Hiroshi Katayama

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

Biography
Katayama was born in Meguro, Tokyo on May 28, 1940. After graduating from Keio University, he joined Mitsubishi Motors in 1963. In 1965, Mitsubishi Motors joined new league Japan Soccer League. He won the champions in 1969. He also won 1971 Emperor's Cup. He retired in 1972. He played 107 games and scored 3 goals in the league. He was selected Best Eleven for 5 years in a row (1966-1970).

On August 2, 1961, when Katayama was a Keio University student, he debuted for the Japan national team against Malaya. He was selected Japan for 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He played in all matches at both Olympics and won bronze medal at 1968 Olympics. In 2018, 1968 Olympics team was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame. He also played at 1966 Asian Games. At 1972 Summer Olympics qualification in 1971, Japan's failure to qualify for 1972 Summer Olympics. This qualification was his last game for Japan. He played 38 games for Japan until 1971.

In 2007, Katayama was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame.

Statistics

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|1965||rowspan="8"|Mitsubishi Motors||rowspan="8"|JSL Division 1||14||1
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|1966||14||1
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|1967||13||0
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|1968||14||0
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|1969||14||0
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|1970||14||1
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|1971||14||0
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|1972||10||0
107||3
107||3
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1961||4||0
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|1962||1||0
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|1963||5||0
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|1964||1||0
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|1965||4||0
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|1966||6||0
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|1967||5||0
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|1968||3||0
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|1969||4||0
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|1970||0||0
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|1971||5||0
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!Total||38||0
|}

References

Other websites

 Japan Football Hall of Fame at Japan Football Association
 Japan Football Hall of Fame (Japan team at 1968 Olympics) at Japan Football Association

Category:1940 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Tokyo Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:Urawa Red Diamonds players
Category:Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in football
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
Category:Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics