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Mutsuhiko Nomura
野村 六彦
Personal information
Full name Mutsuhiko Nomura
Date of birth (1940-02-10) February 10, 1940 (age 84)
Place of birth Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1956–1958 Hiroshima Funairi High School
1959–1962 Chuo University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1975 Hitachi 136 (36)
Total 136 (36)
Teams managed
1979–1981 Hitachi
Honours
Chuo University
Winner Emperor's Cup 1962
Hitachi
Winner Japan Soccer League 1972
Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1973
Winner Emperor's Cup 1972
Winner Emperor's Cup 1975
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1963
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1973
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mutsuhiko Nomura (野村 六彦, Nomura Mutsuhiko, born February 10, 1940) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Playing career

Nomura was born in Hiroshima on February 10, 1940. He played at Chuo University and won 1962 Emperor's Cup with Aritatsu Ogi, Yasuyuki Kuwahara and so on. After graduating from university, he joined Hitachi in 1963. In 1965, he played 14 games and scored 15 goals in Japan Soccer League first season. He became first top scorer. In 1972 season, the club won the championship. He was also elected Best Eleven and Japanese Footballer of the Year award. He retired in 1975.

Coaching career

In 1974, Nomura playing for Hitachi also became an assistant coach for the club. In 1979, he became a manager for Hitachi. In 1981, he resigned. In 2014, he was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame.

Senior league

Nomura currently plays in the Soccer For Life league, an amateur Japanese football league for players past the age of 60.

Honours

Club

Individual

  • Japan Soccer League top scorer: 1965
  • Japanese Footballer of the Year: 1972
  • Japan Football Hall of Fame: Inducted in 2014

See also

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