[Breaking news]Japan national soccer team to continue as manager Hajime Moriyasu (December 28, 2022)

Hajime Moriyasu, who led the Japanese national team to the last 16 at the World Cup soccer tournament in Qatar, is expected to return. This is what the officials have revealed. Director Moriyasu is from Nagasaki Prefecture and is 54 years old. He led J1 side Sanfrecce Hiroshima to three league titles, and after the 2018 World Cup in Russia, he was appointed as the manager of the Japan national team while also holding the Tokyo Olympics. Since Japan’s first appearance in the World Cup finals in France in 1998, the coach has retired every time after the finals. As a result, we will also be in charge of the new system for the next tournament, which will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico in 2026.
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