Masahiro Fukuda
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Full name | Masahiro Fukuda | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | December 27, 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1982–1984 | Sagami Institute of Technology High School | |||||||||||||||||||
1985–1988 | Chuo University | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
1989–2002 |
Urawa Reds | 287 | (143) | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 287 | (143) | ||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1995 | Japan | 45 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Masahiro Fukuda (福田 正博, Fukuda Masahiro, born December 27, 1966) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. He was normally a forward but sometimes also played in midfield.
Club career
After studying at and playing for
When Japan's first-ever professional league
In the 1995 season, Fukuda scored 32 goals, which made him the League's top scorer and a member of the J.League Best XI. Urawa was fighting the relegation battle in the 1998 season. In order to stay up, Urawa needed to win the last match in the normal 90 minutes. The J1 League employed extra time with the golden goal rule even for a league match at that time, and 2 points were awarded for an extra win while a regulation win earned 3 points. Urawa failed to win in the 90 minutes and the players fielded for the extra time knowing that they had already been relegated. Fukuda scored the golden goal, which fans now remember as the "saddest golden goal in the world."[1]
He retired from the game after the 2002 season. He played his senior club football with one club. He was the symbolic player of Urawa Red Diamonds and the fans refer to him as Mr. Reds. At the beginning of 2003, the
National team career
Fukuda was capped 45 times and scored 9 goals for the
He was a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 Asian Cup and he played 4 games and scored 1 goal in the semi-final against China.
Under national coach
After retirement
He works as a football commentator and columnist for various programs and magazines. He also acquired the S-Class Coaching license that was a prerequisite to manage a J.League club in 2007. He became an assistant coach at Urawa in 2008 and he resigned in 2010.
Club statistics
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
1989/90 | Mitsubishi Motors |
JSL Division 2 | 26 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 36 |
1990/91 | JSL Division 1 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | |
1991/92 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | ||
1992 | Urawa Reds |
J1 League | - | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 6 | |
1993 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 | ||
1994 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 8 | ||
1995 | 50 | 32 | 3 | 2 | - | 53 | 34 | |||
1996 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 7 | ||
1997 | 29 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 25 | ||
1998 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | ||
1999 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 14 | ||
2000 | J2 League | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |
2001 | J1 League | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
2002 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 37 | 4 | ||
Total | 287 | 143 | 27 | 16 | 41 | 13 | 355 | 172 |
National team statistics
Japan national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1990 | 5 | 0 |
1991 | 2 | 0 |
1992 | 8 | 3 |
1993 | 15 | 3 |
1994 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | 15 | 3 |
Total | 45 | 9 |
Honors and awards
Individual honors
- J.League Top Scorer: 1995
- J.League Best XI: 1995
- AFC Player of the Month: 1995
- Urawa Red Diamonds Top Scorer: 152
Team honors
- 1992 Asian Cup (Champions)
References
- ^ "世界で一番悲しいVゴール". Token Corporation. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
- ^ a b Japan National Football Team Database
External links
- Masahiro Fukuda – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Masahiro Fukuda at National-Football-Teams.com
- Japan National Football Team Database
- Masahiro Fukuda at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Fukuda Masahiro Official Website(in Japanese)