Atsushi Uchiyama
is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team. His brother Masaru Uchiyama also played for Japan national team.
Biography
Uchiyama was born in Shizuoka on June 29, 1959. After graduating from Kokushikan University, he joined Japan Soccer League Division 2 club Yamaha Motors in 1982. In 1982, the club won the champions and was promoted to Division 1. The club also won 1982 Emperor's Cup. The club won the league champions in 1987/88. He retired in 1992. He played 195 games and scored 18 goals in the league.
On September 30, 1984, Uchiyama debuted for the Japan national team against South Korea. In 1995, he also played at 1986 World Cup qualification. He played 2 games for Japan until 1986.
After retirement, Uchiyama started coaching career at Yamaha Motors (later Jubilo Iwata) in 1992. He mainly served as an assistant coach for top team and a manager for youth team. In September 2007, he became a manager for top team as Adilson Batista successor. However he was sacked in August 2008. In 2015, he became a manager for the Japan U-20 national team. At 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, U-20 Japan won the champions first time and won to qualify for 2017 U-20 World Cup for the first time in 10 years. He resigned after 2017 U-20 World Cup.
Statistics
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|1982||rowspan="10"|Yamaha Motors||JSL Division 2||17||3
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|1983||rowspan="9"|JSL Division 1||18||2
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|1984||18||2
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|1985/86||21||2
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|1986/87||22||3
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|1987/88||22||2
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|1988/89||21||2
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|1989/90||19||1
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|1990/91||21||1
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|1991/92||16||0
195||18
195||18
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|1984||1||0
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|1985||1||0
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!Total||2||0
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References
Other websites
1959 births
Living people
Footballers from Shizuoka Prefecture
Japan international footballers
Japanese football managers
Japan Soccer League players
Jubilo Iwata players