Akira Ito
伊藤 彰
Personal information
Full name Akira Ito
Date of birth (1972-09-19) September 19, 1972
Place of birth Niiza, Saitama, Japan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1988–1990 Bunan High School
1991–1994 Kokushikan University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2001 Kawasaki Frontale 161 (35)
2002–2003 Omiya Ardija 81 (11)
2004 Sagan Tosu 41 (4)
2005–2006 Tokushima Vortis 82 (10)
Total 365 (60)
Managerial career
2017 Omiya Ardija
2019–2021 Ventforet Kofu
2022 Júbilo Iwata
2022–2023 Vegalta Sendai
2024- Zweigen Kanazawa
Medal record
Kawasaki Frontale
Runner-upJ.League Cup2000
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Akira Ito (伊藤 彰, Ito Akira, born September 19, 1972) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Playing career

Ito was born in Niiza on September 19, 1972. After graduating from Kokushikan University, he joined Japan Football League club Fujitsu (later Kawasaki Frontale) in 1995. He played many matches as offensive midfielder and forward from first season. Although his opportunity to play decreased in 1997, he became a regular player in 1998 and the club was promoted to J2 League from 1999. In 1999, the club won the champions and was promoted to J1 League from 2000. In 2000, although the club gained many players and his opportunity to play decreased, the club won the 2nd place J.League Cup. However the club results were bad in league competition and the club was relegated to J2 in a year. Although he played many matches as regular player in 2001, he was released from the club end of 2001 season. In 2002, he moved to J2 club Omiya Ardija in based in his local Saitama Prefecture. He played many matches as regular player in 2 seasons. In 2004, he moved to J2 club Sagan Tosu and played many matches as side midfielder. In 2005, he moved to newly was promoted to J2 League club, Tokushima Vortis. He played many matches as side midfielder in 2 seasons and retired end of 2006 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Ito started coaching career at Omiya Ardija in 2007. He coached for youth team until 2015. In 2016, he became a top team coach under manager Hiroki Shibuya. In May 2017, the club results were bad and Shibuya was sacked and Ito became a new manager as Shibuya successor. However the club result did not improve and Ito was sacked in November. In 2018, he signed with Ventforet Kofu and became a coach. In 2019, he became a manager.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1995FujitsuJFL26400-264
199625943-2912
1997Kawasaki Frontale8000-80
1998251132303113
1999J2 League31734203611
2000J1 League1320051183
2001J2 League3324330405
2002Omiya Ardija43442-476
200338721-408
2004Sagan Tosu41420-434
2005Tokushima Vortis40900-409
200642110-431
Career total 36560231513140176

Managerial statistics

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Omiya Ardija 2017 2017 23 7 8 8 030.43
Ventforet Kofu 2019 2021 132 61 41 30 046.21
Júbilo Iwata 2022 2022 28 7 7 14 025.00
Vegalta Sendai 2022 present 8 2 2 4 025.00
Total 191 77 58 56 040.31

• Statistics including J1 and J2 Leagues, J. League Cup and The Emperor's Cup results.

References


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