is a former

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player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He also worked as a football commentator.

Club career

Matsuki was born in Chuo, Tokyo on November 28, 1957. He joined

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Division 2 club Yomiuri from youth team in 1973. The club was promoted to Division 1 in 1978. The club won the champions in

3 times,

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2 times and

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3 times. From 1983, he also served as captain. This was golden era in club history. He retired in 1990. He played 269 games and scored 9 goals in the league. He was selected Best Eleven 3 times.

National team career

In April 1984, Matsuki was selected Japan national team for 1984 Summer Olympics qualification. At this qualification, on April 15, he debuted against

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. He also played at 1986 World Cup qualification and

1986 Asian Games The 1986 Asian Games ( ko, 1986년 아시아 경기대회/1986년 아시안 게임, Cheon gubaek palsip-yuk nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Cheon gubaek palsip-yuk nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 10th Asian Games and the X Asiad ( ko, 제10 ...

. He played 11 games for Japan until 1986.Japan National Football Team Database
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Coaching career

After retirement, Matsuki started coaching career at Yomiuri (later ''Verdy Kawasaki'', ''Tokyo Verdy'') in 1990. In 1993, he became a manager. The club won the champions at

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and

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and he was selected Best Manager awards for 2 years in a row (1993-1994). He resigned end of 1994 season. In 1998, he signed with

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and managed in 1 season. In 2001, he returned to Tokyo Verdy in the first year after relocating to Tokyo. However he was sacked in July.

Video games

Matsuki appeared on the cover of the Japanese version of '' World Cup Striker'', a soccer game released in 1994 for the

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. In the PlayStation title ''

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'', Matsuki comments the matches alongside

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Club statistics

National team statistics

Managerial statistics

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Honours

Player

;Yomiuri * Japan Soccer League Division 1:

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

, 1986–87 *

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...

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 ...

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

Manager

;Tokyo Verdy * J.League Division 1:

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1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

;Individual * J.League Manager of the Year: 1993, 1994

References

External links

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Japan National Football Team Database
* 1957 births Living people Association football people from Tokyo Japanese men's footballers Japan men's international footballers Japan Soccer League players Tokyo Verdy players Japanese football managers J1 League managers Tokyo Verdy managers Cerezo Osaka managers Footballers at the 1986 Asian Games Men's association football defenders Association football commentators Asian Games competitors for Japan {{Japan-footy-defender-1950s-stub