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Shigeo Sugimoto
杉本 茂雄
Personal information
Full name Shigeo Sugimoto
Date of birth (1926-12-04)December 4, 1926
Place of birth Kobe, Hyogo, Japanese Empire
Date of death April 2, 2002(2002-04-02) (aged 75)
Place of death Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
???? Kobe Daiichi High School
????–1947 Kwansei Gakuin University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–???? Hankyu Railways
National team
1951–1954 Japan 3 (0)
Honours
All Kwangaku
Winner Emperor's Cup 1950
Winner Emperor's Cup 1953
Winner Emperor's Cup 1955
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Bronze 1951 New Delhi Team
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (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

Sugimoto was born in Kobe on December 4, 1926. 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

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.

On April 2, 2002, Sugimoto died of kidney failure in Nishinomiya at the age of 75.

National team statistics

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
1951 2 0
1952 0 0
1953 0 0
1954 1 0
Total 3 0

Honours

Japan

  • Asian Games Bronze medal: 1951

See also

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