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Eiji Ueda
上田栄治
	Ueda in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Eiji Ueda
Date of birth	December 22, 1953 (age 70)
Place of birth	Tateyama, Chiba, Japan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1969–1971	Yakuendai High School
1972–1975	Aoyama Gakuin University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1976–1982	Fujita Industries
Total
Managerial career
1999	Bellmare Hiratsuka
2000–2002	Macau
2003–2004	Japan Women
2004–2006	Shonan Bellmare
Medal record
Fujita Industries
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eiji Ueda (上田栄治, Ueda Eiji, born December 22, 1953) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He managed the Japan women's national team.

Playing career edit

Ueda was born in Tateyama on December 22, 1953. After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University, he played for Japan Soccer League club Fujita Industries (later, Bellmare Hiratsuka, Shonan Bellmare) from 1976 to 1982.

After retirement, Ueda became coach for Fujita Industries. In 1999, he became manager for Bellmare Hiratsuka. But in July, he resigned. From 2000, he became manager for the Macau national team until May 2002. On August 2002, he became manager for the Japan women's national team. He managed at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2004 Summer Olympics. After the 2004 Summer Olympics, he became manager for Shonan Bellmare again. He resigned in June 2006.