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{{short description|Japanese footballer and manager}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name=Tadahiro Akiba<br/>秋葉 忠宏
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|fullname=Tadahiro Akiba
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1975|10|13}}
|birth_place=[[Chiba (city)|Chiba]], [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]], [[Japan]]
|death_date=
|death_place=
|height=1.73 m
|position=[[Midfielder]]
|currentclub=
|clubnumber=
|youthyears1=1991–1993|youthclubs1=Ichiritsu Funabashi High School
|years1=1994–1996|clubs1=[[JEF United Chiba|JEF United Ichihara]]|caps1=54|goals1=2
|years2=1997|clubs2=[[Avispa Fukuoka]]|caps2=0|goals2=0
|years3=1998|clubs3=[[Cerezo Osaka]]|caps3=5|goals3=0
|years4=1999–2004|clubs4=[[Albirex Niigata]]|caps4=204|goals4=2
|years5=2005–2006|clubs5=[[Tokushima Vortis]]|caps5=62|goals5=2
|years6=2006–2008|clubs6=[[Thespakusatsu Gunma|Thespa Kusatsu]]|caps6=79|goals6=0
|years7=2009–2010|clubs7=[[SC Sagamihara]]|caps7=|goals7=
|totalcaps=404|totalgoals=6
|nationalyears1=1995|nationalteam1=[[Japan national under-20 football team|Japan U-20]]|nationalcaps1=4|nationalgoals1=0
|nationalyears2=1996|nationalteam2=[[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U-23]]|nationalcaps2=1|nationalgoals2=0
|manageryears1=2009–2010|managerclubs1=[[SC Sagamihara]]
|manageryears2=2013–2014|managerclubs2=[[Thespakusatsu Gunma]]
|manageryears3=2020–2022|managerclubs3=[[Mito HollyHock]]
|manageryears4=2023–    |managerclubs4=[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
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{{Nihongo|'''Tadahiro Akiba'''|秋葉 忠宏|Akiba Tadahiro|born October 13, 1975}} is a Japanese professional football coach and former player who is the manager of {{Japanese football updater|ShimizuS}} club [[Shimizu S-Pulse]].

==Club career==
Akiba was born in [[Chiba (city)|Chiba]] on October 13, 1975. After graduating from high school, he joined his local club [[JEF United Chiba|JEF United Ichihara]] in 1994. He played many matches as defensive midfielder in 1995. However his opportunity to play decreased for injury in 1996. Although he moved to [[Avispa Fukuoka]] (1997) and [[Cerezo Osaka]] (1998), he could hardly play in the match. He moved to [[J2 League]] club [[Albirex Niigata]] in 1999. He played as regular player and the club was promoted to [[J1 League]] end of 2003 season. However his opportunity to play decreased in 2004 season and he moved to [[Tokushima Vortis]] in 2005. He played many matches and he moved to [[Thespakusatsu Gunma|Thespa Kusatsu]] in September 2006. He played until 2008. He moved to [[SC Sagamihara]] in 2009 and played as playing manager until 2010. He retired end of 2010 season.

==National team career==
In April 1995, Akiba was selected [[Japan national under-20 football team|Japan U-20 national team]] for [[1995 FIFA World Youth Championship|1995 World Youth Championship]]. He played full time in all 4 matches as central defender of three backs defense. In July 1996, he was selected [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U-23 national team]] for [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1996 Summer Olympics]]. He played 1 match as substitute as defensive midfielder.<ref name="FIFA">{{FIFA player|193702|Tadahiro Akiba}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sports Reference|title=Tadahiro Akiba|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/tadahiro-akiba-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417210755/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/tadahiro-akiba-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|accessdate=2009-04-01}}</ref> Although Japan won 2 matches, Japan lost at First round. At this time, Japan won [[Brazil national under-23 football team|Brazil]] in first game. It was known as "Miracle of Miami" ([[:ja:マイアミの奇跡|マイアミの奇跡]]) in Japan.

==Coaching career==
In 2009, when Akiba was player, he became a playing manager for [[SC Sagamihara]]. In 2010, he retired playing career and resigned as manager. In 2011, he signed with [[Mito HollyHock]] and became an assistant coach. In 2013, he moved to [[Thespakusatsu Gunma]] and became a manager. He resigned end of 2014 season.

