Saburō Kawabuchi
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Saburō Kawabuchi in 1964
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Saburō Kawabuchi | ||
| Date of birth | December 3, 1936 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Takaishi, Osaka, Japan | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1957–1960 | Waseda University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1970 | Furukawa Electric | 68 | (10) |
| International career | |||
| 1958–1965 | Japan | 26 | (8) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1973–1975 | Furukawa Electric | ||
| 1980–1981 | Japan | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Saburō Kawabuchi (川淵三郎, born December 3, 1936) is a former Japanese football player and head coach of Japan national football team. He is the founder and the honorable chairman of the Japan Professional Soccer League. Between 2002 and 2008 he served as president of the Japan Football Association.
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Early life
Kawabuchi was born in Osaka. At first, when he was in Takaishi elementary school and Takaishi Junior high school, he played baseball. He was on to Mikunigaoka High School, Osaka and became a member of football team at the high school. He graduated from Mikunigaoka High School, Osaka in 1955. He went on to Waseda University School of commerce in 1957. He played for Waseda University football team. He earned Bachelor of arts degree in commerce from Waseda University.
Career
Kawabuchi played for Furukawa Electric football team, forerunner to JEF United Ichihara Chiba, in the early days of the Japan Soccer League. In the initial league season, he was the first player to score a hat-trick, against Nagoya Bank.[2] He became a player for Japan national football team and competed at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.[1] He retired as a player in 1970, he used to work for Furukawa Electric Corporation.[3] In 1980, he became the head coach of Japan national football team for a short time.
In 1993, he established Japan professional soccer league and became the first chairman of the league. He was in the office between 1993 and 2002. He was the president of the Japan Football Association between 2002 and 2008.
He was selected for a member of Japan Football Hall of fame by Japan Football Association in 2005.
Club career statistics
| Club performance | League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | |||
| 1965 | Furukawa Electric | JSL Division 1 | 14 | 3 |
| 1966 | 14 | 4 | ||
| 1967 | 14 | 1 | ||
| 1968 | 14 | 1 | ||
| 1969 | 12 | 1 | ||
| 1970 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Country | Japan | 68 | 10 | |
| Total | 68 | 10 | ||
National team statistics
| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1958 | 2 | 2 |
| 1959 | 9 | 3 |
| 1960 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961 | 6 | 1 |
| 1962 | 6 | 2 |
| 1963 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 26 | 8 |
Awards
- Japan Soccer League Silver Ball (Assist Leader): 1966
Books
- J's career – With Japan football, Nihon Keizai Shimbun Shuppan, 2009
Family
- Wife: Yasuko
- Daughters: Junko and Hideko
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Saburo Kawabuchi. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Japan Soccer League 1965. Homepage1.nifty.com. Retrieved on May 30, 2015.
- ↑ 川淵三郎. Japanese Olympic Committee
External links
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- 1936 births
- Japanese footballers
- Japan Soccer League players
- Japan international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Japan
- Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Japanese football managers
- Japan national football team managers
- Living people
- Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun
- Waseda University alumni
- Furukawa Electric S.C. players
- Footballers at the 1962 Asian Games
