Masashi Watanabe
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Full name | Masashi Watanabe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | January 11, 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | December 7, 1995 | (aged 59)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Chiba, Chiba, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1951 | Sotoku High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1951–1953 | Hiroshima Motomachi High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1958–1961 | Rikkyo University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1954–1958 | Yawata Steel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1962–1971 | Nippon Steel | 79 | (19) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 79 | (19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1958–1969 | Japan | 39 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1969–1975 | Nippon Steel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1980 | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Masashi Watanabe (渡辺 正, Watanabe Masashi, January 11, 1936 – December 7, 1995) was a Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team. He also managed Japan national team.
Biography
[change | change source]Watanabe was born in Hiroshima on January 11, 1936. After graduating from Sotoku High School, he joined Yawata Steel (later Nippon Steel) in 1954. In 1958, he left Yawata Steel and entered Rikkyo University. After graduating from Rikkyo University, he joined Yawata Steel again in 1962. In 1965, Yawata Steel joined new league Japan Soccer League. He retired in 1971. He played 79 games and scored 19 goals in the league. He was selected Best Eleven in 1968.
On December 25, 1958, when Watanabe was a Rikkyo University student, he debuted for the Japan national team against Hong Kong. He played at 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. At 1968 Summer Olympics, he played 5 games and scored 2 goals against Brazil and France. Japan also won Bronze Medal. In 2018, this team was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame. He also played at 1962 and 1966 Asian Games. He played 39 games and scored 19 goals for Japan until 1969.
In 1969, when Watanabe played for Yawata Steel (later Nippon Steel), he became a playing manager. He managed the club until 1975. In 1979, he became an assistant coach for Japan national team under manager Yukio Shimomura. At 1980 Summer Olympics qualifying in April 1980, following Japan's failure to qualify for 1980 Summer Olympics, Shimomura resigned a manager. In May, Watanabe was promoted to manager as Shimomura successor. However, just before 1982 World Cup qualification in December, he suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage and replaced to Saburo Kawabuchi.
On December 7, 1995, Watanabe died of heart failure in Chiba at the age of 59. In 2006, he was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame.
Statistics
[change | change source]Japan national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1958 | 2 | 1 |
1959 | 8 | 4 |
1960 | 1 | 0 |
1961 | 6 | 1 |
1962 | 3 | 0 |
1963 | 5 | 3 |
1964 | 1 | 0 |
1965 | 3 | 0 |
1966 | 2 | 1 |
1967 | 3 | 1 |
1968 | 2 | 0 |
1969 | 3 | 1 |
Total | 39 | 12 |
References
[change | change source]Other websites
[change | change source]- Masashi Watanabe at WorldFootball.net
- Masashi Watanabe at National-Football-Teams.com
- Masashi Watanabe at Olympics.com
- Masashi Watanabe at Olympedia
- Japan Football Hall of Fame at Japan Football Association
- Japan Football Hall of Fame (Japan team at 1968 Olympics) at Japan Football Association
- 1936 births
- 1995 deaths
- Footballers from Hiroshima Prefecture
- Japan international footballers
- Japanese football managers
- Japan Soccer League players
- Nippon Steel Yawata SC players
- Japan national football team managers
- Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in football
- Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics