Hiroshi Kagawa
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hiroshi Kagawa | ||
Date of birth | December 29, 1924 | ||
Place of birth | Kobe, Hyogo, Japan | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Kobe University of Commerce | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Hiroshi Kagawa (賀川 浩, Kagawa Hiroshi, born December 29, 1924) is a former Japanese football player and journalist. His brother Taro Kagawa was also footballer.
Playing career[]
Hiroshi Kagawa was born in Kobe in 1924. After graduating from Kobe University of Commerce, he played for . He won the 2nd place at 1952 Emperor's Cup with Taro Kagawa, Taizo Kawamoto, Toshio Iwatani and so on.
Journalist career[]
Hiroshi Kagawa started a journalist career in 1951. In 1952, he joined Sankei Shimbun. He also served as editor of Sankei Sports from 1974 to 1984. In 1990, he became a freelance after retirement. He is also producing "Japan Soccer Archive" with from 2007. In 2010, he was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame. He covered ten World Cups. At 2014 World Cup, he was at the age of 89 and was the oldest media representative on duty. On January 12, 2015, he was presented with the FIFA Presidential Award in 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or by President Sepp Blatter.[1]
References[]
External links[]
- Japan Football Hall of Fame at Japan Football Association
- Kagawa Soccer Library(in Japanese)
- Japan Soccer Archive
- 1924 births
- Living people
- Kobe University alumni
- Association football people from Hyōgo Prefecture
- Japanese footballers
- Association football forwards
- Japanese football forward stubs