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Shigeo Sugimoto
杉本 茂雄

Personal information
Full name	Shigeo Sugimoto
Date of birth	(1926-12-04)December 4, 1926
Place of birth	Kobe, Hyogo, Japanese Empire
Date of death	April 2, 2002(2002-04-02) (aged 75)
Place of death	Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
????	Kobe Daiichi High School
????–1947	Kwansei Gakuin University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1948–????	Hankyu Railways
National team
1951–1954	Japan	3	(0)
Honours All Kwangaku Winner Emperor's Cup 1950 Winner Emperor's Cup 1953 Winner Emperor's Cup 1955 Representing  Japan Asian Games Bronze 1951 New Delhi Team
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Shigeo Sugimoto (杉本 茂雄, Sugimoto Shigeo, December 4, 1926 – April 2, 2002) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Sugimoto was born in Kobe on December 4, 1926. After graduating from Kwansei Gakuin University, he joined Hankyu Railways in 1948. He also played for Kwangaku Club was consisted of his alma mater Kwansei Gakuin University players and graduates. At the club, he won 1950, 1953 and 1955 Emperor's Cup.

National team career

In March 1951, Sugimoto was selected Japan national team for Japan team first game after World War II, 1951 Asian Games. At this competition, on March 7, he debuted against Iran. He played 3 games for Japan until 1954.

On April 2, 2002, Sugimoto died of kidney failure in Nishinomiya at the age of 75.

National team statistics

Honours

Japan

• Asian Games Bronze medal: 1951

See also

In Spanish: Shigeo Sugimoto para niños