Mitsunori Yoshida

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

Biography
Yoshida was born in Kariya on March 8, 1962. After graduating from Kariya Technical High School, he joined Japan Soccer League side Yamaha Motors (later Júbilo Iwata) in 1980. The club won the 1982 Emperor's Cup and 1987–88 Japan Soccer League. He never moved to any other club and retired as an Iwata player after the 1995 season. He played a total of 275 league matches and scored 35 goals for the club.

Yoshida was capped 35 times and scored 2 goals for the Japan national team between 1988 and 1993. He made his international debut in a friendly against China on June 2, 1988. He was a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 Asian Cup. He played twice in the tournament.

Statistics

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|1980||rowspan="14"|Yamaha Motors||rowspan="2"|JSL Division 1||1||0||||||0||0||1||0
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|1981||9||1||||||0||0||9||1
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|1982||JSL Division 2||14||7||||||3||2||17||9
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|1983||rowspan="9"|JSL Division 1||16||2||||||1||0||17||2
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|1984||18||7||||||||||18||7
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|1985–86||21||3||||||1||0||22||3
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|1986–87||12||1||||||1||0||13||1
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|1987–88||22||3||||||2||2||24||5
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|1988–89||21||3||||||2||0||23||3
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|1989–90||22||4||||||5||1||27||5
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|1990–91||12||0||||||0||0||12||0
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|1991–92||21||3||||||1||0||22||3
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|1992||rowspan="2"|Football League||12||1||2||0||colspan="2"|-||14||1
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|1993||16||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||17||0
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|1994||rowspan="2"|Júbilo Iwata||rowspan="2"|J1 League||34||0||0||0||1||0||35||0
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|1995||24||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||24||0
275||35||3||0||17||5||295||40
275||35||3||0||17||5||295||40
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1988||1||0
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|1989||10||1
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|1990||0||0
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|1991||0||0
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|1992||8||0
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|1993||16||1
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!Total||35||2
|}

References

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Category:1962 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Aichi Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:Júbilo Iwata players
Category:1992 AFC Asian Cup players
Category:AFC Asian Cup-winning players