Takahiro Shimotaira

Takahiro Shimotaira (下平 隆宏, Shimotaira Takahiro, born December 18, 1971) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is currently the manager of Yokohama FC.

Takahiro Shimotaira
下平 隆宏
Personal information
Full name Takahiro Shimotaira
Date of birth (1971-12-18) December 18, 1971
Place of birth Gonohe, Aomori, Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1997–1999 Gonohe High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–2000 Kashiwa Reysol 244 (8)
2001–2002 FC Tokyo 39 (0)
2003–2004 Kashiwa Reysol 33 (0)
Total 316 (8)
Teams managed
2016–2018 Kashiwa Reysol
2019– Yokohama FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Shimotaira was born in Gonohe, Aomori on December 18, 1971. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Soccer League club Hitachi (later Kashiwa Reysol) in 1990. He became a regular player as defensive midfielder from 1991. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and the club joined new league Japan Football League. In 1995, the club was promoted to J1 League. In 1999, the club won the champions J.League Cup. Although he played as regular player for a long time, he moved to FC Tokyo in 2001. Although he could not become a regular player behind Satoru Asari and Fumitake Miura in 2001, he played as regular player instead Asari and Miura in 2002 because they were injured. In 2003, he returned to Kashiwa Reysol. He retired end of 2004 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Shimotaira started coaching career at Kashiwa Reysol in 2005. He mainly served as scout and manager for youth team until 2015. In 2016, he became a manager for top team under manager Milton Mendes. In March 2016, Mendes was sacked and Shimotaira became a new manager as Mendes successor. Although the club finished at 8th place in 2016, the club won the 4th place in 2017 and won the qualify for 2018 AFC Champions League. However the club results were bad in 2018 and he was sacked in May when the club was at the 14th place of 18 clubs.

In 2019, Shimotaira signed with J2 League club Yokohama FC and became a coach under manager Edson Tavares. In May, Tavares was sacked and Shimotaira became a new manager.[1]

Club statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1990/91HitachiJSL Division 2300030
1991/92JSL Division 121010220
1992Football League171-171
1993Kashiwa Reysol1421060212
19942720010282
1995J1 League35120-371
199628020141441
19972403060330
19982501030290
19993024061403
20002001000210
2001FC Tokyo1600030190
20022301060300
2003Kashiwa Reysol2002030250
20041301030170
Total 316818052238610

Managerial statistics

Update; December 31, 2018[2]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Kashiwa Reysol 2016 2018 79 38 18 23 048.10
Yokohama FC 2019 present
Total 79 38 18 23 048.10

References
  1. Yokohama FC(in Japanese)
  2. J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
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