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Norio Sasaki, Japan football coach: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Norio Sasaki
Norio Sasaki
Japan
24 May 1958
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Norio Sasaki is a Japanese football coach and former player. He is best known for leading the Japanese women's national team to their first and only FIFA Women's World Cup win in 2011 over the United States on penalty shootouts. He retired as head coach in March 2016 after eight years. Sasaki also coached the Japan women's U-20 national team starting in 2007.

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📋 Profile & Career

: Sasaki in 2015
⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Norio Sasaki
Date of birth: (1958-05-24) 24 May 1958 (age 67)
Place of birth: Obanazawa, Yamagata, Japan
Height: 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s): Midfielder
⚽ Youth career:
1974–1976: Teikyo High School
1977–1980: Meiji University
⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1991: NTT Kanto 25 (2)
Total: 25 (2)
⚽ Managerial career:
1997–1998: Omiya Ardija
2006: Japan women U-17
2007–2010: Japan women U-20
2008–2016: Japan women
2021: Omiya Ardija Ventus
2024: Japan women (interim)

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10 years ago • 5.35K views
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Channel Image 🇯🇵 What it’s like to watch your father make history | Asia Stories
2 years ago • 13.87K views
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Channel Image Sasaki: 'Japan can defend our title'
10 years ago • 6.19K views
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Channel Image Post-Game - Canada 0:3 Japan - Norio Sasaki
10 years ago • 539 views
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Channel Image Japan REACTION - Post Match Press Conference - Norio SASAKI (JPN)
10 years ago • 39.76K views
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Channel Image MBAPPE VS. MESSI | 2018 FIFA World Cup: France v Argentina
Streamed 2 years ago • 18.09M views
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Channel Image World Cup Finals 1930 - 2022 🏆 All Goals
2 years ago • 1.68M views
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Channel Image 2007 (June 1) Japan 2-Montenegro 0 (Kirin Cup).mpg
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Channel Image Sawa Homare - Best Player of the Year 2011
13 years ago • 72.3K views
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Channel Image Top 10 Japanese Players
10 years ago • 371.73K views
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Channel Image FIFA Ballon d'Or 2014 Ceremony | Full Show
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Channel Image Germany - Japan, 2011 Women's World Cup
13 years ago • 2.16M views
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📰 Google News (RSS)

Norio Sasaki: Walking around the world, smiling for peace - Alaska Public Media

Sasaki steps down as Japan coach after Rio failure - Equalizer Soccer

A Year After Tsunami, Toshiba Chief Norio Sasaki Stays Focused on Infrastructure - The Wall Street Journal

Toshiba ex-CEOs unlikely to face charges over scandal - source - Reuters

  • ✐ Reuters
  • Fri, 08 Jul 2016 07:00:00 GMT

Japanese Women Play Without Their Superstar (Published 2015) - The New York Times

The final step for Japan’s women - Al Jazeera

Japan motivated to further cement program with World Cup win - USA Today

  • ✐ USA Today
  • Sat, 04 Jul 2015 07:00:00 GMT

» The Nadeshiko Revolution: Japan’s Women’s Soccer Team Plays Tiki-Taka Without the Tedium - Grantland

  • ✐ Grantland
  • Thu, 09 Aug 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Toshiba's Turn to Reshuffle at the Top - Bloomberg.com

Court orders former Toshiba executives to pay compensation - 朝日新聞

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