Yoshihiro Natsuka

is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography
Natsuka was born in Funabashi on October 7, 1969. After graduating from Narashino High School, he joined Fujita Industries (later Bellmare Hiratsuka) in 1988. In 1994, the club won 1994 Emperor's Cup and he was selected for the Best Eleven. In Asia, the club also won the 1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. However, he left the club at the end of the 1998 season due to financial strain. In 1999, he moved to J2 League club Consadole Sapporo. The club were the champions in 2000 and were promoted to J1 League from 2001. He retired at the end of the 2001 season.

On May 22, 1994, Natsuka debuted for the Japan national team against Australia. In 1994, he played full-time in all matches at the 1994 Asian Games. In 1995, he also played at 1995 King Fahd Cup. He played 11 games and scored 1 goal for Japan from 1994 to 1995.

Statistics

|-
|1988–89||rowspan="6"|Fujita Industries||rowspan="4"|JSL Division 1||10||0||||||0||0||10||0
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|1989–90||8||0||||||4||0||12||0
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|1990–91||22||2||||||1||0||23||2
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|1991–92||24||3||||||3||0||27||3
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|1992||rowspan="2"|Football League||18||2||4||0||colspan="2"|-||22||2
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|1993||18||2||1||0||6||0||25||2
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|1994||rowspan="5"|Bellmare Hiratsuka||rowspan="5"|J1 League||41||1||5||0||1||0||47||1
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|1995||45||1||2||1||colspan="2"|-||47||2
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|1996||14||0||0||0||13||2||27||2
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|1997||32||3||3||0||6||0||41||3
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|1998||27||0||2||0||2||0||31||0
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|1999||rowspan="3"|Consadole Sapporo||rowspan="2"|J2 League||32||3||0||0||2||0||34||3
|-
|2000||29||3||2||0||1||0||32||3
|-
|2001||J1 League||18||0||1||0||1||0||20||0
338||20||20||1||40||2||398||23
338||20||20||1||40||2||398||23
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1994||9||1
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|1995||2||0
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!Total||11||1
|}

References

Other websites

Category:1969 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Chiba Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:J2 League players
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:Shonan Bellmare players
Category:Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players
Category:1995 King Fahd Cup players