Japan 1950s squad

Every player who appeared for Japan in the 1950s — 57 in all, with their career international caps and goals.

Shigeo Yaegashi racked up the most caps of anyone here — 45 in all. Masashi Watanabe leads the scoring with 12. The sharpest strike rate belongs to Shigeo Yaegashi: 11 goals in 45 caps. The squad breaks down as 7 goalkeepers, 10 defenders, 15 midfielders and 25 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.

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PlayerPosCapsGoalsLegend
Shigeo YaegashiMF451176
Mitsuo KamataDF44275
Masakatsu MiyamotoDF44175
Masashi WatanabeFW391273
Saburo KawabuchiFW26871
Michihiro OzawaMF36070
Yasuo TakamoriDF30069
Ryuzo HirakiDF30169
Hiroshi NinomiyaFW12966
Yoshio FurukawaGK19—66
Masao UchinoFW18365
Koji SasakiFW14162
Hiroaki SatoMF15062
Masanori TokitaFW12261
Taizo KawamotoFW9460
Toshio IwataniFW8458
Takashi TakabayashiMF/FW9257
Akira KitaguchiFW10157
Isao IwabuchiFW8256
Takehiko KawanishiMF8056
Takashi KanoFW7254
Yoshio OkadaDF7053
Koji MiyataMF6052
Arawa KimuraFW6151
Hirokazu NinomiyaFW6151
Waichiro OmuraMF5050
Tomohiko IkomaGK5—49
Hisataka OkamotoFW5048
Taro KagawaFW5048
Kakuichi MimuraMF4048
Nobuo MatsunagaMF4048
Ken NaganumaFW4148
Yukio TsudaGK4—47
Yasukazu TanakaFW4046
Hiroshi SaekiFW4046
Megumu TamuraDF3045
Masao OnoMF3045
Ko ArimaMF3045
Shigeo SugimotoMF3045
Tadao KobayashiFW3044
Hidemaro WatanabeGK2—42
Hiroto MuraokaGK2—42
Shunichiro OkanoFW2041
Reizo FukuharaFW2041
Yozo AokiDF1038
Osamu YamajiDF1038
Seishiro ShimataniDF1038
Yukio ShimomuraGK1—38
Gyoji MatsumotoGK1—38
Nobuyuki KatoMF1037
Kenzo OhashiMF1037
Takeshi InoueMF1037
Seki MatsunagaFW1037
Yoshinori ShigematsuFW1037
Takashi MizunoFW1037
Ken NoritakeFW1037
Isamu KinoshitaDF——33

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