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Norio Sasaki

1958 - Today

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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. He is best known for leading the Japan women's national team to their first and only FIFA Women's World Cup win in 2011 over the United States on penalty kicks. He retired as head coach in March 2016 after eight years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norio Sasaki has received more than 56,810 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 36 in 2019). Norio Sasaki is the 276th most popular coach (up from 4,114th in 2019), the 1,518th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,368th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Coach.

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  • 57k

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  • 41.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Norio Sasaki ranks 276 out of 328. Before him are Jos Luhukay, Željko Buvač, Júlio César Leal, Yuri Gavrilov, Alan Pardew, and Kasper Hjulmand. After him are Stuart Baxter, Alexander Zorniger, Nicanor de Carvalho, Igor Shalimov, Wolfgang Sidka, and Massimo Ficcadenti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Norio Sasaki ranks 393. Before him are Peter Hultqvist, Reg E. Cathey, William Kircher, Olivier Weber, Alberto Górriz, and Mariem Hassan. After him are Roddy Doyle, Iva Bittová, Eddy Planckaert, Benjamin Zephaniah, Steven Isserlis, and Phil Anderson.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Norio Sasaki ranks 1,518 out of 6,048. Before him are Kenzo Suzuki (1950), Toshio Masuda (1959), Kana Hanazawa (1989), Takashi Inui (1988), Eizo Kenmotsu (1948), and Naoji Ito (1959). After him are Taeko Kawasumi (1972), Natsuki Takaya (1973), Yūko Miyamura (1972), Takayoshi Yamano (1955), Mutsuhiko Nomura (1940), and Renhō (1967).

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Among COACHES In Japan

Among coaches born in Japan, Norio Sasaki ranks 1. After him are Tatsuma Yoshida (1974), Hiroshi Ohashi (1959), Keiichiro Nuno (1960), Kazuaki Yoshinaga (1968), Shuhei Yomoda (1973), Tsutomu Ogura (1966), and Riki Takagi (1978).

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