Yasutaro Matsuki

Yasutaro Matsuki
松木 安太郎
Personal information
Full name Yasutaro Matsuki
Date of birth (1957-11-28) November 28, 1957
Place of birth Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
1968–1972 Yomiuri
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1990 Yomiuri 269 (9)
Total 269 (9)
National team
1984–1986 Japan 11 (0)
Teams managed
1993–1994 Verdy Kawasaki
1998 Cerezo Osaka
2001 Tokyo Verdy
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Yasutaro Matsuki (松木 安太郎, Matsuki Yasutarō, born November 28, 1957) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He also worked as a football commentator.

Club career

Matsuki was born in Chuo, Tokyo on November 28, 1957. He joined Japan Soccer League Division 2 club Yomiuri from youth team in 1973. The club was promoted to Division 1 in 1978. The club won the champions in Japan Soccer League 3 times, JSL Cup 2 times and Emperor's Cup 3 times. From 1983, he also served as captain. This was golden era in club history. He retired in 1990. He played 269 games and scored 9 goals in the league. He was elected Best Eleven 3 times.

National team career

In April 1984, Matsuki was elected Japan national team for 1984 Summer Olympics qualification. At this qualification, on April 15, he debuted against Thailand. He also played at 1986 World Cup qualification and 1986 Asian Games. He played 11 games for Japan until 1986.[1]

Coaching career

After retirement, Matsuki started coaching career at Yomiuri (later Verdy Kawasaki, Tokyo Verdy) in 1990. In 1993, he became a manager. The club won the champions at J1 League and J.League Cup and he was elected Best Manager awards for 2 years in a row (1993-1994). He resigned end of 1994 season. In 1998, he signed with Cerezo Osaka and managed in 1 season. In 2001, he returned to Tokyo Verdy in the first year after relocating to Tokyo. However he was sacked in July.

Video games

Matsuki appeared on the cover of the Japanese version of World Cup Striker, a soccer game released in 1994 for the Super NES.[2] In the PlayStation title J-League Jikkyō Winning Eleven 97, Matsuki comments the matches alongside Jon Kabira.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup JSL Cup Total
1973YomiuriJSL Division 200-00
197480-80
1975180-180
19761722040232
19771803040250
1978JSL Division 11802060260
19791802040240
19801713120222
19811815010241
19821703010210
19831823030242
19841825000232
1985/862212041282
1986/872205110281
1987/881904110241
1988/892103020260
1989/9000103040
CountryJapan 269943336134813
Total 269943336134813

National team statistics

[1]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
198430
198560
198620
Total110

Managerial statistics

[3]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Verdy Kawasaki 1993 1994 80 59 0 21 073.75
Cerezo Osaka 1998 1998 34 15 0 19 044.12
Tokyo Verdy 2001 2001 14 4 0 10 028.57
Total 128 78 0 50 060.94

Honors

References

  1. 1 2 Japan National Football Team Database
  2. ↑ World Cup Striker Japanese box art at GameFAQs
  3. ↑ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
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