Takashi Kiyama
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Takashi Kiyama | ||
| Date of birth | February 18, 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Hyogo, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1993 | University of Tsukuba | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | Gamba Osaka | 50 | (1) |
| 1998 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | (0) |
| 1999–2002 | Mito HollyHock | 99 | (1) |
| Total | 165 | (2) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008–2010 | Mito HollyHock | ||
| 2012 | JEF United Chiba | ||
| 2015–2016 | Ehime FC | ||
| 2017– | Montedio Yamagata | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Takashi Kiyama (木山 隆之 Kiyama Takashi?, born February 18, 1972) is a former Japanese football player and manager.
After coaching for University of Tsukuba and then the youth team of Vissel Kobe, he took his first top team coaching position for his former club Mito HollyHock in 2008. He has the record for the youngest person to coach a J2 League club at 36 years and 19 days, and was the first J2 League coach to be sent off in his debut match. He is also the first professional sports coach in Japan to go public about his decision to quit smoking.
Kiyama was the manager for J2 side JEF United Chiba at 2012 season, but after JEF failed to get the promotion to J1, he was released from the team on November 28, 2012, but he continued managing the club until their defeat to Kashima Antlers on 2012 Emperor's Cup at the quarterfinals.
Kiyama returned to Vissel Kobe as assistant coach in 2013.
Update; January 31, 2017
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