Takeshi Koshida

Takeshi Koshida
越田剛史
Personal information
Full name	Takeshi Koshida
Date of birth	October 19, 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth	Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1976–1978	Kanazawa Sakuragaoka High School
College career
Years	Team
1979–1982	University of Tsukuba
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1989	Nissan Motors
1990–1996	Kanazawa SC
Total
International career
1979	Japan U-20
1980–1985	Japan
Managerial career
2006–2010	Zweigen Kanazawa (Technical director)
2010–2023	Hokuriku University (Sporting director)
2023–	Vietnam (Technical director)
2023–	Vietnam women (Technical director)
Medal record
Nissan Motors
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Takeshi Koshida (越田剛史, Koshida Takeshi, born October 19, 1960) is a Japanese football manager and former footballer. He is the technical director of Vietnam national football team and Vietnam women's national football team.

Club career

Koshida was born in Kanazawa on October 19, 1960. After graduating from University of Tsukuba, he joined Nissan Motors in 1983. The club won 1983 and 1985 Emperor's Cup. In 1988-89 season, although the club won JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup, he left the club later in the season. In 1990, he returned to his hometown and joined Japanese Regional Leagues club Kanazawa SC. He retired in 1996.

In August 1979, when Koshida was a University of Tsukuba student, he was selected by the Japan U-20 national team for the 1979 World Youth Championship and played in three matches. In December 1980, he was selected by the Japan national team for the 1982 World Cup qualification. On December 22, he debuted against Singapore. He played at the 1982 Asian Games, 1984 Summer Olympics qualification, and the 1986 World Cup qualification. He played 19 games for Japan until 1985.^[1]