Masashi Watanabe

Masashi Watanabe
Masashi Watanabe
Personal information
Full name Masashi Watanabe
Date of birth January 11, 1936(1936-01-11)
Place of birth Hiroshima, Japan
Date of death December 7, 1995(1995-12-07) (aged 59)[1]
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

References

(Japanese) Japan Football Association official site