Shigetatsu Matsunaga

Shigetatsu Matsunaga

Football player infobox| playername= Shigetatsu Matsunaga
fullname = Shigetatsu Matsunaga
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1962|8|12
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth = Japan
height = height|ft=5|in=11
currentclub =
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears = 1978-1980
1981-1984
youthclubs = Hamana High School
Aichi Gakuin University
years = 1985-1995
1995-1996
1997
1997-2000
clubs = Nissan Motors/Yokohama Marinos
Tosu Futures
Brummell Sendai
Kyoto Purple Sanga
caps(goals) = 334 00(0)
054 00(0)
015 00(0)
085 00(0)
nationalyears = 1988-1995
nationalteam = Japan
nationalcaps(goals) = 040 00(0)
manageryears =
managerclubs =
nihongo|Shigetatsu Matsunaga|松永 成立|Shigetatsu Matsunaga|born 12 August 1962 in Shizuoka Prefecture is a retired Japanese football (soccer) goalkeeper and a goalkeeping coach.

Playing career

He was educated at and played for Hamana High School and Aichi Gakuin University. After graduating from the university, he joined JSL side Nissan Motor F.C..

When Japan's first-ever professional league J. League started in 1993, Nissan F.C. was transformed to Yokohama Marinos for whom he continued to play. After he lost his position to young Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi who would also replace him as the first-choice goalkeeper in the national team, he moved to Japan Football League side Tosu Futures, the predecessor of Sagan Tosu, in 1996. He then moved to fellow JFL side Brummell Sendai in 1997. He came back to J. League to play for Kyoto Purple Sanga in 1998 and spent 3 seasons before he hanged up his boots in 2000.

He was capped 40 times for Japan between 1988 and 1995. He was the first-choice GK when Japan won the 1992 AFC Asian Cup. However, he was sent off for retaliation in the semi-final against China and Kazuya Maekawa filled in for him for the rest of the competition. He was also tending the goal when Japan's hope to play in the 1994 FIFA World Cup finals was dashed by a late Iraqi equaliser in the final qualifier, the match that the Japanese fans now refer to as the Agony of Doha.

After retiring from the game, he served as a goalkeeping coach for Kyoto Purple Sanga from 2001 to 2006. He is now a goalkeeping coach for Yokohama F. Marinos.

Clubs

* 1985-1991: flagicon|Japan Nissan Motor F.C.
* 1992-1995: flagicon|Japan Yokohama Marinos
* 1995-1996: flagicon|Japan Tosu Futures
* 1997: flagicon|Japan Brummell Sendai
* 1997-2000: flagicon|Japan Kyoto Purple Sanga

Honors and awards

Individual Honors

* Selected to J-League Team of the Year: 1993

Team Honors

* (Champions)


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