Kenzo Yokoyama

Kenzo Yokoyama
横山 謙三
Personal information
Full name Kenzo Yokoyama
Date of birth (1943-01-21) January 21, 1943 (age 81)
Place of birth Saitama, Saitama, Empire of Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1959–1961 Kawaguchi High School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1965 Rikkyo University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1977 Mitsubishi Motors 136 (0)
Total 136 (0)
International career
1964–1974 Japan 49 (0)
Managerial career
1976–1983 Mitsubishi Motors
1988–1991 Japan
1994 Urawa Reds
2000 Urawa Reds
Medal record
Mitsubishi Motors
Winner Japan Soccer League 1969
Winner Japan Soccer League 1973
Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1970
Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1971
Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1974
Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1975
Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1976
Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1977
Winner Emperor's Cup 1971
Winner Emperor's Cup 1973
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1967
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1968
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City Team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Bangkok Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenzo Yokoyama (横山 謙三, Yokoyama Kenzō, born January 21, 1943) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for, and then managed, the Japan national team.

Club career

Yokoyama was born in Saitama on January 21, 1943. After graduating from Kawaguchi High School and Rikkyo University, he joined his local club Mitsubishi Motors in 1966. He played as regular goalkeeper from first season and played all matches in Japan Soccer League until 1974. In 1975, he was deprived of regular goalkeeper by Mitsuhisa Taguchi. The club won the league champions 2 times (1969 and 1973) and 2nd place 6 times. The club also won 1971 and 1973 Emperor's Cup. He retired in 1977. He played 136 games in the league. He was selected Best Eleven 7 times.

National team career

In October 1964, when Yokoyama was a Rikkyo University student, he was selected Japan national team for 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. At this competition, he debuted and played all matches on behalf of Tsukasa Hosaka fractured his hand just before Olympics. After that, Yokoyama became a regular goalkeeper at Japan national team. In 1968, he was selected Japan for 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He played all matches and Japan won bronze medal.[1] In 2018, this team was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame. He also played at 1966, 1970 and 1974 Asian Games. He played 49 games for Japan until 1974.[2]

Coaching career

In 1976, when Yokoyama played for Mitsubishi Motors (later Urawa Reds), he became a playing manager as Hiroshi Ninomiya successor. In 1978, the club won all three major titles in Japan; Japan Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup. It was first domestic treble for a Japanese club. The club also won 1980 Emperor's Cup, 1981 JSL Cup and 1982 Japan Soccer League. He resigned in 1984. In 1988, he became a manager for Japan national team as Yoshinobu Ishii successor, where he coached Japan in the country's first competitive tournament, the 1988 AFC Asian Cup. At 1990 World Cup qualification in 1989, Japan lost in First round. Although Yokoyama managed at 1990 Asian Games, he resigned in 1991. In 1994, he became a manager for Urawa Reds as Takaji Mori successor. However, the club finished at the bottom in J1 League and he resigned end of season. In 1995, he became a general manager. From October 2000, he managed the club. In 2002, he resigned as general manager.

In 2005, Yokoyama was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame.

Club statistics

Club performance League
Season Club League Apps Goals
Japan League
1966 Mitsubishi Motors JSL Division 1 14 0
1967 14 0
1968 14 0
1969 14 0
1970 14 0
1971 14 0
1972 14 0
1973 18 0
1974 18 0
1975 2 0
1976 0 0
1977 0 0
Total 136 0

National team statistics

[2]

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
1964 1 0
1965 4 0
1966 6 0
1967 5 0
1968 3 0
1969 3 0
1970 12 0
1971 6 0
1972 3 0
1973 2 0
1974 4 0
Total 49 0

Managerial statistics

[3]

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Urawa Reds 1994 1994 44 14 0 30 031.82
Total 44 14 0 30 031.82

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Kenzo Yokoyama Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  2. ^ a b Japan National Football Team Database
  3. ^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
  4. ^ "YOKOYAMA Kenzo". Japan Football Association. Retrieved March 25, 2024.