Sekiji Sasano

Sekiji Sasano
笹野 積次
Personal information
Full name Sekiji Sasano
Place of birth Shizuoka, Japan
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Waseda University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Waseda WMW
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Sekiji Sasano (笹野 積次, Sasano Sekiji) was a Japanese football player.

Club career

Sasano was born in Shizuoka Prefecture. He played for Waseda University. He won 1938 Emperor's Cup with Sei Fuwa, Kunitaka Sueoka, Shogo Kamo, Hidetoki Takahashi and so on. After graduating from university, he played for Waseda WMW was consisted of his alma mater Waseda University players and graduates.

National team career

In 1936, when Sasano was a Waseda University student, he was elected Japan national team for 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but he did not compete.[1][2] Japan completed a come-from-behind victory against Sweden. The first victory in Olympics for the Japan and the historic victory over one of the powerhouses became later known as "Miracle of Berlin" (ベルリンの奇跡) in Japan. In 2016, this team was elected Japan Football Hall of Fame.

References

  1. ↑ Berlin Olympics Results Japan Football association(in Japanese)
  2. ↑ Berlin Olympics Results Japan Football association(in Japanese)
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