Katsumi Oenoki

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Katsumi Oenoki
Personal information
Full name Katsumi Oenoki
Date of birth April 3, 1965 (1965-04-03) (age 43)
Place of birth    Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan
Playing position Midfielder
Youth clubs
1981-1983
1984-1987
Shimizu Higashi High School
Waseda University
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1988-1991
1992-2002
Yamaha
Shimizu S-Pulse
054 00(6)
252 0(10)   
National team
1989-1990 Japan 005 00(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Katsumi Oenoki (大榎 克己 Ōenoki Katsumi?, born April 3, 1965 in Shimizu, Shizuoka) is a former Japanese football (soccer) player. He was a right-footed midfielder. He is currently a football coach.

[edit] Playing career

He was educated at and played for Shimizu Higashi High School. He won the national high school championship with his teammates including Kenta Hasegawa and Takumi Horiike. He continued his study and football at Waseda University.

After graduating from the university in 1988, he joined Japan Soccer League side Yamaha F.C. (current Jubilo Iwata). When Japan's first-ever professional league J. 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 Hasegawa and Horiike. He helped the club to win the J. League Cup in 1996, the second stage of the J. League in 1999, and the Asian Cup Winners Cup in 2000.

He made more than 250 league appearances for Shimizu and retired after the 2002 season.

He was capped 5 times for the Japanese national team between 1989 and 1990. His first international appearance came on May 5, 1989 in a friendly against Korea in Seoul.

[edit] Managerial career

He worked as a coach at Shimizu S-Pulse in 2003 and he has been the manager of Waseda University A.F.C. since 2004. Under his guidance, Waseda was promoted from the Tokyo Prefectural University League to the Kanto League Div 2 in 2004, and then to Div 1 in 2005. The club finished runners-up in the national intercollegiate championship in 2006.

He acquired the S-Class coaching license that is a prerequisite to manage a J. League club in 2007.

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