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Ken Naganuma
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Ken Naganuma was a Japanese soccer player and coach who lived from 1930 to 2008. While specific details about his career achievements aren't provided here, he was a notable figure in Japanese football history during a formative period for the sport in Japan.
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Key facts
- Full name
- Ken Naganuma
- Date of birth
- ( 1930-09-05 ) 5 September 1930
- Place of birth
- Hiroshima , Hiroshima , Japan
- Date of death
- 2 June 2008 (2008-06-02) (aged 77)
- Place of death
- Japan
- Position
- Forward
- 1946 1948
- Hiroshima Normal School
- Years
- Team
- 1949 1952
- Kwansei Gakuin University
- 1953 1954
- Chuo University
- 1955 1967
- Furukawa Electric
- 1954 1961
- Japan
- 1959 1961
- Furukawa Electric
- 1962 1969
- Japan
- 1972 1976
- Japan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Place of birth
- Hiroshima
- Place of death
- Japan
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Educated at
- Kwansei Gakuin University
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Participant in
- 1956 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Japan men's national football team
- Position played
- forward
- Image
- Ken Naganuma 1963 (cropped).jpg
Show 9 more facts
- date of death
- 2008-06-02
- date of birth
- 1930-09-05
- name in kana
- ナガヌマ ケン
- name in native language
- 長沼健
- cause of death
- respiratory disease
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
- end of work period
- 1967-00-00
- Commons category
- Ken Naganuma
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Ken Naganuma (長沼 健, Naganuma Ken; 5 September 1930 – 2 June 2008) was a Japanese football player and manager. A forward, he earned four caps for the Japan national team between 1954 and 1961 and later also served as the team's manager. He was also the president of the Japan Football Association from 1994 to 1998.
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