 Kamamoto in 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kunishige Kamamoto | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 April 1944 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kyoto, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1962 | Yamashiro High School | |||||||||||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1966 | Waseda University | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1984 | Yanmar Diesel | 251 | (202) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 251 | (202) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1977 | Japan | 76[1] | (75) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1964 | Japan U23 | 10[2] | (8) | |||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1984 | Yanmar Diesel | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | Gamba Osaka | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Fujieda MYFC | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Kunishige Kamamoto (釜本 邦茂, Kamamoto Kunishige, born 15 April 1944) is a former Japanese football player, manager, and politician. He 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,[3] and is the all-time leading goalscorer for Japan.[4]
Kamamoto served as the Vice-President of the Japan Football Association from July 1998 to July 2008. In 2005, he was inducted in the Japan Football Hall of Fame.
He also served as a member of the House of Councillors between 1995 and 2001.
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