Shigeo Sawairi

Shigeo Sawairi
澤入重雄
Personal information
Full name	Shigeo Sawairi
Date of birth	May 8, 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, Forward
Youth career
1979–1981	Shimizu Higashi High School
1982–1985	Hosei University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986–1995	Nagoya Grampus Eight
Managerial career
2008	JEF United Chiba (caretaker)
2015	Kataller Toyama
Medal record
Nagoya Grampus Eight
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shigeo Sawairi (澤入重雄, Sawairi Shigeo, born May 8, 1963) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Playing career

Sawairi was born in Shizuoka on May 8, 1963. After graduating from Hosei University, he joined Toyota Motors (later Nagoya Grampus Eight) in 1986. He played as an offensive midfielder and as a forward. He also served as captain. However his opportunity to play decreased from 1994 and he retired at the end of the 1995 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Sawairi started his coaching career at Nagoya Grampus Eight in 1996. He mainly served as scout. From 2000, he coached for university and high school teams until 2008. In May 2008, he signed with JEF United Chiba and he became a coach under new manager Alex Miller. Sawairi managed in 2 matches as caretaker until Miller's registration is completed.^[1] However the club performance was bad and he was sacked with Miller in September 2009. From 2010, he managed university teams until 2014. In November 2014, he signed with Kataller Toyama and became a general manager. In August 2015, manager Yasuyuki Kishino was sacked and Sawairi became a new manager.^[2] He managed the club until end of 2015 season and left the club end of 2016 season.^[3]

Club statistics

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
1986/87	Toyota Motors	JSL Division 2
1987/88		JSL Division 1	21	1			1	0	22	1
1988/89		JSL Division 2	28	11			2	3	30	14
1989/90		JSL Division 2	29	27			1	1	30	28
1990/91		JSL Division 1	22	5			2	0	24	5
1991/92		JSL Division 1	19	6			2	2	21	8
1992	Nagoya Grampus Eight	J1 League	-		1	0	10	2	11	2
1993			22	6	0	0	2	0	24	6
1994			11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
1995			0	0	0	0	-		0	0
Total			152	56	1	0	20	8	173	64

Managerial statistics

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Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
JEF United Chiba	2008	2008	2	2	0	0	100.00
Kataller Toyama	2015	2015	12	5	4	3	041.67
Total			14	7	4	3	050.00

References

^ JEF United Chiba(in Japanese)
^ Kataller Toyama(in Japanese)
^ Kataller Toyama(in Japanese)
^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

External links

Player statistics at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Manager statistics manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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[1] JEF United Chiba(in Japanese)

[2] Kataller Toyama(in Japanese)

[3] Kataller Toyama(in Japanese)

[4] J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

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