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player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Sorimachi was educated at and played for Shimizu Higashi High School and

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. At the high school, he won the national high school championship with his teammates

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and Tatsuya Mochizuki. Sorimachi began his senior career with

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in 1987. He helped All Nippon Airways gain promotion to the top flight in 1988. When Japan's first-ever professional league

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started in 1992, All Nippon Airways was transformed to

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for whom he continued to play. While at Flügels, he won the

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. He moved to

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(later ''Shonan Bellmare'') in 1994. He helped the club win the Emperor's Cup in

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, and the

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National team career

Sorimachi was capped 4 times for the Japan national team between 1990 and 1991. His first international appearance came on July 27, 1990 in a friendly against

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. He also played at the

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Coaching career

After retirement, in 2001, Sorimachi signed with

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and became a manager. In 2003, the club won the champions and was promoted to

. He resigned at the end of the 2005 season. In July 2006, he became a manager for Japan U-23 national team. He also served as assistant coach for Japan football team under manager

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until July 2007. At 2008 Summer Olympics Qualifiers, he led U-23 Japan to won qualify for

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. In 2009, he signed with his former club

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and managed until 2011. In 2012, he moved to

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Club statistics

National team statistics

Managerial statistics

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References

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* * 1964 births Living people Keio University alumni Japanese men's footballers Japan men's international footballers Japan Soccer League players J1 League players Yokohama Flügels players Shonan Bellmare players Japanese football managers J1 League managers J2 League managers Albirex Niigata managers Shonan Bellmare managers Matsumoto Yamaga FC managers Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Men's association football midfielders Asian Games competitors for Japan Association football people from Saitama (city) 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub