Personal information | |||
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Birth name | Yoshinori Kumada [1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 August 1961 [2] | ||
Place of birth | Shirakawa, Fukushima, Japan [2] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
ANA Yokohama [3] | |||
Managerial career | |||
1997 | Fukushima FC [2] | ||
1998–???? | Osaka Gakuin University [2] | ||
2010 | Daekyeung University [2] | ||
2011–2019 [2] [1] | Myanmar (women) | ||
Myanmar Women U19 [4] | |||
2013 | Myanmar Women U23 [5] | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Yoshinori Kumada (熊田 喜則, Kumada Yoshinori, born 25 August 1961 in Shirakawa, Fukushima) is a Japanese football coach who is the manager of the Myanmar women's national football team.
Coaching a host of teams in his native Japan and retiring as a player aged 28, [3] Yoshinori was chosen to manage the Myanmar women's national football team in 2011, leading them at the 2011 AFF Women's Championship. [2]
Leading Myanmar to a 5–0 win over Laos in the opening fixture of the 2013 AFF Women's Championship [6] and guiding them to the semi-final of the tournament, Yoshinori claimed the 2013 Women's AFF Coach of the Year Award. [7] He helped Myanmar qualify for the 2014 Asian Cup through an unbeaten record in the qualifying stage where they conceded zero goals. [8] He cited teamwork to their success. [8]
He submitted a complaint to the Asian Football Confederation for the reportedly poor officiating of Indian referee Maria Rebello in a 2–2 draw with Thailand at the semi-final of the 2013 SEA Games. [5]
He left the post of the coach of Myanmar in December 2019. [1]
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