Yuji Okuma
大熊 裕司
Personal information
Full name Yuji Okuma
Date of birth (1969-01-19) January 19, 1969
Place of birth Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1984–1986 Bunan High School
1987–1990 Chuo University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1995 Kashiwa Reysol 92 (7)
1996–1997 Kyoto Purple Sanga 50 (1)
1998 Avispa Fukuoka 21 (0)
Total 163 (8)
Managerial career
2014 Cerezo Osaka
2016–2019 Cerezo Osaka U-23
2024- Tegevajaro Miyazaki
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yuji Okuma (大熊 裕司, Okuma Yuji, born January 19, 1969) is a former Japanese football player and manager. His elder brother Kiyoshi is also a former footballer.

Playing career

Okuma was born in Saitama on January 19, 1969. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined Hitachi (later Kashiwa Reysol) in 1991. He played many matches as defensive midfielder from first season. In 1996, he moved to newly was promoted to J1 League club, Kyoto Purple Sanga. He played many matches in 1996 and he became a regular player in 1997. In 1998, he moved to Avispa Fukuoka and played in 1 season. He retired end of 1998 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Okuma started coaching career at Avispa Fukuoka in 1999. In 2005, he moved to Cerezo Osaka and served as coach. In 2007, he became a coach for Japan U-20 national team. In 2010, he returned to Cerezo Osaka and became a manager for youth team. In September 2014, top team manager Marco Pezzaiuoli was sacked for poor results. Okuma became a new manager as Pezzaiuoli successor. However Cerezo finished at the 17th place of 18 clubs in 2014 season. Cerezo was relegated to J2 League and Okuma resigned a manager. In 2015, he became a manager for youth team. In 2016, he became a manager for new team Cerezo Osaka U-23.

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
1991/92HitachiJSL Division 1160160
1992Football League161-161
1993Kashiwa ReysolFootball League1621060232
19942040000204
1995J1 League24000-240
1996Kyoto Purple SangaJ1 League19020131341
19973112050381
1998Avispa FukuokaJ1 League2103140281
Total 16388128119910

Managerial statistics

Update; December 31, 2018[1]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Cerezo Osaka 2014 2014 12 3 2 7 025.00
Cerezo Osaka U-23 2016 present 94 29 26 39 030.85
Total 106 32 28 46 030.19

References


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