On 2 December 2019, Akiba signed return with Mito HollyHock and became a manager, he was previously an assistant coach in 2011.<ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://www.mito-hollyhock.net/news/16733|title=秋葉 忠宏氏 2020シーズン監督就任のお知らせ|publisher=[[水戸ホーリーホック]]|date=2019-12-02|accessdate=2019-12-02}}</ref> He leave from the club in 2022 after two years as manager at Mito.<ref>{{Cite web |title=秋葉忠宏監督の来季契約について |url=https://www.mito-hollyhock.net/news/p=22334/ |website=水戸ホーリーホック公式サイト |date=2022-10-02 |access-date=2022-10-17}}</ref>

In April 2023, following the dismissal of [[Zé Ricardo]], Akiba was appointed as manager of [[J2 League]] club [[Shimizu S-Pulse]].<ref>{{cite web |title=秋葉 忠宏 監督就任のお知らせ |url=https://www.s-pulse.co.jp/news/detail/51237 |website=清水エスパルス公式WEBサイト |access-date=4 April 2023 |language=ja}}</ref>

==Club statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | League Cup
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Season
! Club
! League
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
! colspan=3 |Japan
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[Emperor's Cup]]
! colspan=2 | [[J.League Cup]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[1994 JEF United Ichihara season|1994]]||rowspan="3"|[[JEF United Chiba|JEF United Ichihara]]||rowspan="3"|[[J1 League]]||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
|-
|[[1995 JEF United Ichihara season|1995]]||37||1||1||0||colspan="2"|-||38||1
|-
|[[1996 JEF United Ichihara season|1996]]||16||1||0||0||9||0||25||1
|-
|[[1997 Avispa Fukuoka season|1997]]||[[Avispa Fukuoka]]||[[J1 League]]||0||0||0||0||3||0||3||0
|-
|[[1998 Cerezo Osaka season|1998]]||[[Cerezo Osaka]]||[[J1 League]]||5||0||0||0||1||0||6||0
|-
|[[1999 Albirex Niigata season|1999]]||rowspan="6"|[[Albirex Niigata]]||rowspan="5"|[[J2 League]]||35||0||3||0||2||0||40||0
|-
|[[2000 Albirex Niigata season|2000]]||32||1||3||0||2||0||37||1
|-
|[[2001 Albirex Niigata season|2001]]||43||0||0||0||2||0||45||0
|-
|[[2002 Albirex Niigata season|2002]]||41||1||3||0||colspan="2"|-||44||1
|-
|[[2003 Albirex Niigata season|2003]]||39||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||43||0
|-
|[[2004 Albirex Niigata season|2004]]||[[J1 League]]||14||0||0||0||5||0||19||0
|-
|2005||rowspan="2"|[[Tokushima Vortis]]||rowspan="2"|[[J2 League]]||41||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||42||0
|-
|2006||21||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||21||1
|-
|2006||rowspan="3"|[[Thespakusatsu Gunma|Thespa Kusatsu]]||rowspan="3"|[[J2 League]]||11||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||13||0
|-
|2007||41||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||43||0
|-
|2008||27||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||27||0
|-
!colspan=3|Total
!404||5||19||0||24||0||447||5
|}

==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|the end of 2022 season}}.<ref>[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFIX07/?staff_id=3856 J.League Data Site]{{in lang|ja}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align="left"|[[SC Sagamihara]]
|align="left"|2009
|align="left"|2010
{{WDL|22|20|2|0}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Thespakusatsu Gunma]]
|align="left"|2013
|align="left"|2014
{{WDL|84|23|20|41}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Mito HollyHock]]
|align="left"|2020
|align="left"|2022
{{WDL|126|46|33|47}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|232|89|55|88}}
|}

==Personal life==
His cousin Nobuhide Akiba is also a footballer.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FIFA player|193702}}
* {{J.League player|name=Player statistics}}
* {{J.League manager|name=Manager statistics}}

{{Shimizu S-Pulse squad}}
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{{Japan men's football squad 1996 Summer Olympics}}
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