Koji Gyotoku

Koji Gyotoku
Hành đức hạo nhị

Personal information
Full name	Koji Gyotoku
Date of birth	(1965-01-28)January 28, 1965
Place of birth	Shizuoka,Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Bati Academy(Head coach)
Youth career
	Daiichi High School
	Tokai University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1989	Werder Bremen II
1989–1992	Toyota Motors	16	(0)
Total		16	(0)
Managerial career
2003–2004	Shimizu S-Pulse
2004–2005	Shimizu S-Pulse(assistant)
2005–2008	Shimizu S-Pulse U18
2008–2010	Bhutan
2010–2011	Omiya Ardija(assistant)
2012–2013	FC Gifu
2014–2015	Angthong
2016–2018	Nepal
2016–2018	Nepal U23
2019–	Bati Academy
2019–2023	Cambodia U21
2023–	Cambodia U23
2024–	Cambodia U17
2024–	Cambodia U21
2024–	Cambodia(interim)
Medal record Men'sfootball RepresentingNepal(as manager) AFC Solidarity Cup Winner 2016
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Koji Gyotoku(Hành đức hạo nhị,Gyōtoku Kōji,born January 28, 1965)is a formerJapanesefootballplayer and manager. He is the current head coach of theBati Academy,Cambodia U23,Cambodia U21andCambodia U17,as well as the interim head coach of theCambodia national team.

Playing career

Gyotoku was born January 28, 1965, inShizuoka Prefecture,Japan.He went to school at Shizuoka Municipal Shimizu Fifth and Tokai Western High School. After high school, he went toTokai University.Gyotoku began his football career withWerder Bremen II,a team inWest Germany.Later, he went on to play forToyota Motors.He played in 13 games for the team, appearing in 12 in1990-91and once in1991-92,but never scored a goal for the team. The team did not make theJSL Cup.

Coaching career

Gyotoku coached theShimizu S-Pulsein 2003 afterTakeshi Okiresigned from his position as team manager He led the team to the semi-finals of theJ.League Cupand theEmperor's Cup,placing them 11th overall in the league. The team went on to make it to theAFC Champions Leaguegroup stage.

Gyotoku became the coach of theBhutan national teamin 2008. He led the Bhutan team the semifinals of the 2008 South Asian Football Federation Cup tournament, where they lost to India (2 - 1) during stoppage time of extra time.It was the furthest the team had ever gone. In the2008and2010 AFC Challenge Cuphe would lead the team to third and fourth place respectively. However, the team did not attempt to qualify for the2010 World Cup,being the onlyFIFAmember in the 2010 qualifications to withdraw. The cited reason for this was a lack of preparation of the field before their game againstKuwait.

From December 2014 to July 2015, Gyotoku was head coach ofAngthongof theThai Division 1 League.In early 2016, Gyotoku was appointed as head coach of theNepal national teamarriving in the Himalayan country on March 4, 2016.Under Gyotoku's guidance, Nepal performed well and improved its form during the2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification,with Nepal achieved two respectable draws against eventual debutantsPhilippinesandYemenat home. But with Gyotoku being found to have entered Nepal with a tourist visa and had no legal working papers permit, he was fired as coach of Nepal in 2018.

Club statistics

Gyotoku played in for each of the schools he attended before he reached the professional level.

Season	Club	League	League		Cup		League Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1989-90	Toyota Motors	JSL Division 2	3	0	?	0	0	0	3	0
1990-91		JSL Division 1	12	0	?	0	0	0	12	0
1991-92			1	0	?	0	0	0	1	0
Career total			16	0	0	0	0	0	16	0

Other official game

• 1990
  • Konica Cup1 appearance with no goal

Managerial statistics

As of 13 June 2017.

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Shimizu S-Pulse	December 2003	December 2003	0	0	0	0	!—
Bhutan	2008	2010	14	1	2	11	007.14
FC Gifu	1 January 2012	18 August 2013	71	13	20	38	018.31
Nepal	2016	2018	13	4	5	4	030.77
Total			87	14	24	49	016.09

External links

• Koji Gyotoku manager profileatJ.League(archive)(in Japanese)