Kenta Hasegawa played for which team from 1989 to 1992?
Kenta Hasegawa Club career . Hasegawa was educated at and played for Shimizu Higashi High School . He won the national high school championship with his teammates including Katsumi Oenoki and Takumi Horiike . He continued his study and football at University of Tsukuba where he won the Kanto University League title in 1987 . After graduating from the university in 1988 , he joined Japan Soccer League side Nissan Motors ( current Yokohama F . Marinos ) . He contributed to the club winning the Emperors Cup twice in 1988 and 1989 . When Japans first-ever professional league J1 League started , Shimizu S-Pulse was founded in his local city . He joined the club in 1992 and re-united with his high school teammates Oenoki and Horiike . He helped the club to win the J.League Cup in 1996 . He retired as a Shimizu player after the club won the second stage of the J1 League 1999 season . He played 207 league matches and scored 45 league goals in 7 seasons at Shimizu . International career . Hasegawa was capped 27 times and scored 4 goals for the Japanese national team between 1989 and 1995 . His first international appearance came on January 20 , 1989 in a friendly against Iran in Teheran . He scored for the first time for his country on June 11 , 1989 in a 1990 World Cup qualification against Indonesia at Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium in Tokyo . He was a member of the Japan squad who participated in the 1994 World Cup qualification for the 1994 World Cup . In the crucial last match , Hasegawa was substituted in the 59th minute by Masahiro Fukuda and watched from the bench a late Iraqi equaliser dashed Japans hope to qualify for the finals in the US , the match that the Japanese fans now refer to as the Agony of Doha . Coaching career . After retiring from the game , Hasegawa started working as a pundit for national television NHK . He was also installed as the general manager of two university clubs , Hamamatsu University and Fuji Tokoha University ( 2000–2001 ) . He became the manager of Hamamatsu University and lead them to win the Tokai University League title and the Shizuoka Prefectural qualification for the Emperors Cup . He acquired the S-class coaching license that was required to manage a J1 League club in 2004 and became the manager of his old club Shimizu S-Pulse in 2005 . The club struggled and narrowly escaped relegation in the 2005 season but they fought back strongly in the 2006 season and finished 4th in the league ; a position equaled in 2007 . In 2008 Hasegawa led S-Pulse to the final of the J.League Cup and a fifth-placed finish in the league , a placing which included them being the strongest performing team in the second half of the season . He was rewarded with an extended contract which will keep him at S-Pulse until 2010 . He left Shimizu after he led the club to the final of 2010-11 Emperors Cup when his contract was expired . Hawegawa was appointed as a manager at J2 League club Gamba Osaka in 2013 . The club won the champions in 2013 and was promoted to J1 League . In 2014 , the club won all three major title in Japan ; J1 League , J.League Cup and Emperors Cup . He also was selected J.League Manager of the Year awards . In 2015 , the club won the champions at Emperors Cup and 2nd place at J1 League and J.League Cup . He resigned end of 2017 season . In 2018 , Hasegawa signed with FC Tokyo . Career statistics . Managerial . Update ; December 31 , 2018 In popular culture . In popular manga and anime series Chibi Maruko-chan , a boy called Kenta kun occasionally makes an appearance . He loves football and is a classmate of title character Chibi Maruko . Momoko Sakura , the author of the manga , created this character after Hasegawa . Sakura and Hasegawa attended the same primary school during the same period . Honours . As a coach . - Gamba Osaka - J.League Division 1 : 2014 - J.League Division 2 : 2013 - J.League Cup : 2014 - Emperors Cup : 2014 - Japanese Super Cup : 2015 - Individual - J.League Manager of the Year : 2014 External links . - Japan National Football Team Database - Kenta Hasegawa at Giant Bom