Mutsuhiko Nomura
Encyclopedia
Mutsuhiko Nomura is a former Japan
ese football player and manager
. He was Japan Soccer League
's first top scorer.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese football player and manager
Manager (association football)
In association football, a manager is responsible for running a football club or a national team. The manager of a professional club is responsible directly to the club president. The position of manager is almost exclusively used in British football...
. He was Japan Soccer League
Japan Soccer League
, or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...
's first top scorer.
Team honours
- Japan Soccer League First Division - 1 (1972)
- Japan Soccer League CupJapan Soccer League CupThe Japan Soccer League Cup was the original league cup for clubs in the top levels of Japanese football before the creation of the J. League and its cup. The cup was first played in 1973, but did not become an annual tournament until 1976....
- 1 (1976)
Personal honors
- Japan Soccer League top scorer - 1 (1965)
- Japanese Footballer of the Year - 1 (1972)