Akira Kitaguchi

Akira Kitaguchi
北口晃
Personal information
Full name	Akira Kitaguchi
Date of birth	March 8, 1935 (age 89)
Place of birth	Osaka, Empire of Japan
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1950–1952	Meisei High School
1953–1956	Kwansei Gakuin University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1957–1966	Mitsubishi Motors
Total
International career
1958–1959	Japan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Akira Kitaguchi (北口晃, Kitaguchi Akira, born March 8, 1935) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.^[1]

Club career

Kitaguchi was born in Osaka Prefecture on March 8, 1935. After graduating from Kwansei Gakuin University, he joined Mitsubishi Motors in 1957. In 1965, Mitsubishi Motors joined new league Japan Soccer League. He retired in 1966. He played 4 games in the league.

In 1956, when Kitaguchi was a Kwansei Gakuin University student, he was selected Japan national team for 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, but he did not compete.^[2] In May 1958, he was selected Japan for 1958 Asian Games. At this competition, on May 26, he debuted against Philippines. He played 10 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 1959.^[3]

^ "Akira Kitaguchi". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
^ Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
^ ^a ^b "Japan National Football Team Database". Archived from the original on 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2018-05-27.

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