Kuniya Daini

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Kuniya Daini
20110708 Ceremony of All-Japan Girls' High School Football Championship.jpg
Daini (left) with Eiji Ueda in 2011
Personal information
Full nameKuniya Daini
Date of birth (1944-10-12) October 12, 1944 (age 79)
Place of birthKobe, Hyogo, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing positionDefender
Youth career
1960–1962Kobe High School
1964–1969Keio University
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970–1978Mitsubishi Motors119(1)
Total119(1)
National team
1972–1976Japan44(0)
Teams managed
1984–1989Mitsubishi Motors
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

Daini was born in Kobe on October 12, 1944. After graduating from Keio University, he joined Mitsubishi Motors in 1970. The club won the Japan Soccer League champions in 1973 and 1978. The club also won 1971, 1973, 1978 Emperor's Cup and 1978 JSL Cup. He retired in 1978. He played 119 games and scored 1 goal in the league. He was selected Best Eleven in 1973.

On July 12, 1972, Daini debuted for the Japan national team against Khmer. In 1974, he was selected Japan for 1974 Asian Games. He also played at 1974 World Cup qualification and 1976 Summer Olympics qualification. He played 44 games for Japan until 1976.

After retirement, Daini became a manager for Mitsubishi Motors as Kenzo Yokoyama successor in 1984. He led the club to won the 3rd place for 2 years in a row (1986-1988). However, in 1989, the club was relegated to Division 2 first time in club history and he resigned.

From 1992, Daini worked at Japan Football Association. He served as vice-president (2006-2012) and president (2012-2016).

Statistics

[1]

Club performance League
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals
JapanLeague
1970 Mitsubishi Motors JSL Division 1 14 0
1971 14 0
1972 14 0
1973 18 0
1974 17 0
1975 18 1
1976 18 0
1977 6 0
1978 0 0
Country Japan 119 1
Total 119 1

[2]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
1972 6 0
1973 4 0
1974 7 0
1975 12 0
1976 15 0
Total 44 0

References

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