Yoshio Furukawa

Yoshio Furukawa
古川好男
Personal information
Full name	Yoshio Furukawa
Date of birth	July 5, 1934 (age 89)
Place of birth	Osaka, Empire of Japan
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1950–1952	Meisei High School
1953–1956	Kansai University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1957–????	Dunlop Japan
International career
1956–1962	Japan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yoshio Furukawa (古川好男, Furukawa Yoshio, born July 5, 1934) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.^[1]

Club career[edit]

Furukawa was born in Osaka Prefecture on July 5, 1934. After graduating from Kansai University, he joined Dunlop Japan in 1957.

In June 1956, when Furukawa was a Kansai University student, he was selected for the Japan national team for the 1956 Summer Olympics qualification. At this qualification, on June 3, he debuted against South Korea. In November, he played in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.^[2] He also played in the 1958 Asian Games. He played 19 games for Japan until 1962.^[3]

^ "Yoshio Furukawa". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
^ "Yoshio Furukawa Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
^ ^a ^b Japan National Football Team Database

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