is a former

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player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Ochiai was born in Saitama on 28 February 1946. After graduating from high school, he joined

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in 1964. He played at offensive position. In 1966, he moved to his local club

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(JSL). He played in all 260 matches in the league until 1981. In 1969, he became a top scorer and the club won the champions at JSL first time. In the 1970s he was converted to defensive position. In 1973, the club won JSL and

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. In 1978, the club won all three major title in Japan; JSL,

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and he was selected Japanese Footballer of the Year awards. He retired in 1984. He played 267 games and scored 56 goals in the league. This 267 games is the second record in JSL after

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(272 games). He was selected Best Eleven 10 times included for 9 years in a row (

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). The club won the league champions 2 times,

2 times and

4 times.

National team career

In September 1974, Ochiai was selected Japan national team for

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. At this competition, on 7 September, he debuted against

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. After his debut, he played in most games included 1976 Summer Olympics qualification, 1978 World Cup qualification and

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. In 1980, 1980 Summer Olympics qualification was his last game for Japan. He played 63 games and scored 9 goals for Japan until 1980.Japan National Football Team Database
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Coaching career

After retirement, in 1988, Ochiai became coach for Japan national team under manager

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was team mate at

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(former ''Mitsubishi Motors'') under manager

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. In 2010, Ochiai was selected

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Club statistics

National team statistics

Personal honors

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Top Scorer -

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*Japanese Footballer of the Year - 1978 *Japan Soccer League Best Eleven: (10)

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1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ochiai, Hiroshi 1946 births Living people Japanese men's footballers Japan men's international footballers Japan Soccer League players Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players Urawa Red Diamonds players Footballers at the 1974 Asian Games Footballers at the 1978 Asian Games Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Asian Games competitors for Japan Association football people from Saitama (city)