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player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Kitaguchi was born in

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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.

National team career

In 1956, when Kitaguchi was a Kwansei Gakuin University student, he was selected Japan national team for

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in Melbourne, but he did not compete.Japan Football Association
/ref> In May 1958, he was selected Japan for

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. At this competition, on May 26, he debuted against Philippines. He played 10 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 1959.

National team statistics

References

External links

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Japan National Football Team Database
1935 births Living people Kwansei Gakuin University alumni Association football people from Osaka Prefecture Japanese men's footballers Japan men's international footballers Japan Soccer League players Urawa Red Diamonds players Olympic footballers for Japan Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1958 Asian Games Men's association football forwards Asian Games competitors for Japan {{Japan-footy-forward-stub