Gyoji Matsumoto
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gyoji Matsumoto | ||
Date of birth | August 13, 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Saitama, Saitama, Empire of Japan | ||
Date of death | September 2, 2019 | (aged 85)||
Place of death | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Urawa High School | |||
Saitama University | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Urawa Club | |||
International career | |||
1958 | Japan | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gyoji Matsumoto (松本 暁司, Matsumoto Gyōji, August 13, 1934 – September 2, 2019) was a Japanese footballer who played for the national team. He later became a coach.
Club career
Matsumoto was born in Saitama on August 13, 1934. After graduating from Saitama University, he played for his local club Urawa Club (ja).
International career
On December 28, 1958, he debuted for Japan national team against Malaya.[1]
Coaching career
After the retirement, Matsumoto managed for Saitama Urawa Minami High School (ja). In 1969, Urawa Minami High School became the first high school to achieve the "treble", by winning all three major titles: All Japan High School Soccer Tournament, Inter-High School Championships (ja), and National Sports Festival of Japan in the same year. He also instructed later international players, Kozo Tashima and so on.[2][3]
On September 2, 2019, he died of heart disease in Saitama at the age of 85.[2][3]
National team statistics
Japan national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1958 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
References
- ^ a b Japan National Football Team Database
- ^ a b Kyodo News Archived November 17, 2019, at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)
- ^ a b Mainichi Shimbun[permanent dead link](in Japanese)
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