Satoshi Tsunami

Satoshi Tsunami (都並 敏史, Tsunami Satoshi, born 14 August 1961) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. His son Yuta Tsunami is also footballer.

Satoshi Tsunami
都並 敏史
Personal information
Full name Satoshi Tsunami
Date of birth (1961-08-14) 14 August 1961
Place of birth Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1977–1979 Yomiuri
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1995 Verdy Kawasaki 230 (5)
1996–1997 Avispa Fukuoka 21 (0)
1997–1998 Bellmare Hiratsuka 11 (0)
Total 262 (5)
National team
1980–1995 Japan 78 (2)
Teams managed
2005 Vegalta Sendai
2007 Cerezo Osaka
2008 Yokohama FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Tsunami was a product of Yomiuri (later Verdy Kawasaki) youth system. He joined Japan Soccer League side Yomiuri in 1980. The club won the champions in Japan Soccer League 5 times, JSL Cup 3 times and Emperor's Cup 3 times. This was golden era in club history. He was also selected Best Eleven 3 times (1982, 1983 and 1984). In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and founded new league J1 League. However he lost opportunity to play after that. Toward the end of his career, he played for Avispa Fukuoka (1996–1997) and Bellmare Hiratsuka (1997–1998). He retired in 1998. He played 267 games and scored 5 goals in the league.

National team career

Tsunami was capped 78 times and scored 2 goals for the Japanese national team between 1980 and 1995.[1] He made his first international appearance on 22 December 1980 in a 1982 World Cup qualification against Singapore in Hong Kong. He scored his first international goal on 20 September 1986 in an Asian Games match against Nepal in Daejeon, South Korea. After 1988 Summer Olympics qualification in 1987, he ceased to be selected Japan.

In May 1992, Tsunami was selected Japan for the first time in 5 years. He was a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 Asian Cup. He played all the Japan games except one for which he wasn't eligible due to suspension.

He was such a key player that national coach Hans Ooft named him a member of the Japan squad for the 1994 World Cup qualification stage for the 1994 World Cup in spite of his injury. However, he could not play any game in the competition that was centrally held in Doha, Qatar as his recovery wasn't as good as Ooft had wished it to be. Japan's hope to qualify for the finals was dashed by a stoppage time Iraqi equaliser in the last qualifying match. The Japanese fans now refer to this match as the Agony of Doha, and his absence was one of the main reasons why Japan's campaign ended up unsuccessful.

Coaching career

After finishing his playing career, Tsunami worked as a pundit on television and as a coach at Tokyo Verdy's youth setup. He acquired the S-Class Coaching License that was a prerequisite to manage a J.League club in 2004.

In 2005, he was appointed the manager of J2 League side Vegalta Sendai. Vegalta finished fourth and failed to gain the promotion. Tsunami was dismissed after one season. In 2006, he became an assistant coach to new manager Ruy Ramos at another J2 side Tokyo Verdy. Again the team failed to move up and he was sacked after one season. In 2007, he became the manager of newly relegated J2 side Cerezo Osaka but was dismissed in May after a bad start.

In 2008, he was appointed as the manager of J2 League club Yokohama FC but was fired at the end of the 2008 season.

Club statistics

[2]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1980YomiuriJSL Division 11223021173
19811815010241
19821703010210
19831803030240
19841815000231
1985/862102041271
1986/871903010230
1987/881004010150
1988/892103031271
1989/901004040180
1990/912112020251
1991/922104150301
1992Verdy KawasakiJ1 League-30111141
199350000050
1994802100101
199516000-160
1996Avispa FukuokaJ1 League21010110330
199700000000
1997Bellmare HiratsukaJ1 League60000060
199850004090
Total 267547253436711

National team statistics

[1]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
198030
198170
198280
1983100
198450
198570
198652
1987100
198800
198900
199000
199100
1992100
1993100
199400
199530
Total782

Managerial statistics

[3]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Vegalta Sendai 2005 2005 44 19 11 14 043.18
Cerezo Osaka 2007 2007 13 4 3 6 030.77
Yokohama FC 2008 2008 42 11 17 14 026.19
Total 99 34 31 34 034.34

Honors and awards

Team honors

References
  1. Japan National Football Team Database
  2. Satoshi Tsunami at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
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