Nobuo Kawakami
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nobuo Kawakami | ||
| Date of birth | October 4, 1947 | ||
| Place of birth | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Urawa Nishi High School | |||
| Rikkyo University | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1978 | Hitachi | 128 | (7) |
| Total | 128 | (7) | |
| National team | |||
| 1970–1977 | Japan | 41 | (0) |
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Honours | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Nobuo Kawakami (川上 信夫, Kawakami Nobuo, born October 4, 1947) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Club career[]
Kawakami was born in Saitama on October 4, 1947. After graduating from Rikkyo University, he joined Hitachi in 1971. The club won the league champions in 1972. The club also won 1972 and 1975 Emperor's Cup. He retired in 1978. He played 128 games and scored 7 goals in the league. He was selected Best Eleven in 1972 and 1975.
National team career[]
On July 31, 1970, when Kawakami was a Rikkyo University student, he debuted for Japan national team against Hong Kong. He played at 1970 and 1974 Asian Games. He was also selected Japan for 1974, 1978 World Cup qualification and 1976 Summer Olympics qualification. He played 41 games for Japan until 1977.[1]
Club statistics[]
| Club performance | League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | |||
| 1971 | Hitachi | JSL Division 1 | 14 | 0 |
| 1972 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1973 | 14 | 1 | ||
| 1974 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 1975 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 1976 | 18 | 1 | ||
| 1977 | 18 | 3 | ||
| 1978 | 18 | 2 | ||
| Total | 128 | 7 | ||
National team statistics[]
| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1970 | 4 | 0 |
| 1971 | 1 | 0 |
| 1972 | 8 | 0 |
| 1973 | 5 | 0 |
| 1974 | 5 | 0 |
| 1975 | 9 | 0 |
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 41 | 0 |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Japan National Football Team Database
- ^ Nobuo Kawakami at National-Football-Teams.com
External links[]
- Nobuo Kawakami at National-Football-Teams.com
- Japan National Football Team Database
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