Akira Nishino (footballer)

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Akira Nishino

Full name	Akira Nishino
Date of birth	April 7, 1955 (1955-04-07) (age 53)
Place of birth	Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1978-1990	Hitachi
National team²
	Japan	12 (1)
Teams managed
1994-1996 1998-2001 2002-present	U-23 Japan NT Kashiwa Reysol Gamba Osaka
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 5, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of January 5, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Akira Nishino is a retired Japanese footballer and currently a football manager. He coached Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He currently manages J.League club Gamba Osaka.

1 Honors
- 1.1 As manager
  - 1.1.1 Individual
  - 1.1.2 Team

[edit] Honors

[edit] As manager

[edit] Individual

J. League Manager of the Year : 2000, 2005

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J. League Cup Champions : 1999, 2007
J. League Champions : 2005
Japanese Super Cup Champions : 2007
Pan-Pacific Championship Champions : 2008

Preceded by Steve Perryman	J. League Manager of the Year 2000	Succeeded by Masakazu Suzuki
Preceded by Takeshi Okada	J. League Manager of the Year 2005	Succeeded by Guido Buchwald

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Gamba Osaka – current squad

0 Gamba Boy • 1 Matsuyo • 2 Nakazawa • 3 Mineiro • 4 Mizumoto • 5 Yamaguchi • 6 Fukumoto • 7 Endō • 8 Terada • 9 Lucas • 10 Futagawa • 11 Bando • 13 M. Yasuda • 14 Hirai • 15 Aoki • 16 Sasaki • 17 Myojin • 18 Bare • 19 Shimohira • 20 Kurata • 21 Kaji • 22 Fujigaya • 23 Takei • 24 Hoshihara • 25 Okamoto • 26 Kinoshita • 27 Hashimoto • 28 Ueda • 29 Kimura • 30 Yamazaki • 31 K. Yasuda • Manager: Nishino

v • d • e Kashiwa Reysol – Managers

Zé Sérgio (1995) • Antoninho (1995) • Nicanor (1996–97) • Nishino (1998–01) • Perryman (2001–02) • Marco Aurelio (2002–03) • Ikeya (2004) • Hayano (2004–05) • Ishizaki (2006–)

v • d • e Gamba Osaka – Managers

Kamamoto (1992–94) • Held (1995) • Kuže (1996–97) • Koncilia (1997–98) • Antonetti (1998–99) • Hayano (1999–01) • Takemoto (2001) • Nishino (2002–)