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Tsukasa Hosaka
保坂司
Personal information
Full name	Tsukasa Hosaka
Date of birth	March 3, 1937
Place of birth	Kofu, Yamanashi, Empire of Japan
Date of death	January 21, 2018 (aged 80)
Place of death	Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1952–1954	Kofu Daiichi High School
1955–1958	Meiji University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1959–1968	Furukawa Electric
Total
International career
1960–1964	Japan
Managerial career
1973–1977	Kofu SC
Medal record
Furukawa Electric
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tsukasa Hosaka (保坂司, Hosaka Tsukasa, March 3, 1937 – January 21, 2018) was a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Club career edit

Hosaka was born in Kofu on March 3, 1937. After graduating from Meiji University, he joined Furukawa Electric in 1959. He won 1960, 1961 and 1964 Emperor's Cup. In 1965, Furukawa Electric joined new league Japan Soccer League. He retired in 1968. He played 47 games in the league.

National team career edit

In November 1960, he was selected by the Japan national team for the 1962 World Cup qualification. At this qualification, on November 6, he debuted against South Korea. In 1962, he also played at the Asian Games. He was a regular goalkeeper in the early 1960s. In 1964, he was selected by Japan for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. However, he did not compete, because he fractured his hand just before the Olympics. Instead, he was the team's reserve goalkeeper behind Kenzo Yokoyama. He played 19 games for Japan until 1964.^[1]

Coaching career edit

After retirement, Hosaka became a manager for his local club Kofu SC in 1973. He managed until 1977.

On January 21, 2018, Hosaka died of pneumonia in Kofu at the age of 80.^[2]

National team statistics edit

^[1]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1960	1	0
1961	6	0
1962	6	0
1963	5	0
1964	1	0
Total	19	0

References edit

^ ^a ^b Japan National Football Team Database
^ "元サッカー日本代表の保坂司氏が死去８０歳" [Former Japanese national football player Takeshi Hosaka died, 80-years-old]. Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.