Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Tokyo: Respected veteran Akira Nishino has been named as Japan's chief coach ahead of the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018.
Nishino replaces Vahid Halilhodzic, the Japan Football Association announced on Monday.
Nishino has 70 days with the Blue Samurai before they play their first FIFA World Cup 2018 match against Colombia in Group H that also includes Poland and Senegal.
Nishino, 63, was the technical director of the Japan Football Association before his appointment on Monday.
Nishino was at the helm for one of Japanese football's greatest triumphs: a 1-0 group stage win at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics over a Brazil side containing Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos.
Source: AFP