Tetsuya Asano

is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.

## Biography

Asano was born in Hokota on February 23, 1967. After graduating from Hokota Daiichi High School, he joined Toyota Shukyu-Dan in 1985. In 1987, he moved Japan Soccer League club Toyota Motors (later _Nagoya Grampus Eight_) in 1987. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and founded new league J1 League. In 1994, he moved to Urawa Reds on loan. In 1995, he returned and the club won 1995 and 1999 Emperor's Cup. Toward the end of his career, he played at FC Tokyo (2000) and Kawasaki Frontale (2001). He retired in 2001.

On June 2, 1991, Asano debuted for the Japan national team against Thailand. He played 8 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 1994.

After retirement, Asano started coaching career at Shonan Bellmare in 2007. He moved to Avispa Fukuoka in 2010 and he became a manager as Yoshiyuki Shinoda successor in August 2011. However the club was relegated to J2 League and he resigned end of the season. In 2013, he signed with Nadeshiko League club Iga FC Kunoichi and managed until September 2014. In 2015, he signed with Japan Football League club Kagoshima United FC. In 2015 season, the club won 4th place and was promoted to J3 League. In 2017, he moved to J3 club AC Nagano Parceiro. He resigned in June 2018.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Emperor's Cup|colspan="2"|J.League Cup|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Toyota Motors|1987/88|JSL Division 1|1|0|||0|0|1|0|
|1988/89|JSL Division 2|10|2|||1|0|11|2|||
|1989/90|JSL Division 2|29|3|—|3|0|32|3||||
|1990/91|JSL Division 1|22|6|—|2|0|24|6||||
|1991/92|JSL Division 1|16|1|2|0|1|0|19|1|||
|rowspan="4"|Nagoya Grampus Eight|1992|J1 League|—|0|0|2|1|2|1||
|1993|J1 League|20|1|3|1|0|0|23|2|||
|1994|J1 League|3|0|0|0|0|0|3|0|||
|Urawa Reds|1994|J1 League|29|2|3|1|2|0|34|3||
|rowspan="6"|Nagoya Grampus Eight|1995|J1 League|50|4|5|3|—|55|7||
|1996|J1 League|29|5|1|0|13|2|43|7|||
|1997|J1 League|29|4|1|0|10|0|40|4|||
|1998|J1 League|23|2|4|0|1|0|28|2|||
|1999|J1 League|13|1|0|0|2|0|15|1|||
|FC Tokyo|2000|J1 League|8|0|0|0|0|0|8|0||
|Kawasaki Frontale|2001|J2 League|8|0|5|0|1|0|14|0||

### International

|National team||Year||Apps||Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=4|Japan|1991|2|0|||
|1992|3|0|||||
|1993|0|0|||||
|1994|3|1|||||

### Managerial

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="5"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Avispa Fukuoka|align="left"|2011|align="left"|2011|||
|align="left"|Kagoshima United FC|align="left"|2016|align="left"|2016|||
|align="left"|AC Nagano Parceiro|align="left"|2017|align="left"|2018|||
|align="left"|Kagoshima United FC|align="left"|2024|align="left"|_Present_|||

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Tetsuya Asano
浅野 哲也
- **fullname**: Tetsuya Asano
- **birth place**: Hokota, Ibaraki, Hokota, Ibaraki Prefecture, Ibaraki, Japan
- **height**: 1.85 m
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1982–1984
- **youthclubs1**: Hokota Daiichi High School
- **years1**: 1985–1986
- **clubs1**: Toyota Shukyudan
- **years2**: 1987–1999
- **clubs2**: Nagoya Grampus, Nagoya Grampus Eight
- **caps2**: 245
- **goals2**: 29
- **years3**: 1994
- **clubs3**: →Urawa Reds (loan)
- **caps3**: 29
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 2000
- **clubs4**: FC Tokyo
- **caps4**: 8
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2001
- **clubs5**: Kawasaki Frontale
- **caps5**: 8
- **goals5**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 290
- **totalgoals**: 31
- **nationalyears1**: 1991–1994
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **manageryears1**: 2011
- **managerclubs1**: Avispa Fukuoka
- **manageryears2**: 2013–2014
- **managerclubs2**: Iga FC Kunoichi
- **manageryears3**: 2015–2016
- **managerclubs3**: Kagoshima United FC
- **manageryears4**: 2017–2018
- **managerclubs4**: AC Nagano Parceiro
- **manageryears5**: 2024
- **managerclubs5**: Kagoshima United FC