Kuniharu Nakamoto

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

Biography
Nakamoto was born in Hiroshima Prefecture on October 29, 1959. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined Japan Soccer League club Nippon Kokan (later NKK) in 1982. From 1985, the club won the 2nd place for 3 years in a row. In 1987, the club won JSL Cup. He played for 168 matches for the club. He retired in 1991.

In August 1979, when Nakamoto was a Chuo University student, he was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 1979 World Youth Championship. He played 3 matches. In September 1987, he was selected the Japan national team for 1988 Summer Olympics qualification. At this qualification, on September 2, he debuted against Thailand. He played 5 games for Japan in 1987.

Statistics

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|1982||rowspan="6"|Nippon Kokan||JSL Division 1||9||0||2||0||3||0||14||0
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|1983||JSL Division 2||17||0||4||0||0||0||21||0
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|1984||rowspan="4"|JSL Division 1||18||0||1||0||||||19||0
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|1985/86||22||0||3||0||2||0||27||0
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|1986/87||22||0||5||0||3||0||30||0
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|1987/88||21||0||2||0||5||0||28||0
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|1988/89||rowspan="3"|NKK||rowspan="3"|JSL Division 1||22||0||||||0||0||22||0
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|1989/90||17||0||2||0||2||0||21||0
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|1990/91||20||0||||||2||0||22||0
168||0||19||0||17||0||204||0
168||0||19||0||17||0||204||0
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1987||5||0
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!Total||5||0
|}

References

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Category:1959 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Hiroshima Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:NKK SC players