Mitsuo Watanabe

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

Biography
Watanabe was born in Nasu, Tochigi on June 4, 1953. After graduating from Nasu High School, he joined his local club Towa Real Estate in 1972. The club moved to Tokyo and was changed to "Fujita Industries" in 1975. The club won the Japan Soccer League champions in 1977, 1979 and 1981. The club also won 1977 and 1979 Emperor's Cup. He retired in 1983. He played 201 games and scored 34 goals in the league.

On February 12, 1974, Watanabe debuted for the Japan national team against Singapore. In September, he was selected Japan for 1974 Asian Games. He also played at 1976 Summer Olympics qualification. He played 28 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 1979.

Statistics

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|1972||rowspan="3"|Towa Real Estate||rowspan="3"|JSL Division 1||8||0
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|1973||18||6
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|1974||18||8
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|1975||rowspan="9"|Fujita Industries||rowspan="9"|JSL Division 1||18||4
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|1976||18||6
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|1977||17||4
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|1978||18||0
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|1979||18||3
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|1980||18||3
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|1981||18||0
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|1982||18||0
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|1983||14||0
201||34
201||34
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1974||7||1
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|1975||12||3
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|1976||3||0
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|1977||0||0
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|1978||0||0
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|1979||6||0
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!Total||28||4
|}

References

Other websites

Category:1953 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Tochigi Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:Shonan Bellmare players