Yukio Goto
Yukio Goto (後藤 靱雄, Goto Yukio, ? – 1976) was a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yukio Goto | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kobe, Hyogo, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1976 | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Japan | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Kwansei Gakuin High School | ||||||||||||||
| Kwansei Gakuin University | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| Kwangaku Club | ||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| 1930–1934 | Japan | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||
Biography
Goto was born in Kobe. He played for Kwangaku Club which was consisted of his alma mater Kwansei Gakuin University players and graduates. He won 1929 and 1930 Emperor's Cup at the club.
In May 1930, when Goto was a Kwansei Gakuin University student, he was selected the Japan national team for Far Eastern Championship Games in Tokyo and Japan won the championship. At this competition, on May 25, he debuted against Philippines. In 1934, he was also selected Japan for Far Eastern Championship Games in Manila. At this competition, he played 2 games as Japan team captain. He played 4 games for Japan until 1934.
Goto died in 1976.[1]
References
- Mention of Yukio Goto's death Archived 2016-03-08 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)
- Japan National Football Team Database
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