Kunishige Kamamoto

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Kunishige Kamamoto
Personal information
Full name Kunishige Kamamoto
Date of birth April 15, 1944 (1944-04-15) (age 64)
Place of birth    Kyoto, Japan
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Retired
Youth clubs
1960-1962
1963-1966		 Yamashiro H.S.
Waseda University
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1967-1984 Yanmar Diesel F.C. 251 (202)   
National team2
1964-1977 Japan 76 (75)
Teams managed
1978-1984
1991-1994		 Yanmar Diesel F.C.
Gamba Osaka

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 10 August 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 10 August 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze 1968 Mexico City Team competition

Kunishige Kamamoto (釜本 邦茂 Kamamoto Kunishige, born April 15, 1944 in Kyoto) is a former football player from Japan, who won the bronze medal with the Japan national football team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, finishing as the tournament's top scorer with seven goals.

Kamamoto was the first Japanese league superstar, being the Japan Soccer League's top scorer 6 times with his club Yanmar Diesel, the forerunner to today's Cerezo Osaka. Upon retirement he became a manager and went across town to the local rivals, Gamba Osaka.

Kamamoto is a politician since 1995. In the Japan Football Association, he is the vice chairman since July 1998.

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[edit] Management Career

[edit] Honors

  • Top Scorer in Summer Olympics football : 1968
  • JSL Top Scorer: 1968, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976

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Gamba Osaka – Managers

Kamamoto (1992–94) • Held (1995) • Kuže (1996–97) • Koncilia (1997–98) • Antonetti (1998–99) • Hayano (1999–01) • Takemoto (2001) • Nishino (2002–)