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Satoru Mochizuki
望月聡
	Mochizuki with Indonesia in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Satoru Mochizuki
Date of birth	18 May 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Otsu, Shiga, Japan
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team	Indonesia women (head coach)
Youth career
1980–1982	Moriyama High School
1983–1986	Osaka University of Commerce
Senior career*
Years	Team
1987–1992	NKK
1992–1995	Urawa Reds
1995–1996	Kyoto Purple Sanga
Total
International career
1988–1989	Japan
Managerial career
2008–2012	Japan women (assistant)
2014–2017	Japan women universiade
2024–	Indonesia women
Medal record
NKK
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Satoru Mochizuki (望月聡, Mochizuki Satoru, born 18 May 1964) is a football manager and former Japanese football player and played for the Japan national team. He is the current head coach of Indonesia women's national football team.

Club career

Mochizuki was born in Otsu on 18 May 1964. After graduating from Osaka University of Commerce, he joined Nippon Kokan (later NKK SC) in 1987. The club won the 2nd place at 1987–88 Japan Soccer League and the champions at 1987 JSL Cup. In 1992, he moved to J1 League club Urawa Reds. In 1995, he moved to Japan Football League club Kyoto Purple Sanga. In 1995, the club won the 2nd place and was promoted to J1 League. He retired in 1996.

International career

On 27 January 1988, Mochizuki debuted for Japan national team against United Arab Emirates. He also played at 1990 World Cup qualification in 1989. He played 7 games for Japan until 1989.^[1]

Managerial career

Mochizuki served as the assistant manager for the Japan women's national football team from 2008 to 2012, where he helped the team won the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

On 20 February 2024, Mochizuki was appointed as the new Indonesia women's national football team coach.^[2] Mochizuki also lead the women’s U17 team at the 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup tournament in Bali.

On 28 May 2024, the women's senior first match under Mochizuki tutelage, ends in a huge victory against Singapore in 5–1 win on a friendly match.^[3]

Under Mochizuki, the team participated in the annual 2024 AFF Women's Cup, which also served as the qualification for the upcoming ASEAN Women's Championship, Indonesia managed to win their first maiden trophy in history, by defeating Cambodia 3–1 in the final.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

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
1987/88	Nippon Kokan	JSL Division 1	21	5	2	1	5	1	28	7
1988/89	NKK	JSL Division 1	22	3	1	0	1	0	24	3
1989/90			14	2	1	0	2	3	17	5
1990/91			13	4	2	1	2	1	17	6
1991/92		JSL Division 2	28	16	0	0	2	0	30	16
1992	Urawa Reds	J1 League	-		4	1	9	1	13	2
1993			31	3	2	0	5	1	38	4
1994			6	1	2	0	0	0	8	1
1995			0	0	0	0	-		0	0
1995	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Football League	21	1	1	0	-		22	1
1996	Kyoto Purple Sanga	J1 League	6	0	0	0	3	0	9	0
Total			162	35	15	3	29	7	206	45