COACH

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 and interim head coach for Japan national women's team. 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. 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 59,310 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Norio Sasaki is the 263rd most popular coach (up from 276th in 2019), the 1,421st most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,514th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Coach.

Memorability Metrics

  • 59k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COACHES

Among coaches, Norio Sasaki ranks 263 out of 471. Before him are Francesco Guidolin, Andrea Stramaccioni, Jean Fernandez, Ernest Mangnall, Ľubomír Moravčík, and Alfred Schreuder. After him are Antoninho, Giampaolo Mazza, Roland Nilsson, Károly Dietz, Yoo Sang-chul, and Tomás Boy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Norio Sasaki ranks 323. Before him are Philippa York, Andy, Johan Kriek, Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla, Tomatito, and Hiromi Hara. After him are Paweł Edelman, David C. Jewitt, Curtis T. McMullen, Dileita Mohamed Dileita, Sergio Omar Almirón, and Joseph Strickland.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Norio Sasaki ranks 1,421 out of 6,245. Before him are Daichi Kamada (1996), Takao Kobayashi (1961), Hiromi Hara (1958), Heath (1968), Akira Amano (1973), and Tatsuhiko Seta (1952). After him are Masi Oka (1974), Yōichi Masuzoe (1948), Masae Kasai (1933), Sachiko Hidari (1930), Michio Mado (1909), and Rikiya Koyama (1963).

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Among COACHES In Japan

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

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