Atsuhiko Ejiri

Atsuhiko Ejiri
江尻 篤彦

Personal information
Full name	Atsuhiko Ejiri
Date of birth	(1967-07-12) July 12, 1967
Place of birth	Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1983–1985	Shimizu Commercial High School
1986–1989	Meiji University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1998	JEF United Ichihara	218	(26)
Total		218	(26)
Managerial career
2009–2010	JEF United Chiba
2019	JEF United Chiba
Medal record JEF United Ichihara Runner-up JSL Cup 1990 Runner-up J.League Cup 1998
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Atsuhiko Ejiri (江尻 篤彦, Ejiri Atsuhiko, born July 12, 1967) is a Japanese football manager and former football player.

Playing career

Ejiri was born in Shizuoka Prefecture on July 12, 1967. After graduating from Meiji University, he joined Japan Soccer League club Furukawa Electric (later JEF United Ichihara) in 1990. He played many matches as offensive midfielder from first season and the club won the 2nd place 1990 JSL Cup. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and founded new league J1 League. He played as regular player and also served a captain from 1996. The club won the 2nd place 1998 J.League Cup. He retired end of 1998 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Ejiri became a coach for JEF United Ichihara (later JEF United Chiba) in 1999. He mainly served as coach for top team. In 2005, he moved to Albirex Niigata and became a coach under manager Yasuharu Sorimachi (2005) and Jun Suzuki (2006). In 2007, he became a coach for Japan U-23 national team under manager Sorimachi and participated in 2008 Summer Olympics.

In 2009, Ejiri returned to JEF United and became a coach under manager Alex Miller. However the club performance was bad and manager Miller was sacked in July 2009. Ejiri became a manager as Miller successor. Although Ejiri managed in 15 matches, the club won only one match and finished at bottom place in the season. The club was relegated from the division 1 first time in the club history. Although he also managed in 2010 season, the club could not return division 1 and he resigned end of 2010 season.

On 18 March 2019, he was appointed manager once again, after the departure of argentine Juan Esnáider. He left his position at the end of 2019 season.

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
1990/91	Furukawa Electric	JSL Division 1	15	1			5	0	20	1
1991/92			10	1			0	0	10	1
1992	JEF United Ichihara	J1 League	-				9	0	9	0
1993			36	4	3	1	3	1	42	6
1994			25	1	1	0	0	0	26	1
1995			43	13	1	0	-		44	13
1996			29	2	1	0	14	1	44	3
1997			30	1	1	0	7	0	38	1
1998			30	3	1	0	6	0	37	3
Total			218	26	8	1	44	2	270	29

Managerial statistics

Update; November 25, 2019

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
JEF United Chiba	2009	2010	51	19	12	20	037.25
JEF United Chiba	2019	2019	38	10	11	17	026.32
Total			89	29	23	37	032.58

External links

• Player statistics at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• Manager statistics manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• JEF United Chiba at the Wayback Machine (archived March 16, 2010)