is a former

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football player. He last played for

Tochigi City FC Tochigi City Football Club (栃木シティフットボールクラブ, ''Tochigi Shiti Futtobōrukurabu''), commonly known as Tochigi City FC (栃木シティFC, ''Tochigi Shiti Efushi'') is a Japanese football club based in Tochigi Prefecture ...

Playing career

Matsushita was born in

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on December 7, 1981. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Sanfrecce Hiroshima ( ja, サンフレッチェ広島, translit=''Sanfuretche Hiroshima'') is a Japanese professional football club based in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the co ...

in 2000. Although he could hardly play in the match until 2001, he played many matches as defensive midfielder in 2002. However Sanfrecce finished at the 15th place in 2002 season and was relegated to J2 League. In 2003, Sanfrecce won the 2nd place and was returned to J1 in a year. In 2004, Matsushita moved to J2 club

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. Although he could not play many matches in 2004, he played many matches and Avispa won the 2nd place in 2005. However he could hardly play in the match in J1 in 2006. In June 2006, he moved to

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. In 2007, Matsushita moved to J2 club

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(later ''Thespakusatsu Gunma'') based in his local

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. He became a regular player as defensive midfielder soon and played many matches in 6 seasons. In 2013, he moved to J2 club

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and played many matches in 2 seasons. In 2015, he re-joined

Thespakusatsu Gunma is a professional football (soccer) club based in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture in Japan. The club plays in the J2 League, the second division of professional football in Japan. History The club was founded in 1995 in Kusatsu, one of the most ...

for the first time in 2 years. Although he played as regular player, the club results was sluggish and was relegated to J3 League end of 2017 season. His opportunity to play also decreased in 2018. On 22 December 2018,

announced the signing of Matsushita from

Club statistics

Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社
"2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"
8 February 2017, Japan, (p. 215 out of 289)

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* 1981 births Living people Association football people from Gunma Prefecture Japanese footballers J1 League players J2 League players J3 League players Japan Football League players Sanfrecce Hiroshima players Avispa Fukuoka players Kawasaki Frontale players Thespakusatsu Gunma players Yokohama FC players Tochigi City FC players Association football midfielders {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub