is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Playing career

Sawairi was born in Shizuoka on May 8, 1963. After graduating from Hosei University, he joined Toyota Motors (later Nagoya Grampus Eight) in 1986. He played as regular player as offensive midfielder and forward. He also served as captain. However his opportunity to play decreased from 1994 and he retired end of 1995 season.

Shigeo Sawairi

Coaching career

After retirement, Sawairi started coaching career at Nagoya Grampus Eight in 1996. He mainly served as scout. From 2000, he coached for university and high school teams until 2008. In May 2008, he signed with JEF United Chiba and he became a coach under new manager Alex Miller. Sawairi managed in 2 matches as caretaker until Miller's registration is completed. However the club performance was bad and he was sacked with Miller in September 2009. From 2010, he managed university teams until 2014. In November 2014, he signed with Kataller Toyama and became a general manager. In August 2015, manager Yasuyuki Kishino was sacked and Sawairi became a new manager. He managed the club until end of 2015 season and left the club end of 2016 season.

Shigeo Sawairi

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1963 births

Living people

Hosei University alumni

Japanese men's footballers

Japan Soccer League players

J1 League players

Nagoya Grampus players

Japanese football managers

J1 League managers

J3 League managers

JEF United Chiba managers

Kataller Toyama managers

Men's association football forwards

Men's association football midfielders

Association football people from Shizuoka (city)

Shigeo Sawairi