Akira Matsunaga (footballer, born 1914)

Akira Matsunaga
Personal information
Full name Akira Matsunaga
Date of birth (1914-09-21)September 21, 1914
Place of birth Shizuoka, Japan
Date of death January 20, 1943(1943-01-20) (aged 28)
Place of death Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
Years Team
1935–1937 Tokyo Liberal Arts and Science University
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936 Japan 2 (1)

Akira Matsunaga (松永 行 Matsunaga Akira, September 21, 1914 – January 20, 1943) was a Japanese football player.

Biography

Matsunaga was born in Shizuoka. was part of the Japan national team for the 1936 Summer Olympics football competition in Berlin. On January 20, 1943 he was killed in action during the Guadalcanal Campaign. Nobuo Matsunaga is his brother.

National team statistics

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
193621
Total21

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