Satoru Sakuma (佐久間 悟, Sakuma Satoru, born July 7, 1963) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Satoru Sakuma
佐久間 悟
Personal information
Full name Satoru Sakuma
Date of birth (1963-07-07) July 7, 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Josai University Kawagoe High School
Komazawa University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
????–1991 NTT Kanto 25 (0)
Total 25 (0)
Managerial career
2007 Omiya Ardija
2011 Ventforet Kofu
2015–2016 Ventforet Kofu
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Sakuma was born in Tokyo on July 7, 1963. After graduating from Komazawa University, he played for NTT Kanto until 1991.

Coaching career

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After retirement, Sakuma became coach at NTT Kanto (later Omiya Ardija) in 1991. In August 2007, manager Robert Verbeek was sacked for poor performance when Ardija was at the 16th place of 18 clubs. Sakuma became a new manager as Verbeek successor. He managed until end of the season and Ardija finished at 15th place and remaining in J1 League. In October 2008, he moved to Ventforet Kofu and became a general manager. In August 2011, manager Toshiya Miura was sacked for poor performance. Sakuma became anew manager as Miura successor. However Ventforet results were bad and was relegated to J2. Sakuma returned to general manager from 2012. In May 2015, manager Yasuhiro Higuchi was sacked and Sakuma became a manager again. He managed until end of 2016 season.

Managerial statistics

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Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Omiya Ardija 2007 2007 16 5 4 7 031.25
Ventforet Kofu 2011 2011 14 5 1 8 035.71
Ventforet Kofu 2015 2016 57 15 17 25 026.32
Total 87 25 22 40 028.74

References

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  1. ^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
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