Yoshiyuki Kobayashi

Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
小林慶行
Personal information
Full name	Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
Date of birth	January 27, 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	JEF United Chiba
Youth career
1993–1995	Toin Gakuen High School
1996–1998	Komazawa University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2005	Tokyo Verdy
2006–2009	Omiya Ardija
2009	Kashiwa Reysol
2010–2012	Albirex Niigata
Total
Managerial career
2023–	JEF United Chiba
Medal record
Tokyo Verdy
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yoshiyuki Kobayashi (小林慶行, Kobayashi Yoshiyuki, born January 27, 1978) is a Japanese football manager and former player who is the manager of J2 League club JEF United Chiba.

His brother Ryo Kobayashi is also a former footballer.

Club career

Kobayashi was born in Saitama on January 27, 1978. In 1999, when he was a Komazawa University student, he joined the J1 League club Verdy Kawasaki (later Tokyo Verdy). He became a regular player as a defensive midfielder during his first season. The club won the championship at the 2004 Emperor's Cup and the 2005 Japanese Super Cup. In the same year they were removed from the J1 League which marked his end in Tokyo. He signed with Omiya Ardija at the start of the 2006 season. As Omiya usually deployed a 4–4–2 formation, he usually played as a central/defensive midfielder. Kobayashi was the key player on the team, and at times the team's captain. However he gradually played less often during 2009. In June 2009, he moved to Kashiwa Reysol. On January 14, 2010 it was announced that Kobayashi had signed with Albirex Niigata.^[1] He played in many matches until 2011. However he did not play as much in 2012 and he retired at the end of the 2012 season, after a fourteen-year professional career.

Managerial career

Kobayashi started his coaching career in June 2014, serving as a coach of Vegalta Sendai until 2019. In 2021, he joined JEF United Chiba also as a coach, and promoted to the role of head coach of the Chiba side in 2022.

On 1 November 2022, he was appointed manager of JEF United Chiba from 2023 season.^[2]

Club statistics

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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
1999	Verdy Kawasaki	J1 League	30	2	4	0	3	0	37	2
2000	Verdy Kawasaki	J1 League	11	0	0	0	2	0	13	0
2001	Tokyo Verdy	J1 League	19	0	2	0	0	0	21	0
2002			23	1	1	0	0	0	24	1
2003			18	1	0	0	4	1	22	2
2004			29	4	5	2	8	2	42	8
2005			26	2	1	0	6	2	33	4
2006	Omiya Ardija	J1 League	28	4	2	0	5	0	35	4
2007			33	3	0	0	6	1	39	4
2008			25	3	2	0	6	0	33	3
2009			5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
2009	Kashiwa Reysol	J1 League	10	0	1	0	1	0	12	0
2010	Albirex Niigata	J1 League	28	0	2	0	5	0	35	0
2011			24	0	0	0	2	0	26	0
2012			1	0	0	0	3	0	4	0
Career total			310	20	20	2	54	6	384	28

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by club and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
JEF United Chiba	2023	present	44	19	10	15	043.18
Total			44	19	10	15	043.18

Statistics including results of the J. League Division 2 and The Emperor's Cup[1]

References

^ "大宮アルディージャから小林慶行選手移籍加入のお知らせ". Albirex Niigata. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
^ "小林慶行監督の就任内定について｜ニュース｜ジェフユナイテッド市原・千葉公式ウェブサイト". ジェフユナイテッド市原・千葉公式ウェブサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-11-04.
^ Albirex Niigata(in Japanese)

External links

Yoshiyuki Kobayashi at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Yoshiyuki Kobayashi at WorldFootball.net

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[1] "大宮アルディージャから小林慶行選手移籍加入のお知らせ". Albirex Niigata. Retrieved January 14, 2011.

[2] "小林慶行監督の就任内定について｜ニュース｜ジェフユナイテッド市原・千葉公式ウェブサイト". ジェフユナイテッド市原・千葉公式ウェブサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-11-04.

[3] Albirex Niigata(in Japanese)

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