Kunishige Kamamoto

Kunishige Kamamoto
Personal information
Full name Kunishige Kamamoto
Date of birth (1944-04-15) April 15, 1944
Place of birth Kyoto, Japan
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1963–1966 Waseda University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1984 Yanmar Diesel 251 (202)
Total 251 (202)
National team
1964–1977 Japan 84[1][2] (80)
Teams managed
1978–1984 Yanmar Diesel
1991–1994 Gamba Osaka
2009 Fujieda MYFC

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Kunishige Kamamoto (釜本 邦茂 Kamamoto Kunishige, born April 15, 1944) is a former Japanese football player. He won the bronze medal with the Japan national team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, finishing as the tournament's top scorer with seven goals. Kamamoto is often considered to be the greatest Japanese football player of all-time.[3]

Biography

He was born in Kyoto on April 15, 1944. He grew up in Kyoto and attended Yamashiro High School. Then, he was on to Waseda University School of commerce. His major was commerce and earned bachelor of arts degree from Waseda University in 1966. He was selected Japan national football team in his college year. He joined the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico city, Mexico.

Kamamoto was the first Japanese league superstar, being the Japan Soccer League's top scorer 6 times with his club Yanmar Diesel, the forerunner to today's Cerezo Osaka. Upon retirement he became a manager and went across town to the local rivals, Gamba Osaka. Later, he became a member of the House of Councilors.

Kamamoto has been a politician since 1995 and the vice chairman of the Japan Football Association since July 1998.

Club statistics

[4][5]

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
1967Yanmar DieselJSL Division 1141437-1721
1968141435-1719
1969121037-1517
1970141635-1721
1971141135-1716
1972141145-1816
1973161720-1817
1974182143-2224
197517932-2011
1976181532102217
1977182044322526
1978181534342423
197918732212211
1980181020322312
1981181120002011
198281000081
198320000020
198400300030
Country Japan 2512024851129311262
Total 2512024851129311262

National team statistics

[1][6]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
196441
196533
196676
1967511
19681012
196900
197063
197168
1972815
197332
197455
197575
1976169
197740
Total8480

Managerial statistics

[7]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Gamba Osaka 1993 1994 80 31 0 49 38.75
Total 80 31 0 49 38.75

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 80 days to go – With 80 goals in 84 appearances, Kunishige Kamamoto is Japan’s all-time leading goalscorer. (FIFA.com)
  2. ↑ Kunishige Kamamoto - Goals in International Matches
  3. ↑ "Top 10 Japanese Athletes". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
  4. ↑ "Kamamoto, Kunishige". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
  5. ↑ KAMAMOTO Kunishige. Japan National Football Team Database
  6. ↑ Japanese Soccer Personalities - Kunishige KAMAMOTO
  7. ↑ J.League Data Site(Japanese)
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