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Toru Sano

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Toru Sano
佐野達

Personal information

Full name

Toru Sano

Date of birth

November 15, 1963 (age 61)

Place of birth

Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

Height

1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Position(s)

Defender

Youth career

1979–1981

Shimizu Commercial High School

1982–1985

Hosei University

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1986–1992

Yokohama Marinos

(1)

Total

(1)

International career

1988–1990

Japan

(0)

Managerial career

2009

2010–2012

2013–2015

2016–2017

Medal record

Yokohama Marinos

Winner	Japan Soccer League	1988/89
Winner	Japan Soccer League	1989/90
Runner-up	Japan Soccer League	1990/91
Runner-up	Japan Soccer League	1991/92
Winner	JSL Cup	1988
Winner	JSL Cup	1989
Winner	JSL Cup	1990
Runner-up	JSL Cup	1986
Winner	Emperor's Cup	1988
Winner	Emperor's Cup	1989
Winner	Emperor's Cup	1991
Winner	Emperor's Cup	1992
Runner-up	Emperor's Cup	1990

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Toru Sano (佐野達, Sano Tōru, born November 15, 1963) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

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Sano was born in Shizuoka on November 15, 1963. After graduating from Hosei University, he joined Nissan Motors (later Yokohama Marinos) in 1986. From 1988 to 1990, the club won all three major title in Japan; Japan Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup for 2 years in a row. He could not play in the match much for injury. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and founded new league J1 League. However, he retired in 1992 without playing in J1 League.

National team career

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On January 27, 1988, Sano debuted for Japan national team against United Arab Emirates. He played full-time in all matches in 1988. He also played at 1990 Asian Games. He played 9 games for Japan until 1990.^[1]

Coaching career

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After retirement, Sano coached at Yokohama Marinos (1993–96), Yokohama Flügels (1997-98) and Kyoto Purple Sanga (1999-03). He signed with J2 League club Thespa Kusatsu in 2005 and became a manager in 2009. In 2010, he moved to Japan Football League (JFL) club V-Varen Nagasaki. In 2012 season, however the club won the champions and was promoted to J2 League, he resigned end of the season. In 2013, he signed with Regional Leagues club Saurcos Fukui. He moved to JFL club Verspah Oita in 2016. He resigned in 2017.

Club statistics

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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	Nissan Motors	JSL Division 1	22	0					22	0
1987/88			22	1					22	1
1988/89			18	0					18	0
1989/90			15	0			1	0	16	0
1990/91			2	0			4	0	6	0
1991/92			0	0			0	0	0	0
1992	Yokohama Marinos	J1 League	-		0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			79	1	0	0	5	0	84	1

National team statistics

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^[1]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1988	5	0
1989	1	0
1990	3	0
Total	9	0

Managerial statistics

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^[2]

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Thespa Kusatsu	2009	2009	51	18	11	22	035.29
Total			51	18	11	22	035.29

References

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^ ^a ^b Japan National Football Team Database
^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

External links

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Toru Sano at National-Football-Teams.com
Japan National Football Team Database
Toru Sano manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

v t e 1987–88 Japan Soccer League Team of the Year
Shinichi Morishita Hisashi Kato Oscar Yoshinori Ishigami Toru Sano André Takashi Mizunuma Hiroshi Nagatomi Toshio Matsuura Adílson Jônas

v t e 1988–89 Japan Soccer League Team of the Year
Shigetatsu Matsunaga Oscar Takumi Horiike Moner Toru Sano Masahiro Wada Takashi Mizunuma Kazushi Kimura Kenta Hasegawa Osamu Maeda Koichi Hashiratani

v t e Thespakusatsu Gunma – managers
Stevović (1995–97) Suzuki (1998) Kimura (1999) Stevović (2000–01) Okuno (2002–03) Ueki (2004) Tezuka (2005) Ueki (2006–08) Sano (2009) Soejima (2010–12) Akiba (2013–14) Hattori (2015–16) Morishita (2017) Nuno (2018–19) Okuno (2020–21) Kudo (2021) Otsuki (2022–24) Muto (2024–)

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