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Saburo Kawabuchi

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Saburo Kawabuchi
Kawabuchi in 1964
Personal information
Full name Saburo Kawabuchi
Date of birth (1936-12-03) December 3, 1936 (age 88)
Place of birth Takaishi, Osaka, Japan
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1952–1954 Mikunigaoka High School
1957–1960 Waseda University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1970 Furukawa Electric 68 (10)
Total 68 (10)
National team
1958–1965 Japan 26 (8)
Teams managed
1973–1975 Furukawa Electric
1980–1981 Japan
Honours
Furukawa Electric
Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1967
Winner Emperor's Cup 1961
Winner Emperor's Cup 1964
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1962
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Saburo Kawabuchi (川淵 三郎, Kawabuchi Saburo, born December 3, 1936) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team. He also managed the Japan national team.

Biography

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Kawabuchi was born in Takaishi on December 3, 1936. After graduating from Waseda University, he played for Furukawa Electric. In 1965, Furukawa Electric joined new league Japan Soccer League. In the initial league season, he was the first player to score a hat-trick, against Nagoya Mutual Bank. He retired in 1970. He played 68 games and scored 10 goals in the league.

On December 25, 1958, when Kawabuchi was a Waseda University student, he debuted and scored 2 goals for the Japan national team against Hong Kong. In 1962, he played at 1962 Asian Games. In 1964, he was selected Japan for 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. At 1964 Summer Olympics, he scored a goal in first match against Argentina. He also played at 1962 Asian Games. He played 26 games and scored 8 goals for Japan until 1965.

After retirement, Kawabuchi became a coach for Furukawa Electric in 1970. In 1973, he became a manager and managed until 1975. Just before 1982 World Cup qualification in December 1980, he was named manager for the Japan national team to replace Masashi Watanabe, who suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage. Kawabuchi managed Japan at 1982 World Cup qualification and managed until March 1981.

In 1991, he named inaugural chairman of the J.League is first professional league in Japan. In 1991, he also became a first chairman of J.League. In 2002, he resigned chairman of J.League and became 10th president of Japan Football Association as Shunichiro Okano successor. Kawabuchi served until 2008. He also served as president of Japan Basketball Association from May 2015 to June 2016.

In 2006, he received FIFA Order of Merit. In 2008, he was also selected Japan Football Hall of Fame.

Statistics

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Club statistics League
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals
JapanLeague
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

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Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
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

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