17 Facts About Kenta Hasegawa

Kenta Hasegawa is a Japanese professional football manager and former player who is the manager of J1 League club of Nagoya Grampus.

Kenta Hasegawa won the national high school championship with his teammates including Katsumi Oenoki and Takumi Horiike.

Kenta Hasegawa continued his study and football at University of Tsukuba where he won the Kanto University League title in 1987.

Kenta Hasegawa contributed to the club winning the Emperor's Cup twice in 1988 and 1989.

Kenta Hasegawa joined the club in 1992 and re-united with his high school teammates Oenoki and Horiike.

Kenta Hasegawa retired as a Shimizu player after the club won the second stage of the J1 League 1999 season.

Kenta Hasegawa played 207 league matches and scored 45 league goals in 7 seasons at Shimizu.

Kenta Hasegawa was capped 27 times and scored 4 goals for the Japan national team between 1989 and 1995.

Kenta Hasegawa scored for the first time for his country on June 11,1989 in a 1990 World Cup qualification against Indonesia at Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium in Tokyo.

Kenta Hasegawa was a member of the Japan squad who participated in the 1994 World Cup qualification for the 1994 World Cup.

Kenta Hasegawa was installed as the general manager of two university clubs, Hamamatsu University and Fuji Tokoha University.

Kenta Hasegawa became the manager of Hamamatsu University and lead them to win the Tokai University League title and the Shizuoka Prefectural qualification for the Emperor's Cup.

Kenta Hasegawa acquired the S-class coaching license that was required to manage a J1 League club in 2004 and became the manager of his old club Shimizu S-Pulse in 2005.

Kenta Hasegawa was rewarded with an extended contract which will keep him at S-Pulse until 2010.

In 2021, after a three year spell in which the club finished 6th, 2nd, 6th, and 9th in four respective seasons, Hasegawa resigned after an 8 - 0 loss to 2nd place Yokohama F Marinos.

Kenta Hasegawa loves football and is a classmate of title character Chibi Maruko.

Sakura and Kenta Hasegawa attended the same primary school during the same period.