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Minoru Kobayashi (小林 稔, Kobayashi Minoru, born May 14, 1976) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Minoru Kobayashi
小林 稔

Personal information
Full name	Minoru Kobayashi
Date of birth	(1976-05-14) May 14, 1976 (age 46)
Place of birth	Ayase, Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1992–1994	Toko Gakuen High School
1995–1998	Kokushikan University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2002	FC Tokyo	11	(0)
Total		11	(0)
Teams managed
2019	Júbilo Iwata
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Kobayashi was born in Ayase on May 14, 1976. After graduating from Kokushikan University, he joined newly was promoted to J2 League club, FC Tokyo in 1999. Although the club was promoted to J1 League from 2000, he could not play at all in the match until 2000. He debuted in late 2001 and played several matches as right side back. Although he played as regular player in early 2002, he could hardly play in the match behind Akira Kaji from May 2002 and retired end of 2002 season.

Coaching career

After the retirement, Kobayashi started coaching career at FC Tokyo in 2005. He mainly coached youth team until 2011. In 2012, he moved to Júbilo Iwata and became a coach for top team.[1] In August 2019, manager Hideto Suzuki resigned for health reasons and Kobayashi became a caretaker manager.[2]

Club statistics

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
1999	FC Tokyo	J2 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000		J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001			3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
2002			8	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
Total			11	0	1	0	1	0	13	0

Managerial statistics

[3]

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Júbilo Iwata	2019	2019	1	0	1	0	000.00
Total			1	0	1	0	000.00

References

External links

• Minoru Kobayashi at J.League (in Japanese)

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