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Futoshi Ikeda (池田 太, Ikeda Futoshi, born 4 October 1970) is a Japanese football manager and former player who played as a defender who is the head coach of the Thailand women's national football team.

He was the head coach of the Japan women's national football team from 2021 until 2024.

Playing career

Ikeda was born in Koganei on 4 October 1970. After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University, he joined the Urawa Reds football club in 1993. He played many matches as a left side back during the first season. However, he did not play as much in 1995 and retired at the end of the 1996 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Ikeda started his coaching career with the Urawa Reds in 1997. He mainly coached the youth team (1997-2001) and the senior team (2002-2008). In 2012, he moved to Avispa Fukuoka and served as coach for the top team until 2016. In October 2012, manager Koji Maeda was dismissed and Ikeda managed as caretaker until the end of the season. In 2017, he became a manager for Japan women's U-20 national team. He led Japan to win the championship at the 2017 AFC U-19 Championship and qualified for the 2018 U-20 World Cup. In 2018, U-20 Japan won the championship at the U-20 World Cup. In November, he became the manager for the Japan women's U-17 national team for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup as Naoki Kusunose's successor.

Club statistics

Honours

Manager

Japan U20 women

• AFC U-19 Women's Championship: 2017
• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: 2018

References

1. "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Japan (JPN)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 15. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
2. "Mr. IKEDA Futoshi appointed as coach of Nadeshiko Japan (Japan Women's National Team)". JFA｜公益財団法人日本サッカー協会.
3. Tutu, Prince Osei. "Futoshi Ikeda Height: How Tall Is Futoshi Ikeda?". ABTC.ng. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
4. "JFAステイトメント U-17日本女子代表の楠瀬直木監督辞任を受け入れ池田太U-17日本女子代表監督代行へ". JFA｜公益財団法人日本サッカー協会.

External links

• Futoshi Ikeda on Instagram
• Futoshi Ikeda at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

Japan squads

v t e Japan squad – 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalists 1 S. Ikeda 2 Shimizu 3 Minami 4 Kumagai (c) 5 Miyake 6 Miyagawa 7 Sumida 8 Naomoto 9 Sugasawa 10 Iwabuchi 11 Mi. Tanaka 12 Norimatsu 13 Endō 14 Hasegawa 15 Nagano 16 Hayashi 17 Narumiya 18 Yamashita 19 Ueki 20 Takahashi 21 Mo. Tanaka 22 Takarada 23 Miyazawa Coach: F. Ikeda v t e Japan squad – 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Yamashita 2 Shimizu 3 Minami 4 Kumagai (c) 5 Miyake 6 Sugita 7 Miyazawa 8 Naomoto 9 Ueki 10 Nagano 11 Mi. Tanaka 12 Takahashi 13 Endō 14 Hasegawa 15 Fujino 16 Hayashi 17 Seike 18 Mo. Tanaka 19 Moriya 20 Hamano 21 Hirao 22 Chiba 23 Ishikawa Coach: Ikeda v t e Japan women's football squad – 2024 Summer Olympics 1 Yamashita 2 Shimizu 3 Minami 4 Kumagai (c) 5 Takahashi 6 Koga 7 Miyazawa 8 Seike 9 Ueki 10 Nagano 11 Tanaka 12 Tanikawa 13 Kitagawa 14 Hasegawa 15 Fujino 16 Hayashi 17 Hamano 18 Hirao 19 Chiba 20 Moriya 21 Ishikawa 22 Ohba Coach: Ikeda

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