Atsushi Natori

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

Biography
Natori was born in Saitama on November 12, 1961. After graduating from Teikyo High School, he joined Mitsubishi Motors (later Urawa Reds) in 1980. The club won the champions in 1980 Emperor's Cup, 1981 JSL Cup and 1982 Japan Soccer League. Although he played as regular player from first season, he also played Division 2 because from the end of the 1980's the club performance was not good. In 1993 and 1994, the club finished at bottom place and he retired in end of 1994 season.

In August 1979, when Natori was a Teikyo High School student, he was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 1979 World Youth Championship. But, he did not play in the match. On October 26, 1988, he debuted for the Japan national team against South Korea. In 1989, he also played at 1990 World Cup qualification. He played 6 games for Japan until 1989.

Statistics

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|1980||rowspan="12"|Mitsubishi Motors||rowspan="9"|JSL Division 1||18||3||5||0||1||0||24||3
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|1981||15||1||2||0||4||1||21||2
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|1982||14||1||2||0||0||0||16||1
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|1983||14||1||1||0||1||0||16||1
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|1984||18||0||1||0||||||19||0
|-
|1985/86||21||0||3||1||2||0||26||1
|-
|1986/87||22||2||2||0||0||0||24||2
|-
|1987/88||21||0||2||0||3||0||26||0
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|1988/89||17||1||1||0||4||1||22||2
|-
|1989/90||JSL Division 2||25||0||1||0||1||0||27||0
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|1990/91||rowspan="2"|JSL Division 1||19||0||2||0||2||0||23||0
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|1991/92||21||0||2||0||1||0||24||0
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|1992||rowspan="3"|Urawa Reds||rowspan="3"|J1 League||colspan="2"|-||4||0||9||0||13||0
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|1993||28||0||2||0||1||0||31||0
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|1994||3||0||0||0||0||0||3||0
246||9||30||1||29||2||305||12
246||9||30||1||29||2||305||12
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1988||1||0
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|1989||5||0
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!Total||6||0
|}

References

Other websites

Category:1961 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Saitama Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:Urawa Red Diamonds players