Ryuichi Sugiyama

Ryuichi Sugiyama

Ryuichi Sugiyama (left) with coach Dettmar Cramer at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Ryuichi Sugiyama
Date of birth (1941-07-04) July 4, 1941
Place of birth Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 12 in)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1962–1965 Meiji University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1973 Mitsubishi Motors 115 (41)
Total 115 (41)
National team
1961–1971 Japan 56 (15)
Teams managed
1974–1986 Yamaha Motors

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Ryuichi Sugiyama (杉山 隆一 Sugiyama Ryūichi, born July 4, 1941) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Biography

Ryuichi Sugiyama was born in Shizuoka on July 4, 1941. He played for Japan national team from 1961 to 1971.[1] He won the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He also participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and scored two goals.[2] Sugiyama later became a manager and led Yamaha Motors to the Japan Soccer League Division 1. He is their longest-serving manager, having led the club from 1974 to 1986.[3]

Club statistics

Club performance League
Season Club League Apps Goals
Japan League
1966Mitsubishi MotorsJSL Division 11411
1967148
1968144
1969141
1970134
1971144
1972143
1973186
Country Japan 11541
Total 11541

National team statistics

[1]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
196130
196260
196351
196421
196543
196662
196754
196841
196940
1970111
197162
Total5615

Awards

References

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  1. 1 2 "SUGIYAMA Ryuichi". Japan National Football Team Database. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  2. "Ryuichi Sugiyama". Sports Reference.
  3. "杉山隆一 (Ryuichi Sugiyama)" (in Japanese). Footballjapan.jp. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
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