Masahiro Wada

Masahiro Wada (和田 昌裕, Wada Masahiro, born January 21, 1965) is a Japanese former football player and manager. His sons Atsuki Wada and Tomoki Wada are also footballer.

Masahiro Wada
和田 昌裕

Personal information
Full name	Masahiro Wada
Date of birth	(1965-01-21) January 21, 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender, Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1982	Mikage High School
1983–1986	Juntendo University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1995	Gamba Osaka	152	(15)
1995–1998	Vissel Kobe	46	(2)
Total		198	(17)
Managerial career
2009	Vissel Kobe (caretaker)
2010–2012	Vissel Kobe
2014	Chonburi
2015	Kyoto Sanga FC
2015–2016	Port
2016	Sisaket
Medal record Gamba Osaka Winner Emperor's Cup 1990
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Wada was born in Kobe on January 21, 1965. After graduating from Juntendo University, he joined Matsushita Electric (later Gamba Osaka) in 1987. He played as regular player as left side back and left midfielder from first season. In 1990, the club won the champions 1990 Emperor's Cup first major title in club history. However his opportunity to play decreased from 1994. In July 1995, he moved to his local club Vissel Kobe in Japan Football League. He played as regular player and the club was promoted to J1 League in 1997. However he could hardly play in the match from 1997 and he retired end of 1998 season.

Coaching career

Vissel Kobe

After the retirement from football, Wada remained as the coaching staff of Vissel Kobe. In 2009, he was appointed as the senior team caretaker after the resignation of Caio Júnior. Wada managed the team for five games in J1 and stepped down from the head coach position after the appointment of Toshiya Miura. He still worked as the assistant coach for the club.

On 12 September 2010, after the dismissal of Miura, Wada was promoted to be the club head coach again. In the later season, Masahiro Wada led Vissel Kobe to finish in the ninth position on J1 League, the highest rank in the club history. However, Wada was sacked by the club in 2012 season after 8 games with 3 wins and 5 losses in J1 since the club had aimed for the top four position for the continental football.

He still worked as the executive staff for Vissel Kobe until November 2013.

Chonburi

In 2014, Masahiro Wada has become the first foreign head coach of Chonburi in Thai Premier League, followed the invitation of Wittaya Laohakul who was the director of Chonburi and his teammate at Matsushita Electric. Wada finished his season in Thailand with the second place of 2014 Thai Premier League, runner-up of 2014 Thai FA Cup and received the TPL Coach of the Year award. However, he decided to turn down the new contract from Chonburi and return to Japan.

Return to Japan

In December 2014, Mashiro Wada has returned to Japan and become the manager of Kyoto Sanga FC in J2 League. He later stepped down from his position on 10 July 2015 after dropping the club to the relegation zone.

Second spell on Thailand

On 22 October 2015, Port F.C. made the official appointment of Masahiro Wada for the last nine games of relegation avoiding in Thai Premier League. Wada made the impressive run with Port but could not save them from relegation. He has maintained his role as the club head coach down in Division 1. Wada was sacked by Port F.C. on 11 July 2016 when the club was in third place and has 5 points away from leading position after 19 games. He was replaced by Jadet Meelarp.^[1]

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
1987/88	Matsushita Electric	JSL Division 2	22	11			2	0	24	11
1988/89		JSL Division 1	20	1			0	0	20	1
1989/90			21	1			1	0	22	1
1990/91			18	0			1	0	19	0
1991/92			22	0			3	0	25	0
1992	Gamba Osaka	J1 League	-		3	0	9	0	12	0
1993			34	2	2	0	6	0	42	2
1994			3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1995			12	0	0	0	-		12	0
1995	Vissel Kobe	Football League	16	2	3	0	-		19	2
1996			30	0	3	0	-		33	0
1997		J1 League	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	0
1998			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			198	17	13	0	22	0	233	17

Managerial statistic

As of 24 September 2016

Nat.	Team	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
	Vissel Kobe[2]	2009	2012	63	23	14	26	0	0	+0	036.51
	Chonburi	2 December 2013	10 November 2014	48	27	14	7	80	42	+38	056.25
	Kyoto Sanga FC[3]	16 December 2014	10 July 2015	22	6	4	12	0	0	+0	027.27
	Port	22 October 2015	11 July 2016	32	16	10	6	58	36	+22	050.00
	Sisaket	1 September 2016	28 October 2016	3	1	0	2	8	8	+0	033.33
Career totals				168	73	42	53	146	86	+60	043.45

¹ A win or loss by the penalty shoot-out is counted as the draw in time.

References

1. มาดามแป้ง แต่งตั้ง “เซอร์จเด็จ” จเด็จ มีลาภ ทำหน้าที่หัวหน้าผู้ฝึกสอนแทน มาซาฮิโร วาดะ
2. J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
3. J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

External links

• Player statistics at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• Manager statistics manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• Vissel Kobe at the Wayback Machine (archived April 9, 2010)