Takayuki Nishigaya
西ヶ谷 隆之
Personal information
Full name Takayuki Nishigaya
Date of birth (1973-05-12) 12 May 1973
Place of birth Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Defender
Youth career
1989–1991 Shimizu Commercial High School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 University of Tsukuba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Nagoya Grampus Eight 35 (0)
1998 Avispa Fukuoka 25 (0)
1999 Verdy Kawasaki 3 (0)
2000 JEF United Ichihara 0 (0)
2001 Albirex Niigata 37 (0)
Total 100 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2017 Mito HollyHock
2018 SC Sagamihara
2019–2020 Matsumoto Yamaga U18
2020–2021 Matsumoto Yamaga (assistant)
2022–2023 Singapore
Medal record
Nagoya Grampus Eight
Runner-upJ1 League1996
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Takayuki Nishigaya (西ヶ谷 隆之, Nishigaya Takayuki, born 12 May 1973) is a Japanese manager and former footballer who is the current head coach of the Singapore national team.

Playing career

Nishigaya was born in Shizuoka on 12 May 1973. After graduating from the University of Tsukuba, he joined J1 League club Nagoya Grampus Eight with teammate Shigeyoshi Mochizuki in 1996. He mostly played as a centre-back during that first season. In 1998, he moved to Avispa Fukuoka. He became a regular player as the left-back of a three back defence. In 1999, he moved to Verdy Kawasaki, where he did not play much. In 2000, he moved to JEF United Ichihara. Here, too, he did not play much. In 2001, he moved to J2 League club Albirex Niigata. There, he played a variety of positions, such as defensive midfielder, centre-back and left-back. He retired at the end of the 2001 season.

Coaching career

After retiring, Nishigaya started his coaching career at his alma mater, the University of Tsukuba, in 2003. In 2004, he signed with Tokyo Verdy. He coached for their youth team until 2009. In 2010, he became a manager for Meiji University. In 2012, he signed with Albirex Niigata and became a coach under manager Hisashi Kurosaki. However he resigned with Kurosaki in May. In 2013, he signed with Mito HollyHock and became a coach under manager Tetsuji Hashiratani. In June 2015, Hashiratani was sacked and Nishigaya took over the team. He managed the club until 2017. In 2018, he moved to SC Sagamihara and managed the club for one season.

In April 2022, he was appointed as the manager of the Singapore national team.He failed to bring Singapore to qualify for 2023 AFC Asian Cup after losing to Kyrgyzstan 1-2 and losing to Tajikistan 1-0 despite winning against Myanmar 6-2 in third round of 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification.He also led the team to a disappointing AFF Cup, despite a narrow win against Laos and Myanmar, a scoreless draw with Vietnam, the Lions failed to qualify to the semi-finals after a heavy 4-1 humiliation against Malaysia. Despite calls for him to be replaced, he has continued as head coach.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1996Nagoya Grampus EightJ1 League1301070210
19972201070300
1998Avispa FukuokaJ1 League2503131312
1999Verdy KawasakiJ1 League30000030
2000JEF United IchiharaJ1 League00002020
2001Albirex NiigataJ2 League3700020390
Total 1000211511262

Managerial statistics

[1]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Mito HollyHock 2015 2017 109 31 42 36 028.44
SC Sagamihara 2018 2018 32 12 6 14 037.50
Matsumoto Yamaga U18 2019 2020 - - - - -
Singapore 2022 21 8 5 8 038.10
Total 162 51 53 58 031.48

References

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