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Shigetatsu Matsunaga
松永 成立

Personal information
Full name	Shigetatsu Matsunaga
Date of birth	(1962-08-12) 12 August 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Yokohama Marinos (goalkeeper coach)
Youth career
1978–1980	Hamana High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1985–1995	Yokohama Marinos	334	(0)
1995–1996	Tosu Futures	54	(0)
1997	Brummell Sendai	15	(0)
1997–2000	Kyoto Purple Sanga	85	(0)
Total		488	(0)
National team
1988–1995	Japan	40	(0)
Honours Nissan Motors / Yokohama Marinos Winner Japan Soccer League 1988/89 Winner Japan Soccer League 1989/90 Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1990/91 Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1991/92 Winner J1 League 1995 Winner JSL Cup 1988 Winner JSL Cup 1989 Winner JSL Cup 1990 Runner-up JSL Cup 1985 Runner-up JSL Cup 1986 Winner Emperor's Cup 1985 Winner Emperor's Cup 1988 Winner Emperor's Cup 1989 Winner Emperor's Cup 1991 Winner Emperor's Cup 1992 Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1990 Representing  Japan AFC Asian Cup Gold 1992 Japan
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Shigetatsu Matsunaga (松永 成立, Shigetatsu Matsunaga, born 12 August 1962) is a Japanese football goalkeeper coach and former football player. He is the goalkeeper coach for J1 League club Yokohama Marinos.

Club career

Matsunaga was educated at and played for Hamana High School and Aichi Gakuin University. After graduating from the university, he joined Nissan Motors (later Yokohama Marinos) in 1985. The club also won 1985 Emperor's Cup. From 1988 to 1990, the club won all three major title in Japan; Japan Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup for 2 years in a row. In 1990s, the club won 1990 JSL Cup, 1991 Emperor's Cup and 1992 Emperor's Cup. In Asia, the club won 1991–92 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.

When Japan's first-ever professional league J1 League started in 1993, Nissan Motors was transformed to Yokohama Marinos for whom he continued to play. The club won 1992 Emperor's Cup and 1992–93 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. After he lost his position to young Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi who would also replace him as the first-choice goalkeeper in the national team, he moved to Japan Football League (JFL) side Tosu Futures in 1995. He moved to fellow JFL side Brummell Sendai in 1997. He came back to J1 League to play for Kyoto Purple Sanga in 1998 and spent 3 seasons there before he retired in 2000.

National team career

Matsunaga was capped 40 times for Japan national team between 1988 and 1995. He was the first-choice GK when Japan won the 1992 Asian Cup. However, he was sent off for retaliation in the semi-final against China and Kazuya Maekawa filled in for him for the rest of the competition. He was also tending the goal when Japan's hope to play in the 1994 World Cup finals was dashed by a late Iraqi equaliser in the 1994 World Cup qualification final qualifier, the match that the Japanese fans now refer to as the Agony of Doha.

Coaching career

After retiring from the game, Matsunaga served as a goalkeeping coach for Kyoto Purple Sanga from 2001 to 2006. He is now a goalkeeping coach for Yokohama F. Marinos.

Club statistics

National team statistics

Personal honours

• J.League Best XI – 1993
• J.League Meritoriousness Player Award – 2000

Team honours

National Team

• AFC Asian Cup – 1992

Nissan Motors / Yokohama Marinos

• Asian Cup Winners' Cup – 1991/92, 1992/93
• Japan Soccer League Division 1 – 1988/89, 1989/90
• Emperor's Cup – 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992
• JSL Cup – 1988, 1989, 1990

See also

In Spanish: Shigetatsu Matsunaga para niños