Toshiaki Imai

Toshiaki Imai
今井敏明
Personal information
Date of birth	29 December 1954 (age 69)
Place of birth	Saitama, Japan
Youth career
1970–1972	Urawa Nishi High School
1973–1976	Waseda University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1977–1981	Fujitsu
Managerial career
1993–1994	Tokyo Gas
1996	Shiroki FC Serena
2000	Kawasaki Frontale
2005–2007	Chinese Taipei
2007	Taiwan Women
2011–2012	FC Ganju Iwate
2016	Taiwan
2016	Mongolia
2017	Global Cebu
2020	Taichung Futuro
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Toshiaki Imai (今井敏明, Imai Toshiaki, born 29 December 1954) is a Japanese football manager and former player.

Early life

Imai was born in Saitama Prefecture on　December 29, 1954. He is a graduate of Waseda University.

Playing career

Imai played for Fujitsu (later Kawasaki Frontale) from 1977 to 1981.

Coaching career

After retirement, Imai became a manager for Tokyo Gas in 1993. He managed Shiroki FC Serena (1996), Kawasaki Frontale (2000).

In November 2005, Imai was appointed by Japan Football Association to coach Chinese Taipei national team and to help the football development in Taiwan. It was his first international assignment. He accepted the challenge and signed a one-year contract with Chinese Taipei Football Association in December. Under his guidance, although the team did not have any amazing performance in international competitions, it was believed^{[by whom?]} that Imai did bring good influence on the team, as well as football activities in Taiwan.^{[citation needed]}

On 15 December 2006, Imai extended his contract with CTFA.^[1] In addition to men's national team, he also led Chinese Taipei women's national team in the 2008 Olympic Games qualification in February 2007.^{[citation needed]} In 2008, he returned to Japan and became the manager of Waseda University.^{[citation needed]}

In 2016, Imai became manager of Chinese Taipei again, but was fired in October of that year after complaints of team disunity.^[2] By January 2017, he was already mentoring Global Cebu which is set to participate at the Philippines Football League as its head coach.^[3]

In 2020, Imai briefly coached Taiwan Football Premier League team Taichung Futuro.^[4]

Managerial statistics

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Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Kawasaki Frontale	2000	2000	15	3	3	9	020.00
Total			15	3	3	9	020.00

References

^ 今井敏明續約明年初先帶女足衝奧運 (in Chinese). Chinese Taipei Football Association. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 7 January 2007.
^ "台灣男足剛晉級足協炒掉日教頭 - 自由體育". 13 October 2016.
^ Guerrero, Bob (20 January 2017). "Global FC aims for the big leagues of Asia". Rappler. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
^ Ko, Brandon (28 July 2020). "那些年，我們一起看的臺灣男足外籍教練[近5年]". SPORTS VISION (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 September 2020.
^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

External links

Toshiaki Imai manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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[1] 今井敏明續約明年初先帶女足衝奧運 (in Chinese). Chinese Taipei Football Association. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 7 January 2007.

[2] "台灣男足剛晉級足協炒掉日教頭 - 自由體育". 13 October 2016.

[globalaims-3] Guerrero, Bob (20 January 2017). "Global FC aims for the big leagues of Asia". Rappler. Retrieved 20 January 2017.

[4] Ko, Brandon (28 July 2020). "那些年，我們一起看的臺灣男足外籍教練[近5年]". SPORTS VISION (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 September 2020.

[5] J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

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