Satoru Sakuma

Satoru Sakuma
佐久間悟
Personal information
Full name	Satoru Sakuma
Date of birth	July 7, 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Josai University Kawagoe High School
	Komazawa University
Senior career*
Years	Team
????–1991	NTT Kanto
Total
Managerial career
2007	Omiya Ardija
2011	Ventforet Kofu
2015–2016	Ventforet Kofu
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Satoru Sakuma (佐久間悟, Sakuma Satoru, born July 7, 1963) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Playing career

Sakuma was born in Tokyo on July 7, 1963. After graduating from Komazawa University, he played for NTT Kanto until 1991.

Coaching career

After retirement, Sakuma became coach at NTT Kanto (later Omiya Ardija) in 1991. In August 2007, manager Robert Verbeek was sacked for poor performance when Ardija was at the 16th place of 18 clubs. Sakuma became a new manager as Verbeek successor. He managed until end of the season and Ardija finished at 15th place and remaining in J1 League. In October 2008, he moved to Ventforet Kofu and became a general manager. In August 2011, manager Toshiya Miura was sacked for poor performance. Sakuma became anew manager as Miura successor. However Ventforet results were bad and was relegated to J2. Sakuma returned to general manager from 2012. In May 2015, manager Yasuhiro Higuchi was sacked and Sakuma became a manager again. He managed until end of 2016 season.