Yukio Tsuda

Yukio Tsuda
Personal information
Full name	Yukio Tsuda
Date of birth	August 15, 1917
Place of birth	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Date of death	April 17, 1979 (aged 61)
Place of death	Japan
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Kobe Daiichi High School
	Keio University
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Keio BRB
	East Japan Heavy Industries
National team
1940–1951	Japan
Honours
Keio University
Keio BRB
All Keio
Representing Japan
Asian Games
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Yukio Tsuda (津田幸男, Tsuda Yukio, August 15, 1917 – April 17, 1979) was a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography[change | change source]

Tsuda was born in Kobe on August 15, 1917. He played for Keio BRB which was consisted of his alma mater Keio University players and graduates. He won 1936, 1937, 1939 and 1940 Emperor's Cup at Keio University and Keio BRB. 1940 Emperor's Cup was the last Emperor's Cup before the war because Emperor's Cup was suspended for World War II from 1941 to 1945.

After World War II, Tsuda won 1951 and 1952 Emperor's Cup as a member of Keio BRB and All Keio. He also played East Japan Heavy Industries.

On June 16, 1940, when Tsuda was a Keio University student, he debuted for the Japan national team against Philippines and Japan won the match. This match was the first match since 1936 Summer Olympics and the only match in the 1940s in Japan's "International A Match" due to World War II.

After World War II, Japan national team was resumed activities in 1951 and Tsuda was selected Japan for 1951 Asian Games. He played 4 games for Japan until 1951.

On April 17, 1979, Tsuda died of a parkinson's disease at the age of 61.