Kunishige Kamamoto
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kunishige Kamamoto | ||
| Date of birth | 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 | (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. |
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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.
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 was elected as a member of the House of Councillors in July 1995, then served until July 2001, and was the vice chairman of the Japan Football Association from July 1998 to July 2008.
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