Hiroshi Kobayashi (soccer manager)
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| Hiroshi Kobayashi | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hiroshi Kobayashi | |
| Date of birth | March 17, 1959 | |
| Place of birth | Japan | |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1974-1976 1977-1980 |
Hitachi First Senior High School Chuo University |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1981-1989 | Furukawa Electric | |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1990-1998 2000 2001 |
ALO's Hokuriku Kawasaki Frontale Mito Hollyhock |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Hiroshi Kobayashi (born March 17, 1959 in Ibaraki, Japan) is a former Japanese soccer player, coach, and manager.
He first played soccer in the JSL for the Furukawa Electric soccer club. (Currently, JEF United Ichihara Chiba.) He began his soccer coaching career in 1990 as coach of ALO's Hokuriku, which he coached through 1998 leading the team to promotion in the league. He then coached for the second half of 2001 for Division 1 club Kawasaki Frontale and the first 20 games of the 2002 season for Mito Hollyhock before becoming Mito's general manager. He was the president of Mito Hollyhock from 2002 to 2007.

