Kazuyuki Toda

Kazuyuki Toda (戸田 和幸) is a Japanese professional football manager and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or defender. He played for the Japan national team until 2002.

Club career
Toda was born in Sagamihara on 30 December 1977. After graduating from high school, he joined Shimizu S-Pulse in 1996. He played many matches as left defender. The club won 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. In 2001, he was converted to defensive midfielder as Santos successor. The club won the champions 2001 Emperor's Cup. In 2003, he moved to England on loan with Tottenham Hotspur, but only played four games for the team. In 2004, he moved to Netherlands club ADO Den Haag. In July, he returned to Shimizu S-Pulse. In 2005, he moved to Tokyo Verdy. However the club relegated to J2 League and he moved to Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 2006. The club was relegated to J2 League and his opportunity to play decreased in 2008 and he moved to JEF United Chiba in June 2008. Toward end of his career, he played for Gyeongnam, Thespa Kusatsu, FC Machida Zelvia and Warriors. He retired end of 2013 season.

Managerial career
On 14 November 2022, Toda was announced as manager of J3 League club SC Sagamihara for the 2023 season. In June 2024, he was dismissed after the 17th matchweek with the team in 9th place.

International career
In August 1993, Toda was selected Japan U17 national team for 1993 U-17 World Championship. He played all four matches. In June 1997, he was also selected Japan U20 national team for 1997 World Youth Championship. He played full-time in all five matches as left defender of three backs defense.

In February 2001, Toda was selected Japan national team for 2001 Confederations Cup. At this tournament, on 31 May, he debuted against Canada. He played four matches as defensive midfielder and Japan achieved second place. After this tournament, he played most matches for Japan until 2002 World Cup. At 2002 World Cup, he played the full 90 minutes in all four matches in a defensive midfielder pairing with Junichi Inamoto. He played 20 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 2002.

International

 * Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Toda goal.

Managerial statistics
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Honours
Shimizu S-Pulse
 * Emperor's Cup: 2001
 * J.League Cup: 1996
 * Japanese Super Cup: 2001, 2002
 * Asian Cup Winner's Cup: 2000

Tokyo Verdy
 * Japanese Super Cup: 2005

Sanfrecce Hiroshima
 * Japanese Super Cup: 2008

Japan
 * FIFA Confederations Cup runner-up: 2001