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Masanobu Matsunami
松波 正信
Personal information
Full name Masanobu Matsunami
Date of birth (1974-11-21) November 21, 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Gifu, Gifu, Japan
Height 1.80 m
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1990–1992 Teikyo High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–2005 Gamba Osaka 280 (45)
Total 280 (45)
Teams managed
2012 Gamba Osaka
2014–2015 Gainare Tottori
2021 Gamba Osaka
Honours
Gamba Osaka
Winner J1 League 2005
Runner-up J.League Cup 2005
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Masanobu Matsunami (松波 正信, Matsunami Masanobu, born November 21, 1974) is a former Japanese football player and manager and currently academy manager for Gamba Osaka.

Playing career

Matsunami was born in Gifu on November 21, 1974. After graduating from high school, he joined Gamba Osaka in 1993. he played as regular player from the first season. On 20 November, he became the youngest player to score a hat-trick in J1 League at age 18 years, 364 days. In 1997, he played with Patrick M'Boma and he played all 32 matches and scored 13 goals. M'Boma also scored 25 goals and became a top scorer. In 2000s, although he played as substitutes behind young players Hiromi Kojima, Kota Yoshihara and so on, he played many matches. In 2005, the club won the champions J1 League first league champions in club history. The club also won the 2nd place 2005 J.League Cup. He retired end of 2005 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Matsunami started coaching career at Gamba Osaka in 2006. He mainly coached for youth team until 2009. In 2010, he became a coach for top team under manager Akira Nishino. In 2012, José Carlos Serrão became new manager as Nishino successor. However, the club's results were bad and Serrão was sacked in March. Matsunami named new manager as Serrão successor. However, the club was relegated to J2 League end of season. Although the club won the 2nd place Emperor's Cup, he resigned end of 2012 season. In 2014, he moved to newly was relegated to J3 League club, Gainare Tottori. Although he managed in 2 seasons, the club could not return to J2 and he resigned end of 2015 season.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1993 Gamba Osaka J1 League 29 7 1 2 4 1 34 10
1994 21 4 4 0 0 0 25 4
1995 15 0 0 0 - 15 0
1996 20 5 4 2 12 3 36 10
1997 32 13 3 0 6 1 41 14
1998 25 1 0 0 2 0 27 1
1999 23 5 0 0 4 0 27 5
2000 29 4 4 0 4 2 37 6
2001 26 1 3 1 4 4 33 6
2002 23 5 1 0 6 0 30 5
2003 17 0 2 1 4 1 23 2
2004 9 0 1 1 2 0 12 1
2005 11 0 2 1 5 2 18 3
Total 280 45 21 8 53 14 354 67

Managerial statistics

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Gamba Osaka 2012 2012 &&&&&&&&&&&&&031.&&&&&031 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&09.&&&&&09 &&&&&&&&&&&&&011.&&&&&011 &&&&&&&&&&&&&011.&&&&&011 &&&&&&&&&&&&&029.&3000029.03
Gainare Tottori 2014 2015 &&&&&&&&&&&&&069.&&&&&069 &&&&&&&&&&&&&028.&&&&&028 &&&&&&&&&&&&&019.&&&&&019 &&&&&&&&&&&&&022.&&&&&022 &&&&&&&&&&&&&040.58000040.58
Total &&&&&&&&&&&&0100.&&&&&0100 &&&&&&&&&&&&&037.&&&&&037 &&&&&&&&&&&&&030.&&&&&030 &&&&&&&&&&&&&033.&&&&&033 &&&&&&&&&&&&&037.&&&&&037.00

See also

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