Kunishige Kamamoto

Football player infobox| playername= Kunishige Kamamoto
fullname = Kunishige Kamamoto
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1944|4|15
cityofbirth = Kyoto
countryofbirth = Japan
height = height|m=1.79
currentclub = Retired
position = Forward
youthyears = 1960-1962
1963-1966
youthclubs = Yamashiro H.S.
Waseda University
years = 1967-1984
clubs = Yanmar Diesel
caps(goals) = 251 (202)
nationalyears = 1964-1977
nationalteam = Japan
nationalcaps(goals) = 76 (75)
manageryears = 1978-1984
1991-1994
managerclubs = Yanmar Diesel
Gamba Osaka

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 has been a politician since 1995 and the vice chairman of the Japan Football Association since July 1998.

Clubs

*Waseda University (1963-1966)
*Yanmar Diesel S.C. (1967-1984)

Management career

*Yanmar Diesel S.C. (1978-84)
*Gamba Osaka (1991-94)

Honors

*Summer Olympics football top scorer : 1968
*Japan Soccer League Top Scorer: 1968, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/kamamoto-intlg.html RSSSF.com : Kunishige Kamamoto - Goals in International Matches]