Toshiaki Imai

Japanese football manager (born 1954)

Toshiaki Imai
今井 敏明Personal information

Date of birth|  (1954-12-29) 29 December 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth|  Saitama, Japan
Youth career
1970–1972|  Urawa Nishi High School
1973–1976|  Waseda University
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1977–1981|  Fujitsu|  |
Managerial career
1993–1994|  Tokyo Gas
1996|  Shiroki FC Serena
2000|  Kawasaki Frontale
2005–2007|  Chinese Taipei
2007|  Taiwan Women
2011–2012|  FC Ganju Iwate
2016|  Taiwan
2016|  Mongolia
2017|  Global Cebu
2020|  Taichung Futuro
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Toshiaki Imai (今井 敏明, Imai Toshiaki, born 29 December 1954) is a Japanese football manager and former player.

## Early life

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Imai was born in Saitama Prefecture on December 29, 1954. He is a graduate of Waseda University.

## Playing career

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Imai played for Fujitsu (later Kawasaki Frontale) from 1977 to 1981.

## Coaching career

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After retirement, Imai became a manager for Tokyo Gas in 1993. He managed Shiroki FC Serena (1996), Kawasaki Frontale (2000).

In November 2005, Imai was appointed by Japan Football Association to coach Chinese Taipei national team and to help the football development in Taiwan. It was his first international assignment. He accepted the challenge and signed a one-year contract with Chinese Taipei Football Association in December. Under his guidance, although the team did not have any amazing performance in international competitions, it was believed[by whom?] that Imai did bring good influence on the team, as well as football activities in Taiwan.[citation needed]

On 15 December 2006, Imai extended his contract with CTFA.[1] In addition to men's national team, he also led Chinese Taipei women's national team in the 2008 Olympic Games qualification in February 2007.[citation needed] In 2008, he returned to Japan and became the manager of Waseda University.[citation needed]

In 2016, Imai became manager of Chinese Taipei again, but was fired in October of that year after complaints of team disunity.[2] By January 2017, he was already mentoring Global Cebu which is set to participate at the Philippines Football League as its head coach.[3]

In 2020, Imai briefly coached Taiwan Football Premier League team Taichung Futuro.[4]

## Managerial statistics

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Team  | From  | To  | Record

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G | W | D | L | Win %
Kawasaki Frontale | 2000  | 2000  | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 020.00
Total  | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 020.00

## References

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1. ^ 今井敏明續約 明年初先帶女足衝奧運 (in Chinese). Chinese Taipei Football Association. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 7 January 2007.
2. ^ "台灣男足剛晉級 足協炒掉日教頭 - 自由體育". 13 October 2016.
3. ^ Guerrero, Bob (20 January 2017). "Global FC aims for the big leagues of Asia". Rappler. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
4. ^ Ko, Brandon (28 July 2020). "那些年，我們一起看的臺灣男足外籍教練[近5年]". SPORTS VISION (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 September 2020.
5. ^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

## External links

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* Toshiaki Imai manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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Kawasaki Frontale – managers

* Saito (1997)
* Jose (1997)
* Beto (1998–99)
* Matsumoto (1999)
* Zeca (2000)
* Imai (2000)
* Kobayashi (2000)
* Horii (2001)
* Ishizaki (2001–03)
* Sekizuka (2004–08)
* Takahata (2008)
* Sekizuka (2009)
* Takahata (2010)
* Soma (2011–12)
* Mochizuki (2012)
* Kazama (2012–16)
* Oniki (2017–24)
* Hasebe (2025–)

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Chinese Taipei national football team – managers

* Ngan Shing-kwan (1936)
* Lee Wai Tong (1954–58)
* Ho Ying Fun (1966)
* Hsu King-shing (1967)
* Pau King Yin (1966–68)
* Law Pak (1977–81)
* Chiang Chia (1981–85)
* Lo Chih-tsung (1985–88)
* Huang Jen-cheng (1988–93)
* Chiang Mu-tsai (1994–2000)
* Huang Jen-cheng (2000–01)
* Lee Po-houng (2001–05)
* Dido (2005)
* Imai (2005–07)
* Chen Sing-an (2008–09)
* Lo Chih-tsung (2009–11)
* Lee Tae-ho (2011)
* Chen Kuei-jen (2012)
* Chiang Mu-tsai (2012)
* Chen Kuei-jen (2013–16)
* Imai (2016)
* Kuroda (2016–17)
* Hirata (2017)
* White (2017–18)
* Vom Ca-nhum (2018–19)
* Lancaster (2019–20)
* Vom Ca-nhum (2020–21)
* Yeh Hsien-chung (2021)
* Yak Shin-feng (2022)
* Yeh Hsien-chung (2022–23)
* White (2023–)

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Mongolia national football team – managers

* Sevastyanov (1958–60)
* Dorjsüren (1993–98)
* Sandagdorj (1999–2000)
* Otgonbayar (2000–11)
* Erdenebat (2011–14)
* Bralušić (2014–15)
* Purevsukh (2015–16)
* Battulga (2016)
* Imai (2016)
* Weiß (2017–20)
* Bralušić (2020)
* Božik (2020–2021)
* Mase (2021)
* Otsuka (2022–24)
* Garidmagnai (2024–)

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