Kunishige Kamamoto

Kunishige Kamamoto was a Japanese footballer and politician (15 April 1944 – 10 August 2025). Kamamoto played as a forward for Yanmar Diesel. Kamamoto scored 337 goals in 387 games for club and country and won 13 trophies, including 5 league titles.

Kamamoto's career stats

GamesGoals
Clubs, all competitions311262
Japan7675
Total387337

Goals per game: 0.87.

Kamamoto's trophies and awards

  • Trophies with club and country: 13
  • League titles: 5
  • Domestic cups: 8
  • Individual awards: 43

Yanmar Diesel

  • Emperor's Cup: 3 (1968, 1970, 1974)
  • Japan Soccer League: 4 (1971, 1974, 1975, 1980)
  • JSL Cup: 3 (1973, 1983, 1984)
  • All Japan Senior Football Championship: 1 (1976)
  • Queen's Cup: 1 (1976)
  • Japanese Super Cup: 1 (1981)

Individual

  • Summer Olympics football top scorer: 1 (1968)
  • Japanese Footballer of the Year: 7 (1966, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981)
  • Japan Soccer League Top Scorer: 7 (1968, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978)
  • Japan Soccer League Best Eleven: 14 (1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
  • Japan Soccer League Assists leader: 2 (1973, 1975)
  • Japan Soccer League Star Ball Award: 5 (1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972)
  • Japan Soccer League Fighting Spirit Award: 1 (1968)
  • Japan Soccer League 100 goals Award: 1 (1974)
  • Japan Soccer League 200 goals Award: 1 (1981)
  • Asian All Stars: 2 (1967, 1968)
  • MasterCard Asian/Oceanian Team of the 20th Century: 1 (1998)
  • Japan Football Hall of Fame: 1 (2005)

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

  1. 1967–1984: Yanmar Diesel, 251 games, 202 goals

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