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Koji Gyotoku

Koji Gyotoku (行徳 浩二, Gyōtoku Kōji, born January 28, 1965) is a Japanese football manager and former football player. He is the currently head coach of Cambodia and Cambodia U23.

Playing career

Gyotoku was born January 28, 1965, in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. He went to school at Shizuoka Municipal Shimizu Daigo Junior High School and Tokai University Daiichi High School. After high school, he went to Tokai University. Gyotoku began his football career with Werder Bremen II, a team in West Germany. Later, he went on to play for Toyota Motors. He played in 13 games for the team, appearing in 12 in 1990-91 and once in 1991-92, but never scored a goal for the team. The team did not make the JSL Cup.

Coaching career

Gyotoku coached the Shimizu S-Pulse in 2003 after Takeshi Oki resigned from his position as team manager[1] He led the team to the semi-finals of the J.League Cup and the Emperor's Cup, placing them 11th overall in the league. The team went on to make it to the AFC Champions League group stage.

Gyotoku became the coach of the Bhutan national team in 2008. He led the Bhutan team the semifinals of the 2008 South Asian Football Federation Cup tournament, where they lost to India (2 - 1) during stoppage time of extra time.[2] It was the furthest the team had ever gone. In the 2008 and 2010 AFC Challenge Cup he would lead the team to third and fourth place respectively. However, the team did not attempt to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, being the only FIFA member in the 2010 qualifications to withdraw. The cited reason for this was a lack of preparation of the field before their game against Kuwait.

From December 2014 to July 2015, Gyotoku was head coach of Angthong of the Thai Division 1 League.[3] In early 2016, Gyotoku was appointed as head coach of the Nepal national team arriving in the Himalayan country on March 4, 2016.[4] Under Gyotoku's guidance, Nepal performed well and improved its form during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification, with Nepal achieved two respectable draws against eventual debutants Philippines and Yemen at home. But with Gyotoku being found to have entered Nepal with a tourist visa and had no legal working papers permit, he was fired as coach of Nepal in 2018.[5]

Club statistics

Gyotoku played in for each of the schools he attended before he reached the professional level.

Season Club League League Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1989-90 Toyota Motors JSL Division 2 3 0 ? 0 0 0 3 0
1990-91 JSL Division 1 12 0 ? 0 0 0 12 0
1991-92 1 0 ? 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0

Other official game

Managerial statistics

As of match played 25 March 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Shimizu S-Pulse Japan 1 December 2003 31 January 2004 4 3 0 1 075.00
Bhutan Bhutan 1 July 2008 30 April 2010 14 1 2 11 007.14
FC Gifu Japan 1 January 2012 18 August 2013 72 13 20 39 018.06
Nepal U23 Nepal 4 March 2016 22 August 2018 4 0 0 4 000.00
Nepal Nepal 4 March 2016 22 August 2018 13 4 5 4 030.77
Bati Cambodia 1 January 2019 9 March 2025 2 0 0 2 000.00
Cambodia U19 Cambodia 1 January 2019 31 December 2022 4 1 0 3 025.00
Cambodia U20 Cambodia 1 January 2019 9 March 2025 8 2 2 4 025.00
Cambodia U16 Cambodia 1 July 2023 9 March 2025 3 2 1 0 066.67
Cambodia U23 Cambodia 1 July 2023 Present 3 1 1 1 033.33
Cambodia Cambodia 13 September 2024 Present 8 2 1 5 025.00
Career Total 135 29 32 74 021.48

References

  1. ^ "History of Shimizu S-Pulse since 1991". s-pulse.co.jp. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  2. ^ "2008 SAFF Cup tournament". Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  3. ^ "ANGTHONG FC". Samurai x TPL (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  4. ^ "New national team coach arrives". All Nepal Football Association. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  5. ^ "DoI prohibits footy head coach Gyotoku from entering Nepal". 21 August 2018.