Hirokazu Ninomiya
Hirokazu Ninomiya (二宮 洋一, Ninomiya Hirokazu, November 22, 1917 – March 7, 2000) was a Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team. He also managed Japan national team.
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| Full name | Hirokazu Ninomiya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | November 22, 1917 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hyogo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | March 7, 2000 (aged 82) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Minato, Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kobe Daiichi High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1935–1941 | Keio University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Keio BRB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1940–1954 | Japan | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1951 | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Ninomiya was born in Hyogo Prefecture on November 22, 1917. He played for Keio BRB which was consisted of his alma mater Keio University players and graduates. He won Emperor's Cup 7 times (1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1951, 1952 and 1954).
On June 16, 1940, when Ninomiya was a Keio University student, he debuted for the Japan national team against Philippines and Japan won the match. This match was the first match since 1936 Summer Olympics and the only match in the 1940s in Japan's "International A Match" due to World War II.
After World War II, Japan national team was resumed activities in 1951. Ninomiya named playing manager for Japan national team for 1951 Asian Games. Japan won the 3rd place at Asian Games. He resigned manager after 1951 Asian Games. He also played at 1954 Asian Games. He played 6 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 1954.
On March 7, 2000, Ninomiya died of pneumonia in Minato, Tokyo at the age of 82. In 2006, he was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame.
Statistics
| Japan national team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1940 | 1 | 0 |
| 1941 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | 2 | 1 |
| 1952 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 1 |
References
Other websites
- Hirokazu Ninomiya at National Football Teams.com
- Hirokazu Ninomiya at WorldFootball.net
- Hirokazu Ninomiya at Transfermarkt (manager)
- Japan Football Hall of Fame at Japan Football Association