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Masashi Watanabe Personal information Full name Masashi Watanabe Date of birth January 11, 1936 Place of birth Hiroshima, Japan Date of death December 7, 1995[1] (aged 59)Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Playing position Forward (retired) Youth career Motomachi High School Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1953-1958 Yawata Steel 1962-1971 Yawata Steel 79 (19) National team 1958-1969 Japan 39 (12) Teams managed 1969-1975 Yawata Steel / Nippon Steel 1980 Japan 1984-? Rikkyo University * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Olympic medal record Men's Football Bronze 1968 Mexico City Team competition Masashi Watanabe (渡辺 正 Watanabe Masashi ) (January 11, 1936 – December 7, 1995) was a Japanese football player who won the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
National team statistics
Japan national team 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 Awards and Honors
- Japan Soccer League Best Eleven: 1968
References
(Japanese) Japan Football Association official site
Japan squad – 1964 Summer Olympics Japan squad – 1968 Summer Olympics Bronze Medalists Japan national football team – managers Ninomiya (1951) · Takenokoshi (1951–56) · Takahashi (1957) · Takenokoshi (1958–59) · Kawamoto (1958) · Takahashi (1960–62) · Naganuma (1962–69) · Okano (1970–71) · Naganuma (1972–76) · Ninomiya (1976–78) · Shimomura (1979–80) · Watanabe (1980) · Kawabuchi (1980–81) · Mori (1981–85) · Ishii (1986–87) · Yokoyama (1988–91) · Ooft (1992–93) · Falcão (1994) · Kamo (1994–97) · Okada (1997–98) · Troussier (1998–02) · Zico (2002–06) · Osim (2006–07) · Okada (2007–10) · Zaccheroni (2010–)
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