Mitsunori Fujiguchi
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ese
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player. He played for Japan national team.


Club career

Fujiguchi was born in
Maebashi is the capital city of Gunma Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 335,352 in 151,171 households, and a population density of 1100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It wa ...
on August 17, 1949. After graduating from
Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endowmen ...
, he joined
Mitsubishi Motors is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.first season, the club won the 2nd place for 4 years in a row until
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. In 1978, the club won all three major title in Japan;
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,
JSL Cup was the original league cup for clubs in the top levels of Japanese soccer before the creation of the J. League and its cup. The cup was first played in 1973, but did not become an annual tournament until 1976. The JSL/JFL Cup included clubs fro ...
and
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. The club also won
1980 Emperor's Cup Statistics of Emperor's Cup in the 1980 season. Overview It was contested by 30 teams, and Mitsubishi Motors won the championship. Results 1st round *Kyushu Sangyo University 2–3 Teijin *Fujitsu 2–2 (PK 8–9) Osaka University of Economics ...
,
1981 JSL Cup Statistics of JSL Cup in the 1981 season. Overview It was contested by 20 teams, and Toshiba and Mitsubishi Motors won the championship. Results 1st Round *Honda 3-0 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals *Toshiba 2-1 Sumitomo Metals * Yomiuri 1-2 Nippon Kok ...
and
1982 Japan Soccer League 1982 was the 18th season of the Japan Soccer League. First Division Mitsubishi tied Yanmar's four championships with its own run. NKK could not adjust to the top flight for this season and was relegated instantly. Honda saved itself by defeatin ...
. He retired in 1982. He played 127 games and scored 27 goals in the league. He was selected Best Eleven 3 times (
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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. ...
and
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).


National team career

On July 12, 1972, when Fujiguchi was a
Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endowmen ...
student, he debuted for the Japan national team against
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. He played at the
1974 World Cup qualification Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...
and the 1976 Asian Cup qualification. In 1978, he was also selected to play for Japan at the
1978 Asian Games The 8th Asian Games () were held from 9 to 20 December 1978, in Bangkok, Thailand. Originally, the host city was Singapore but Singapore dropped its plan to host the Games due to financial problems. Then Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, was de ...
and he played three games. That competition was his last game for Japan. He played 26 games and scored 2 goals for Japan until 1978.Japan National Football Team Database
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1949 births Living people Keio University alumni Association football people from Gunma Prefecture Japanese men's footballers Japan men's international footballers Japan Soccer League players Urawa Red Diamonds players Footballers at the 1978 Asian Games Men's association football midfielders Asian Games competitors for Japan {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub