Seki Matsunaga
Japanese association football player (1928–2013)
Seki Matsunaga (松永 碩, Matsunaga Seki, June 25, 1928 – March 4, 2013) was a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team. His brother Akira Matsunaga and Nobuo Matsunaga also played for Japan national team.
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Full name | Seki Matsunaga | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | June 25, 1928 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Shizuoka, Japan | |||||||||||||
Date of death | March 4, 2013 | (aged 84)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
Shida High School | ||||||||||||||
Waseda University | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
Hitachi | ||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||
1951 | Japan | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Biography
changeMatsunaga was born in Shizuoka Prefecture on June 25, 1928. After graduating from Waseda University, he played for Hitachi.
In March 1951, when Matsunaga was a Waseda University student, he was selected the Japan national team for Japan team first game after World War II, 1951 Asian Games. At this competition, on March 9, he debuted against Afghanistan.
On March 4, 2013, Matsunaga died of respiratory failure in Setagaya, Tokyo at the age of 84.
Statistics
changeJapan national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1951 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
References
changeOther websites
change- Seki Matsunaga at National-Football-Teams.com