Back نوريو ساساكي Arabic نوريو ساساكى ARZ Norio Sasaki AST نوریو ساساکی AZB Norio Sasaki Catalan Norio Sasaki Danish Norio Sasaki German Norio Sasaki Esperanto Norio Sasaki Spanish Norio Sasaki Basque
 | This biographical article is written like a résumé. (July 2020) |
 Sasaki in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Norio Sasaki | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Obanazawa, Yamagata, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Omiya Ardija Ventus (general manager) Japan women (interim head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1974–1976 | Teikyo High School | ||
| 1977–1980 | Meiji University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1991 | NTT Kanto | 25 | (2) |
| Total | 25 | (2) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Omiya Ardija | ||
| 2006 | Japan women U-17 | ||
| 2007–2010 | Japan women U-20 | ||
| 2008–2016 | Japan women | ||
| 2021 | Omiya Ardija Ventus | ||
| 2024– | Japan women (interim) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Norio Sasaki (佐々木 則夫, Sasaki Norio, born 24 May 1958) is a Japanese football coach and former player who is currently the general manager of Omiya Ardija Ventus and interim head coach for Japan national women's team.[1] He is best known for leading the Japanese women's national team to their first and only FIFA Women's World Cup win in 2011 over the United States on penalty shootouts.[2] He retired as head coach in March 2016 after eight years.[3] Sasaki also coached the Japan women's U-20 national team starting in 2007.[citation needed]
- ^ "女子の新チーム名は「大宮アルディージャVENTUS」。佐々木総監督、岡本監督、大野コーチ、平井フィジカルコーチの就任決定！". Omiya Ardija. 10 January 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ なでしこジャパン（日本女子代表チーム）新監督に佐々木 則夫氏が就任！ (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (jfa.or.jp). 7 December 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ "Sasaki steps down as Japan coach after Rio failure". Equalizer Soccer. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.