Seki Matsunaga
Seki Matsunaga (松永 碩, Matsunaga Seki, June 25, 1928 – March 4, 2013) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. His brother Akira Matsunaga and Nobuo Matsunaga also played for Japan national team.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
| Playing 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 | |||||||||||||
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Club career
Matsunaga was born in Shizuoka Prefecture on June 25, 1928. After graduating from Waseda University, he played for Hitachi.
National team career
In March 1951, when Matsunaga was a Waseda University student, he was selected 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.[1]
On March 4, 2013, Matsunaga died of respiratory failure in Setagaya, Tokyo at the age of 84.
References
External links
- Seki Matsunaga at National-Football-Teams.com
- Japan National Football Team Database
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