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Akinobu Yokouchi
横内 昭展
Personal information
Full name Akinobu Yokouchi
Date of birth (1967-11-30) 30 November 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Fukuoka, Japan
Height 1.74 m
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Jubilo Iwata (manager)
Youth career
1983–1985 Tokai University Daigo High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1995 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Teams managed
2017 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (caretaker)
2023– Júbilo Iwata
Honours
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Runner-up J1 League 1994
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1987
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1995
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Akinobu Yokouchi (横内 昭展, Yokouchi Akinobu, born November 30, 1967) is a former Japanese football player and he is current manager of Júbilo Iwata.

Playing career

Yokouchi was born in Fukuoka Prefecture on November 30, 1967. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Soccer League club Mazda (later Sanfrecce Hiroshima) in 1986. He played many matches as offensive midfielder. In 1992, the Japan Soccer League folded and the new J1 League was founded. However he did not play in many matches due to an injury and retired at the end of the 1995 season.

Managerial career

After retirement, Yokouchi started coaching career at Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 1996. He mainly coached youth team until 2002. In 2003, he became a coach for top team. The club won the champions in 2012, 2013 and 2015 J1 League. In 2017, the club results were bad and manager Hajime Moriyasu was sacked in July. Yokouchi managed the club 1 match as caretaker.

On 25 December 2022, Yokouchi appointment manager of J2 relegation club, Jubilo Iwata for upcoming 2023 season. On 12 November 2023, Yokouchi brought his club promotion to J1 League from 2024 after defeat Tochigi SC 1–2 at away games in final day.

Career statistics

Club

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1986/87 Mazda JSL Division 1 0 0 0 0
1987/88 0 0 0 0
1988/89 JSL Division 2
1989/90 13 1 2 1 15 2
1990/91 29 5 2 0 31 5
1991/92 JSL Division 1 22 2 4 0 26 2
1992 Sanfrecce Hiroshima J1 League - 0 0 4 0 4 0
1993 2 0 2 0 5 1 9 1
1994 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0
1995 2 0 0 0 - 2 0
Total 68 8 5 0 17 2 90 10

Managerial statistics

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Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
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Júbilo Iwata 2023 present &&&&&&&&&&&&&050.&&&&&050 &&&&&&&&&&&&&024.&&&&&024 &&&&&&&&&&&&&012.&&&&&012 &&&&&&&&&&&&&014.&&&&&014 &&&&&&&&&&&&&048.&&&&&048.00
Total &&&&&&&&&&&&&051.&&&&&051 &&&&&&&&&&&&&024.&&&&&024 &&&&&&&&&&&&&013.&&&&&013 &&&&&&&&&&&&&014.&&&&&014 &&&&&&&&&&&&&047.&6000047.06

Honours

Manager

Júbilo Iwata
  • Promotion to J1 League 2024

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