Iwata youth coach
1996: Júbilo Iwata satellite coach
1997: Júbilo Iwata junior youth head coach
1998: Júbilo Iwata satellite coach
1999-2000: Júbilo Iwata youth head coach
2001: Júbilo Iwata scout
2002: Avispa Fukuoka youth section (also, interim head coach during August)
2003: Avispa Fukuoka youth head coach
2004: Shonan Bellmare satellite head coach
2004 (July–September): Shonan Bellmare interim head coach
2005: Shonan Bellmare coach
2006 (October): Vegalta Sendai interim head coach (one game)
2007: Vegalta Sendai head coach
2012 (April): Kawasaki Frontale interim head coach.
