Aritatsu Ogi

Aritatsu Ogi
小城 得達

Personal information
Full name	Aritatsu Ogi
Date of birth	(1942-12-10) December 10, 1942
Place of birth	Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1961–1964	Chuo University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1976	Toyo Industries	163	(57)
Total		163	(57)
International career
1963–1976	Japan	62	(11)
Managerial career
1977–1980	Toyo Industries
Medal record Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aritatsu Ogi (小城 得達, Ogi Aritatsu, born December 10, 1942) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Ogi was born in Hiroshima on December 10, 1942. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined his local club Toyo Industries in 1965. The club won the champions 5 times (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1970). He became a top scorer in 1966 and was elected Best Eleven for 7 years in a row (1966-1972). He was also elected Japanese Footballer of the Year awards in 1965 and 1970. He retired in 1976. He played 163 games and scored 57 goals in the league.

National team career

On August 8, 1963, when Ogi was a Chuo University student, he debuted for Japan national team against Malaysia. He was elected for Japan for 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He played all matches in both Olympics. At 1964 Olympics, he scored winning goal against Argentina in first match. At 1968 Olympics, Japan won Bronze Medal. He also played at 1966, 1970 and 1974 Asian Games. He played 62 games and scored 11 goals for Japan until 1976.

Coaching career

After retirement, Ogi became a manager for Toyo Industries in 1977 as Ikuo Matsumoto successor. He managed until 1980.

In 2006, he was elected Japan Football Hall of Fame.

Club statistics

Club performance			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Japan			League
1965	Toyo Industries	JSL Division 1	14	9
1966			14	14
1967			12	5
1968			14	5
1969			13	6
1970			14	2
1971			14	1
1972			14	4
1973			18	4
1974			9	1
1975			18	5
1976			9	1
Country	Japan		163	57
Total			163	57

National team statistics

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1963	1	0
1964	1	0
1965	2	0
1966	7	2
1967	5	3
1968	3	0
1969	4	0
1970	13	2
1971	5	2
1972	8	2
1973	5	0
1974	6	0
1975	0	0
1976	2	0
Total	62	11

Awards

• Japanese Player of the Year: 1965
• Japan Soccer League Top Scorer: 1966
• Japan Soccer League Best Eleven: (7) 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972

External links

• Aritatsu Ogi – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Aritatsu Ogi at National-Football-Teams.com
• Japan National Football Team Database
• Japan Football Hall of Fame at Japan Football Association