Saburo Kawabuchi
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Saburō Kawabuchi is a former Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 football player and Head coach for Japan national football team
Japan national football team
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. He is the founder of the Japan Professional Soccer League. Now, he is the honorable chairman of the league. He is ex-president of the Japan Football Association
Japan Football Association
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 between 2002 and 2008.

Early life

He was born in Osaka city, Osaka. At first, when he was in Takaishi elementary school and Takaishi Junior high school, he played baseball. He was on to Mikunigaoka High School, Osaka and became a member of football team at the high school. He graduated from Mikunigaoka High School, Osaka in 1955. He went on to Waseda University
Waseda University
, abbreviated as , is one of the most prestigious private universities in Japan and Asia. Its main campuses are located in the northern part of Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as Tokyo Senmon Gakko, the institution was renamed "Waseda University" in 1902. It is known for its liberal climate...

 School of commerce in 1957. He played for Waseda University football team. He earned Bachelor of arts degree in commerce from Waseda University.

Career

Kawabuchi played for Furukawa Electric football team, forerunner to JEF United Ichihara Chiba
JEF United Ichihara Chiba
is a Japanese professional football club that plays in J. League Division 2. On February 1, 2005, the club changed its name from JEF United Ichihara to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as its hometown in 2003. The club name, JEF -taken from JR East and Furukawa Electric-...

, in the early days of the Japan Soccer League
Japan Soccer League
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. In the initial league season
Japan Soccer League 1965
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, he was the first player to score a hat-trick
Hat-trick
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, against Nagoya Bank. He became a player for Japan national football team
Japan national football team
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. He joined the 1964 Summer Olympis in Tokyo. He retired as a player in 1970, he used to work for Furukawa Electric Corpolation. In 1980, he became Head coach for Japan national football team for short time.

In 1993, he established Japan professional soccer league and became the first chairman of the league. He was in the office between 1993 and 2002. He was the president of the Japan Football Association
Japan Football Association
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 between 2002 and 2008.

He was selected for a member of Japan Football Hall of fame by Japan Football Association
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 in 2005.

Club career statistics

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|1965||rowspan="6"|Furukawa Electric
JEF United Ichihara Chiba
is a Japanese professional football club that plays in J. League Division 2. On February 1, 2005, the club changed its name from JEF United Ichihara to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as its hometown in 2003. The club name, JEF -taken from JR East and Furukawa Electric-...

||rowspan="6"|JSL Division 1
Japan Soccer League
, or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...

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|1966||14||4
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|1967||14||1
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|1968||14||1
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|1969||12||1
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|1970||0||0
68||10
68||10
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National team statistics

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|1958||2||2
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|1959||9||3
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|1960||1||0
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|1961||6||1
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|1962||6||2
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|1963||0||0
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|1964||0||0
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|1965||2||0
|-
!Total||26||8
|}

External links

  • Japan Fotball Association - http://www.jfa.or.jp/
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