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Futoshi Ikeda

Futoshi Ikeda
Personal information
Full name Futoshi Ikeda[1]
Date of birth (1970-10-04) 4 October 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1986–1988 Bunan High School
1989–1992 Aoyama Gakuin University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 Urawa Reds 53 (1)
Total 53 (1)
Managerial career
2012 Avispa Fukuoka (caretaker)
2017–2022 Japan U-20 women
2018 Japan U-17 women
2021–2024 Japan women
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Futoshi Ikeda (池田 太, Ikeda Futoshi, born 4 October 1970) is a Japanese football manager and former player who played as a defender. He was the head coach of the Japan women's national football team.[2]

Playing career

Ikeda was born in Koganei on 4 October 1970. After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University, he joined the Urawa Reds football club in 1993. He played many matches as a left side back during the first season. However, he did not play as much in 1995 and retired at the end of the 1996 season.[3]

Coaching career

After retirement, Ikeda started his coaching career with the Urawa Reds in 1997. He mainly coached the youth team (1997-2001) and the senior team (2002-2008). In 2012, he moved to Avispa Fukuoka and served as coach for the top team until 2016. In October 2012, manager Koji Maeda was dismissed and Ikeda managed as caretaker until the end of the season. In 2017, he became a manager for Japan women's U-20 national team. He led Japan to win the championship at the 2017 AFC U-19 Championship and qualified for the 2018 U-20 World Cup. In 2018, U-20 Japan won the championship at the U-20 World Cup. In November, he became the manager for the Japan women's U-17 national team for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup as Naoki Kusunose's successor.[4]

Club statistics

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
1993 Urawa Reds J1 League 18 1 0 0 5 0 23 1
1994 27 0 1 0 2 0 30 0
1995 8 0 0 0 - 8 0
1996 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 53 1 1 0 7 0 61 1

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