Shigeo Sugimoto
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Full name | Shigeo Sugimoto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | December 4, 1926 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kobe, Hyogo, Japanese Empire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | April 2, 2002 | (aged 75)|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
???? | Kobe Daiichi High School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
????–1947 | Kwansei Gakuin University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1948–???? | Hankyu Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1951–1954 | Japan | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Shigeo Sugimoto (杉本 茂雄, Sugimoto Shigeo, December 4, 1926 – April 2, 2002) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
[edit]Sugimoto was born in Kobe on December 4, 1926.[1] After graduating from Kwansei Gakuin University, he joined Hankyu Railways in 1948. He also played for Kwangaku Club was consisted of his alma mater Kwansei Gakuin University players and graduates. At the club, he won 1950, 1953 and 1955 Emperor's Cup.
National team career
[edit]In March 1951, Sugimoto was selected Japan national team for Japan team first game after World War II, 1951 Asian Games. At this competition, on March 7, he debuted against Iran. He played 3 games for Japan until 1954.[2]
On April 2, 2002, Sugimoto died of kidney failure in Nishinomiya at the age of 75.
National team statistics
[edit]Japan national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1951 | 2 | 0 |
1952 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]Japan
- Asian Games Bronze medal: 1951
References
[edit]- ^ Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
- ^ a b Japan National Football Team Database
External links
[edit]- Shigeo Sugimoto at National-Football-Teams.com
- Japan National Football Team Database
- 1926 births
- 2002 deaths
- Kwansei Gakuin University alumni
- Association football people from Hyōgo Prefecture
- Japanese men's footballers
- Japan men's international footballers
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Footballers at the 1951 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games
- Men's association football midfielders
- 20th-century Japanese sportsmen
- Japanese football midfielder stubs