Tsukasa Hosaka

Tsukasa Hosaka
保坂司
Personal information
Full name	Tsukasa Hosaka
Date of birth	March 3, 1937
Place of birth	Kofu, Yamanashi, Empire of Japan
Date of death	January 21, 2018 (aged 80)
Place of death	Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1952–1954
1955–1958	Meiji University
Senior career*
National team
Teams managed
1973–1977	Kofu SC
Furukawa Electric
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Tsukasa Hosaka (保坂司, Hosaka Tsukasa, March 3, 1937 – January 21, 2018) was a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Club career[]

Hosaka was born in Kofu on March 3, 1937. After graduating from Meiji University, he joined Furukawa Electric in 1959. He won 1960, 1961 and 1964 Emperor's Cup. In 1965, Furukawa Electric joined new league Japan Soccer League. He retired in 1968. He played 47 games in the league.

National team career[]

In November 1960, he was selected by the Japan national team for the 1962 World Cup qualification. At this qualification, on November 6, he debuted against South Korea. In 1962, he also played at the Asian Games. He was a regular goalkeeper in the early 1960s. In 1964, he was selected by Japan for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. However, he did not compete, because he fractured his hand just before the Olympics. Instead, he was the team's reserve goalkeeper behind Kenzo Yokoyama. He played 19 games for Japan until 1964.^[1]

Coaching career[]

After retirement, Hosaka became a manager for his local club Kofu SC in 1973. He managed until 1977.

On January 21, 2018, Hosaka died of pneumonia in Kofu at the age of 80.^[2]

National team statistics[]

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Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1960	1	0
1961	6	0
1962	6	0
1963	5	0
1964	1	0
Total	19	0

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Japan National Football Team Database
^ "元サッカー日本代表の保坂司氏が死去　８０歳" [Former Japanese national football player Takeshi Hosaka died, 80-years-old]. Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

External links[]

Tsukasa Hosaka – FIFA competition record (archived)
Tsukasa Hosaka at National-Football-Teams.com
Japan National Football Team Database

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[2] "元サッカー日本代表の保坂司氏が死去　８０歳" [Former Japanese national football player Takeshi Hosaka died, 80-years-old]. Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

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