Hashiratani, Tetsuji

Over the course of his football career, he played for the Nissan Motors and Verdi Kawasaki clubs. He studied and played for teams at Kyoto Commerce High School and Kokushikan University . Hashiratani held the position of defender and defensive midfielder. In 1987 he became a player at Nissan Motors. From 1988 to 1990, the club won all three main titles in Japan: twice - the national championship ( 1988/89 , 1989/90 ) and the Emperor’s Cup , three times - the League Cup . As part of the team, Hashiratani won the League Cup in 1990, 1991 and 1992 and the Asian Cup Winners Cup in the 1991/92 season. In 1992, when the country's football leagues were being reformed, Hashiratani joined the Verdi Kawasaki club, which won the first J-League professional football draw in 1993 and 1994 . And besides this, he became the owner of the League Cup 1992, 1993, 1994 and the Emperor Cup in 1996. Hashiratani was one of the main players of the golden era in the history of both clubs. He ended his career in 1998. For 6 years in a row (1989 / 90-1995) he was included in the symbolic national team of the championship.

Hashiratani was the first chairman of the J-League Professional Football Association.

From 1988 to 1995, he played 72 matches for the national team of Japan , in which he scored 6 goals ^[1] . He also participated in the Asian Football Cup , where Japan won gold medals. Hashiratani was the captain in the final qualifying match for the 1994 World Cup . Then Japan lost the chances of participating in the US World Cup after Iraqi midfielder equalized in compensated time. Fans of the national team still remember that meeting, dubbing it the “Tragedy in Doha” or “The Agony in Doha” .

In early 2002, Hashiratani replaced Takeshi Okada as the head coach of Consadole Sapporo . However, after seven matches held, he was fired. This season, the team left the country's top division. After that, he coached the team at Kokusikan’s hometown and Urava Red Diamonds . From 2006 to 2007 he worked at Tokyo Verdi , and in 2008 became the head coach of the team. But at the end of the season , following which the club left the top division, Hashiratani was fired. In 2010, he returned to work with the university team. And a year later he returned to professional football - to the Mito Hollyhock team, which played in the second division of the J-League - J2. In the middle of the 2015 season, Hashiratani was dismissed when the team was in the relegation zone. Since 2016, he coached the team of the third division J3 Gainare Tottori throughout the season, and then signed a contract with the representative of the Japanese football league (fourth division) Vanraure Hatinohe ^{[2] [3]} , where he also did not last more than a year. In June 2018, Hashiratani became the head coach of Jiravanz Kitakyushu , replacing Hitoshi Morishita ^[4] .

Team

  Nissan Motors

• JSL Winner: 1988/89, 1989/90
• Emperor Cup Winner; 1988, 1989, 1991
• Asian Cup Winners' Cup : 1991/92

  Verdi Kawasaki

• Winner J1 : 1993, 1994
• Emperor Cup Winner: 1996
• J-League Cup Winner; 1992, 1993, 1994

International

  Japan national team

•   Asian Cup: 1992

Individual

• Included in the symbolic team of the J-League ; 1993, 1994, 1995
• JSL Most Valuable Player: 1988/89

In the club

Team

Coaching career

• National Football Teams profile
• Japan National Football Team Database
• FIFA statistics
• J-League Player Profile
• J-League coach profile