Yasutaro Matsuki

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

Biography
Matsuki was born in Chuo, Tokyo on November 28, 1957. He joined Japan Soccer League Division 2 club Yomiuri from their youth team in 1973. The club was promoted to Division 1 in 1978. The club won the champions in Japan Soccer League 3 times, JSL Cup 2 times and Emperor's Cup 3 times. From 1983, he also served as captain. He retired in 1990. He played 269 games and scored 9 goals in the league. He was selected  for the Best Eleven 3 times.

In April 1984, Matsuki was selected for the Japan national team for 1984 Summer Olympics qualification. He debuted against Thailand on April 15. He also played at 1986 World Cup qualification and 1986 Asian Games. He played 11 games for Japan from 1984 to 1986.

After retirement, Matsuki started his coaching career at Yomiuri (later Verdy Kawasaki, Tokyo Verdy) in 1990. In 1993, he became a manager. The club were the champions of the J1 League and J.League Cup and he was selected for the Best Manager awards for 2 years in a row (1993–1994). He resigned at the end of the 1994 season. In 1998, he signed with Cerezo Osaka and managed for one season. In 2001, he returned to Tokyo Verdy in the first year after relocating to Tokyo. However he was sacked in July.

Statistics

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|1973||rowspan="17"|Yomiuri||rowspan="5"|JSL Division 2||0||0||||||colspan="2"|-||0||0
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|1974||8||0||||||colspan="2"|-||8||0
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|1975||18||0||||||colspan="2"|-||18||0
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|1976||17||2||2||0||4||0||23||2
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|1977||18||0||3||0||4||0||25||0
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|1978||rowspan="12"|JSL Division 1||18||0||2||0||6||0||26||0
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|1979||18||0||2||0||4||0||24||0
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|1980||17||1||3||1||2||0||22||2
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|1981||18||1||5||0||1||0||24||1
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|1982||17||0||3||0||1||0||21||0
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|1983||18||2||3||0||3||0||24||2
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|1984||18||2||5||0||0||0||23||2
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|1985–86||22||1||2||0||4||1||28||2
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|1986–87||22||0||5||1||1||0||28||1
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|1987–88||19||0||4||1||1||0||24||1
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|1988–89||21||0||3||0||2||0||26||0
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|1989–90||0||0||1||0||3||0||4||0
269||9||43||3||36||1||348||13
269||9||43||3||36||1||348||13
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1984||3||0
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|1985||6||0
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|1986||2||0
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!Total||11||0
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References

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Category:1957 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Tokyo Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:Cerezo Osaka managers
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:Tokyo Verdy players