Masakazu Suzuki

Masakazu Suzuki
鈴木政一
Personal information
Full name	Masakazu Suzuki
Date of birth	January 1, 1955
Place of birth	Yamanashi, Japan
Position	Defender
Youth career
1970–1972	Isawa High School
College career
Years	Team
1973–1976	Nippon Sport Science University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1977–1982	Yamaha Motors
Managerial career
2000–2002	Júbilo Iwata
2004	Júbilo Iwata
2013–2014	Japan U-20
2018	Albirex Niigata
2020–2021	Júbilo Iwata
Medal record
Yamaha Motors
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Masakazu Suzuki (鈴木政一, Suzuki Masakazu; born January 1, 1955) is a former Japanese football player and manager who is currently the assistant coach of the Myanmar national football team.

Playing career

Suzuki was born in Yamanashi Prefecture on January 1, 1955. After graduating from Nippon Sport Science University, he played for Yamaha Motors (later Júbilo Iwata) from 1977 to 1982.

Coaching career

After retirement, Suzuki started his coaching career at Yamaha Motors in 1984. In 2000, he was promoted to manager the successor to Gjoko Hadžievski. In 2002, he led to the team to the championship, after which he stepped down. He briefly returned to manager the team from September to November of 2004. In 2013, he became a manager for the Japan U-20 national team. In 2018, he signed with J2 League club Albirex Niigata. He was fired in August at the end of the season, as the team had performed poorly, placing 19th out of 22 teams.