- Kunishige Kamamoto
Football player infobox| playername= Kunishige Kamamoto
fullname = Kunishige Kamamoto
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1944|4|15
cityofbirth =Kyoto
countryofbirth =Japan
height = height|m=1.79
currentclub = Retired
position = Forward
youthyears = 1960-1962
1963-1966
youthclubs = Yamashiro H.S.Waseda University
years = 1967-1984
clubs = Yanmar Diesel
caps(goals) = 251 (202)
nationalyears = 1964-1977
nationalteam = Japan
nationalcaps(goals) = 76 (75)
manageryears = 1978-1984
1991-1994
managerclubs = Yanmar DieselGamba Osaka Kunishige Kamamoto (釜本 邦茂 "Kamamoto Kunishige", born
April 15 ,1944 inKyoto ) is a former football player fromJapan , who won the bronze medal with theJapan national football team at the 1968 Summer Olympics inMexico City, Mexico , finishing as the tournament's top scorer with seven goals.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'sCerezo Osaka . Upon retirement he became a manager and went across town to the local rivals,Gamba Osaka .Kamamoto has been a politician since 1995 and the vice chairman of the
Japan Football Association since July 1998.Clubs
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Waseda University (1963-1966)
*Yanmar Diesel S.C. (1967-1984)Management career
*Yanmar Diesel S.C. (1978-84)
*Gamba Osaka (1991-94)Honors
*Summer Olympics football top scorer : 1968
*Japan Soccer League Top Scorer: 1968, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976External links
* [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/kamamoto-intlg.html RSSSF.com : Kunishige Kamamoto - Goals in International Matches]
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