Nobuaki Yanagida


Nobuaki Yanagida is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Playing career

Yanagida was born in Tokyo on December 9, 1970. After graduating from Soka University, he played for Fujitsu and Mito HollyHock as midfielder.

Coaching career

In 1999, Yanagida became coach for Mito HollyHock. In 2000, he moved to Oita Trinita. He mainly served as a coach for top team and youth team for long time. In June 2015, top team manager Kazuaki Tasaka was sacked for poor results when Trinita was at the bottom place of 22 clubs in J2 League. Yanagida became a new manager as Tasaka successor. However Trinita finished at the 21st place and was relegated to J3 League. He also resigned end of 2015 season.

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