Yoshinori Kumada

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.

Yoshinori Kumada

Personal information
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

Coaching career

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]