Masahiro Fukuda

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Masahiro Fukuda
福 田正博 .jpg
Personnel
birthday December 27, 1966
place of birth Yokohama ,  Japan
size 176 cm
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1989-2002 Urawa Red Diamonds 287 (143)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1990-1995 Japan 45 00(9)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2008– Urawa Red Diamonds (Assistant Trainer)
1 Only league games are given.

Masahiro Fukuda ( Japanese 福田 正 博 Fukuda Masahiro ; born December 27, 1966 in Yokohama ) is a former Japanese football player . From the foundation of the J-League in 1993 until his resignation in 2002, he was the identification figure of the Urawa Red Diamonds and was therefore also called Mister Reds by the fans .

Player career

society

After graduating from Chūō University in 1989, Fukuda took a job at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries , where he quickly became a goalscorer in the company’s soccer team . From this team in 1993 with the founding of the J-League, the Urawa Red Diamonds and Fukuda became professional footballers . The first few years were not very successful for Urawa, but Fukuda became the first Japanese to become top scorer in the J-League in 1995 and was also voted into the best team of the season. The interplay with the German Uwe Bein became famous at this time . In the 1999 season, Fukuda then had to experience relegation to the second division, but remained loyal to Urawa. He remained one of the team's top performers until his retirement in 2002, albeit increasingly as a midfielder than a goalscorer. Fukuda could not win a title with Urawa in his career. In its last season, the team lost the Nabisco Cup final with 0: 1 against their rivals Kashima and in the league they had to give up an interim table lead again quickly. The first title for Urawa then followed in the next season by winning the Nabisco Cup 2003. Fukuda is currently still the most successful goalscorer for Urawa overall (91 goals), for goals in one season (32) and in one game (4).

National team

Fukuda was appointed to the national team even before the J-League was founded . He made his debut on July 27, 1990 against South Korea . Two years later, the attacker was appointed to the squad for the 1992 Asian Cup by the then national coach Hans Ooft . In the course of the tournament, the striker made four out of five possible appearances. The Japanese team reached the final of the competition, where they beat Saudi Arabia 1-0 . He was the first Japanese to score a goal against Brazil . Fukuda was also part of the team that almost qualified for the 1994 World Cup but then suffered the tragedy of Doha . In 1995 Fukuda was in the squad for the King Fahd Cup . There he came to two missions. Japan was eliminated after the preliminary round.

Play style

Fukuda was a goalscorer, who was both put in the limelight by his teammates and was able to create opportunities himself. The interplay with the midfielders Bein and Ono has become known . As a real striker, he also scored most of his team's penalties . Fukuda was often acknowledged by his teammates and opponents at the time, such as Zico or Kazuyoshi Miura , that he was one of the best footballers in Japan of all time. He was not always able to show this due to injuries and other circumstances, but has made himself immortal with the Urawafans.

Coaching career

Fukuda was ambassador for the Japanese Football Association after his active career . He has been co-trainer at Urawa Red Diamonds since 2008 and has already worked under Holger Osieck , Gert Engels and Volker Finke . Since January 1, 2011 Fukuda has been on the coaching staff of Željko Petrović .

Awards

Trivia

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urawa Red Diamonds on fifa.com
  2. ↑ Japan: Asian Cup 1992 Japan squad on weltfussball.de
  3. ↑ Japan: Asian Cup 1992 on weltfussball.de
  4. ^ Japan: Confederations Cup stakes 1995 on weltfussball.de
  5. ↑ Masahiro Fukuda  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the database of urawa-reds.co.jp (English)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.urawa-reds.co.jp  
  6. ↑ Masahiro Fukuda in the database of transfermarkt.de
  7. ↑ Masahiro Fukuda in the imdb.com database
personal data
SURNAME Fukuda, Masahiro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 福田 正 博 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Yokohama , Japan