Takayuki Nishigaya

Takayuki Nishigaya
西ヶ谷 隆之

Personal information
Full name	Takayuki Nishigaya
Date of birth	(1973-05-12) May 12, 1973
Place of birth	Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, Defender
Youth career
1989–1991	Shimizu Commercial High School
1992–1995	University of Tsukuba
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Nagoya Grampus Eight	35	(0)
1998	Avispa Fukuoka	25	(0)
1999	Verdy Kawasaki	3	(0)
2000	JEF United Ichihara	0	(0)
2001	Albirex Niigata	37	(0)
Total		100	(0)
Teams managed
2015–2017	Mito HollyHock
2018	SC Sagamihara
2019–2020	Matsumoto Yamaga U18
2020–2021	Matsumoto Yamaga (assistant)
2022–	Singapore
Honours Nagoya Grampus Eight Runner-up J1 League 1996
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Takayuki Nishigaya (西ヶ谷 隆之, Nishigaya Takayuki, born May 12, 1973) is a former Japanese football player and manager who is the current head coach of the Singapore national football team.

Playing career

Nishigaya was born in Shizuoka on May 12, 1973. After graduating from University of Tsukuba, he joined J1 League club Nagoya Grampus Eight with teammate Shigeyoshi Mochizuki in 1996. He played many matches as center back from first season. In 1998, he moved to Avispa Fukuoka. He became a regular player as left back of three backs defense. In 1999, he moved to Verdy Kawasaki. However he could hardly play in the match. In 2000, he moved to JEF United Ichihara. However he could hardly play in the match. In 2001, he moved to J2 League club Albirex Niigata. He played many matches as many position, defensive midfielder, center back and left side back. He retired end of 2001 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Nishigaya started coaching career at his alma mater University of Tsukuba in 2003. In 2004, he signed with Tokyo Verdy. He coached for youth team until 2009. In 2010, he became a manager for Meiji University. In 2012, he signed with Albirex Niigata and became a coach under manager Hisashi Kurosaki. However he resigned with Kurosaki in May. In 2013, he signed with Mito HollyHock and became a coach under manager Tetsuji Hashiratani. In June 2015, Hashiratani was sacked and Nishigaya became a new manager as Hashiratani successor. He managed the club until 2017. In 2018, he moved to SC Sagamihara and managed the club in 1 season.

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
1996	Nagoya Grampus Eight	J1 League	13	0	1	0	7	0	21	0
1997			22	0	1	0	7	0	30	0
1998	Avispa Fukuoka	J1 League	25	0	3	1	3	1	31	2
1999	Verdy Kawasaki	J1 League	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2000	JEF United Ichihara	J1 League	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
2001	Albirex Niigata	J2 League	37	0	0	0	2	0	39	0
Total			100	0	21	1	5	1	126	2

Managerial statistics

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Mito HollyHock	2015	2017	109	31	42	36	028.44
SC Sagamihara	2018	2018	32	12	6	14	037.50
Matsumoto Yamaga U18	2019	2020	-	-	-	-	-
Total			141	43	48	50	030.50