Soccer J1 Nagoya Grampus has announced the retirement of Ficcadenti and the appointment of Kenta Hasegawa, who commanded FC Tokyo until the middle of the season.
Nagoya Grampus won the J-League Cup for the first time this season under the direction of Italian coach Ficcadenti, who took command from the middle of the season, and won the title for the first time in 11 years, and ranked 5th in the league match. I left a good result.
At the end of the season, Grampus announced on the 9th that Ficcadenti will retire and Hasegawa will be appointed as the new coach.
New director Hasegawa is 56 years old from Shizuoka prefecture.
During his active career, he participated in a total of 27 games as a representative of Japan, and after becoming a leader, he led Gamba Osaka in 2014 and won the J1 and J League Cup and the Emperor's Cup in Japan.
Since 2018, he has been the coach of FC Tokyo, won the J League Cup last season, and in J1, he won 218 wins, second only to Akira Nishino, who was the former Japan national team coach and commander at Gamba Osaka. I'm giving it up.
Through the club, new coach Hasegawa said, "I am very reassured and looking forward to fighting with the Grampus family. We have created a passionate and aggressive team while facing the players sincerely. I think it is. "