Kunishige Kamamoto is a former Japanese football player, manager and politician.
23 Facts About Kunishige Kamamoto
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Kunishige Kamamoto won the bronze medal with the Japan national team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, finishing as the tournament's top scorer with seven goals, and is the all-time leading goalscorer for Japan.
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Kunishige Kamamoto served as a member of the House of Councillors between 1995 and 2001.
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Kunishige Kamamoto grew up in Kyoto and attended Yamashiro High School.
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Kunishige Kamamoto won the 1963 and the 1966 Emperor's Cup while he was at Waseda University.
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Kunishige Kamamoto earned a bachelor of arts degree in Commerce from Waseda University in 1966.
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Kunishige Kamamoto played all league games as from his first season.
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Yanmar Diesel won their 1st title, the 1968 Emperor's Cup, with Kunishige Kamamoto's winning goal in the final.
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In 1971, for the first time, the club became league champions and Kunishige Kamamoto became the top scorer for a second time.
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In 1982, Kunishige Kamamoto ruptured his Achilles tendon twice and, in 1984, when he was 40 years old, he retired.
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All in all, Kunishige Kamamoto was top scorer seven times and was selected in the best eleven fourteen times.
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Kunishige Kamamoto was selected as Japanese Footballer of the Year seven times.
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On 3 March 1964, when Kunishige Kamamoto was a Waseda University student, he debuted and scored a goal for the Japan national team against the Singapore national football team.
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Kunishige Kamamoto played in all matches and scored one goal.
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In 1968, Kunishige Kamamoto was selected by Japan for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where Japan won the Bronze Medal and Kunishige Kamamoto was the top scorer.
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Kunishige Kamamoto played in all matches for his country and scored seven goals.
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Kunishige Kamamoto played at the Football at the 1966 Asian Games.
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Kunishige Kamamoto played at the 1970 and 1974 Asian Games.
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Kunishige Kamamoto retired from the national team in 1977, having played in 76 matches and having scored 75 goals.
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Kunishige Kamamoto has been recognized with 80 goals in 84 appearances from the Japan Football Association, and previously as well by FIFA, but he isn't mentioned with this tally in their latest publications.
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In 1978, Kunishige Kamamoto was a player manager for Yanmar Diesel.
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Kunishige Kamamoto led the club to its first league championship in 1980.
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Kunishige Kamamoto was selected as a member of the House of Councillors in July 1995 and served until July 2001.