Yukio Goto
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yukio Goto | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kobe, Hyogo, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1976 | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Japan | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Kwansei Gakuin High School | ||||||||||||||
| Kwansei Gakuin University | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| Kwangaku Club | ||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1930–1934 | Japan | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Yukio Goto (後藤 靱雄, Goto Yukio, ? – 1976) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
[edit]Goto was born in Kobe, Japan, to a Belgian father.[1] He played for Kwangaku Club was consisted of his alma mater Kwansei Gakuin University players and graduates. He won 1929 and 1930 Emperor's Cup at the club.
National team career
[edit]In May 1930, when Goto was a Kwansei Gakuin University student, he was selected Japan national team for 1930 Far Eastern Championship Games in Tokyo and Japan won the championship. At this competition, on May 25, he debuted against Philippines. In 1934, he was also selected Japan for 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games in Manila. At this competition, he played 2 games as Japan team captain. He played 4 games for Japan until 1934.[2]
Goto died in 1976.[3]
National team statistics
[edit]| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1930 | 2 | 0 |
| 1931 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Junichiro Tanizaki's Move to Hanshin Area (Part 2) (Japanese: 谷崎潤一郎の阪神間転居（後編))" (PDF). Nishinomiya Rotary Club regular meeting (Japanese: 西宮ロータリークラブ例会). 21 September 1982. p. 24. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ a b Japan National Football Team Database
- ^ Mention of Yukio Goto's death Archived 2016-03-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
External links
[edit]- Yukio Goto at National-Football-Teams.com
- Japan National Football Team Database
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