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Akira Kitaguchi
北口 晃
Personal information
Full name Akira Kitaguchi
Date of birth (1935-03-08) March 8, 1935 (age 90)
Place of birth Osaka, Empire of Japan
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1950–1952 Meisei High School
1953–1956 Kwansei Gakuin University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1966 Mitsubishi Motors 4 (0)
Total 4 (0)
National team
1958–1959 Japan 10 (1)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Akira Kitaguchi (born March 8, 1935) is a former football player from Japan. He played as a forward, which is an attacking position. He was also a member of Japan's national football team.

Playing for Clubs

Akira Kitaguchi was born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, on March 8, 1935. After finishing his studies at Kwansei Gakuin University, he joined a football team called Mitsubishi Motors in 1957.

In 1965, his team, Mitsubishi Motors, became part of a new football league called the Japan Soccer League. Akira Kitaguchi played 4 games in this league before he stopped playing football in 1966.

Playing for Japan

Even when Akira Kitaguchi was still a student at Kwansei Gakuin University in 1956, he was chosen to be part of the Japan national team. This was for the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia. However, he did not get to play in any games during the Olympics.

In May 1958, he was again selected to play for Japan in the 1958 Asian Games. It was at this event, on May 26, that he played his very first game for Japan. This first game was against the Philippines. He played a total of 10 games for Japan and scored 1 goal before 1959.

His National Team Stats

Here is a table showing how many games Akira Kitaguchi played and how many goals he scored for the Japan national team.

Japan national team
Year Games Played Goals Scored
1958 3 1
1959 7 0
Total 10 1

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