Yoshio Kikugawa

Yoshio Kikugawa
菊川凱夫
	Kikugawa in 1971
Personal information
Date of birth	September 12, 1944
Place of birth	Fujieda, Shizuoka, Empire of Japan
Date of death	December 2, 2022 (aged 78)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Fujieda Higashi High School
1964–1967	Meiji University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1968–1974	Mitsubishi Motors
Total
International career
1969–1971	Japan
Managerial career
1982–1994	Chuo Bohan
1999	Avispa Fukuoka
Medal record
Mitsubishi Motors
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yoshio Kikugawa (菊川凱夫, Kikugawa Yoshio, September 12, 1944 – December 2, 2022) was a Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Kikugawa was born in Fujieda on September 12, 1944. After graduating from Meiji University, he joined the Mitsubishi Motors in 1968. The club won the league championships in 1969 and 1973. The club won the 1971 and 1973 Emperor's Cups. He retired in 1974. He played 94 games and scored 2 goals in the league. He was selected as one of the Best Eleven in 1969.

International career

In October 1969, he was selected for the Japan national team for the 1970 World Cup qualification. At the qualification on October 12, he debuted against South Korea. He also played at the 1970 Asian Games. He played 16 games for Japan until 1971.^[1]

Coaching career

After retirement in 1982, Kikugawa signed with a new club, the Chuo Bohan (later Avispa Fukuoka), based in his local league in Fujieda and became a manager. In 1991, he got the club promoted to the Japan Soccer League Division 2. He resigned in 1994. In 1999, he succeeded Takaji Mori as manager for one season.

Personal life and death

Kikugawa died from pneumonia on December 2, 2022, at the age of 78.^[2]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals
Mitsubishi Motors	1968	JSL Division 1	12	2
	1969		14	0
	1970		13	0
	1971		13	0
	1972		14	0
	1973		18	0
	1974		10	0
Total			94	2

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[1]
National team	Year	Apps
Japan	1969	2
	1970	12
	1971	2
Total		16

Managerial statistics

^[3]

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Avispa Fukuoka	1999	1999	30	10	1	19	033.33
Total			30	10	1	19	033.33

Honours

Japan Soccer League Best Eleven: 1969

References

^ ^a ^b Japan National Football Team Database
^ アビスパ福岡元監督菊川凱夫氏の訃報に接して (in Japanese)
^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

External links

Yoshio Kikugawa at National-Football-Teams.com
Japan National Football Team Database
Yoshio Kikugawa manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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[JNFTD-1] Japan National Football Team Database

[2] アビスパ福岡元監督菊川凱夫氏の訃報に接して (in Japanese)

[3] J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

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