Toshiya Miura (三浦 俊也, Miura Toshiya, born July 16, 1963) is a Japanese football manager and former player. He was most recently the head coach of Thailand U20.
 Miura in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Toshiya Miura | ||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1981 | Kamaishi Minami High School | ||
| 1982–1985 | Komazawa University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Morioka Zebra | |||
| Nippon Steel Kamaishi | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1997 | Brummell Sendai | ||
| 1998 | Mito HollyHock | ||
| 2000–2001 | Omiya Ardija | ||
| 2004–2006 | Omiya Ardija | ||
| 2007–2008 | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | ||
| 2009–2010 | Vissel Kobe | ||
| 2011 | Ventforet Kofu | ||
| 2014–2016 | Vietnam U23 | ||
| 2014–2016 | Vietnam | ||
| 2017–2018 | Hồ Chí Minh City | ||
| 2022 | FC Gifu | ||
| 2023 | Thailand U20 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
Miura was born in Kamaishi on July 16, 1963. After graduating from Komazawa University, he played for his local club Morioka Zebra and Nippon Steel Kamaishi.
Coaching career
Japan
In 1997, Miura became a coach for Brummell Sendai. In October, he managed the club at 1997 Emperor's Cup. In 1998, he signed with Mito HollyHock. From 2000 onwards, he managed J.League clubs Omiya Ardija (2000-2001, 2004–2006), Consadole Sapporo (2007-2008), Vissel Kobe (2009-2010), Ventforet Kofu (2011), and most recently, FC Gifu (2022).
Vietnam
On 10 May 2014, the Vietnam Football Federation appointed Miura as Vietnam national team manager after agreeing to a two-year contract. His first official competition was the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup, in which he led the team to the semifinal when it was defeated by Malaysia.[1]
On 31 March 2015, Miura became the first manager of Vietnam U-23 national team to qualify for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship (Note that this is also only the 2nd edition of the tournament. It was held the 1st time in 2013 as AFC U-22 Championships) as the 3rd of the 5 best second-ranked teams in the qualification stage.[2] Despite this early success, he started showing his limitations a year later with some disappointing performances against Thailand during the FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifications or Australia U23 and Jordan U23 during the AFC-U23 Championships. He has been then criticized by local coaches for being too conservative, suggesting that he continually asks his men to play tough, even against countries with players of superior physical shape and strength. His football style was therefore considered not suitable for small size Vietnamese players.[3] There was a rumor that Miura was sacked because he refused to use some of the country's promising youths from the Hoang Anh Gia Lai-Arsenal-JMG Football Academy whose owner is also a vice president of the Vietnam Football Federation. However, there is no evidence backing this claim. In fact, it was more obvious that Miura's contract was prematurely terminated due to the poor results in the FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualification where Vietnam lost both games against their rival Thailand.
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 4 May 2022[4]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Omiya Ardija | February 2000 | December 2001 | 88 | 49 | 8 | 31 | 55.68 |
| Omiya Ardija | February 2004 | December 2006 | 135 | 62 | 21 | 52 | 45.93 |
| Consadole Sapporo | February 2007 | December 2008 | 90 | 32 | 19 | 39 | 35.56 |
| Vissel Kobe | August 2009 | September 2010 | 45 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 31.11 |
| Ventforet Kofu | January 2011 | August 2011 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22.73 |
| Vietnam | 10 May 2014 | 28 January 2016 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 50.00 |
| Vietnam U23 | 10 May 2014 | 28 January 2016 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 56.25 |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 5 January 2018 | 10 October 2018 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 26.92 |
| FC Gifu | 1 February 2022 | 5 May 2022 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 28.57 |
| Thailand U20 | 19 March 2023 | 19 October 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Total | 443 | 187 | 75 | 181 | 42.21 | ||
Honors
Omiya Ardija
- J2 League runner-up: 2004
Consadole Sapporo
- J2 League: 2007
Vietnam
- AFF Championship third place: 2014
- Southeast Asian Games bronze medal: 2015
References
External links
- Toshiya Miura manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
