Hiroyuki Usui

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Hiroyuki Usui
Personal information
Full nameHiroyuki Usui
Date of birth (1953-08-04) August 4, 1953 (age 71)
Place of birthFujieda, Shizuoka, Japan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionForward
Youth career
1969–1971Fujieda Higashi High School
1972–1975Waseda University
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1976–1988Hitachi
National team
1974–1984Japan38(15)
Teams managed
1989–1992Hitachi
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

Usui was born in Fujieda on August 4, 1953. After graduating from Waseda University, he joined Japan Soccer League club Hitachi in 1976. The club won 1976 JSL Cup. He became a top scorer and was selected Best Eleven in 1980 and 1982. He retired in 1988. He played 200 games and scored 85 goals in the Division 1.

On February 12, 1974, Usui debuted for the Japan national team against Singapore. In 1977, he was selected Japan for 1978 World Cup qualification. He also played at 1978 Asian Games. Although he was not selected Japan after 1980 Summer Olympics qualification, he was selected in 1984 and played at 1984 Summer Olympics qualification. This qualification was his last game for Japan. He played 38 games and scored 15 goals for Japan until 1984.

After retirement, Usui became a manager for Hitachi in 1989. Although the club finished at the bottom place in 1989/90 season and was relegated to Division 2, the club won the champions in Division 2 in 1990/91 season and was promoted to Division 1. He resigned in 1992.

Statistics

[1]

Club performance League
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals
JapanLeague
1976 Hitachi JSL Division 1 18 13
1977 18 8
1978 14 7
1979 18 11
1980 18 14
1981 18 8
1982 18 13
1983 17 3
1984 17 1
1985/86 22 5
1986/87 22 2
1987/88 JSL Division 2
Country Japan 200+ 85+
Total 200+ 85+

[2]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
1974 2 0
1975 0 0
1976 1 0
1977 4 0
1978 14 7
1979 9 3
1980 5 3
1981 0 0
1982 0 0
1983 0 0
1984 3 2
Total 38 15

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