Hisashi Kaneko

Hisashi Kaneko
金子久
Personal information
Full name	Hisashi Kaneko
Date of birth	September 12, 1959 (age 64)
Place of birth	Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978–1992	Furukawa Electric
Total
International career
1979	Japan U-20
1986–1987	Japan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hisashi Kaneko (金子久, Kaneko Hisashi, born September 12, 1959) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Kaneko was born in Saitama on September 12, 1959. After graduating from high school, he joined Furukawa Electric in 1978. Initially, he could not play in many games. The club won 1982 JSL Cup. From 1985, he played as regular player and the club won 1985–86 Japan Soccer League and 1986 JSL Cup. He was also elected Best Eleven in 1985–86 and 1986–87. In Asia, the club won 1986 Asian Club Championship. This is first Asian champions as Japanese club. He retired in 1992.

In August 1979, Kaneko was elected Japan U-20 national team for 1979 World Youth Championship. On July 25, 1986, he debuted for Japan national team against Syria. He also played at 1986 Asian Games. In 1987, he was elected Japan for 1988 Summer Olympics qualification. He played 7 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 1987.^[1]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		JSL Cup		Total
1978	Furukawa Electric	JSL Division 1	0	0					0	0
1979			1	0					1	0
1980			2	0					2	0
1981			13	0					13	0
1982			12	1					12	1
1983			10	1					10	1
1984			10	1					10	1
1985/86			22	2					22	2
1986/87			22	5					22	5
1987/88			20	4					20	4
1988/89			22	3					22	3
1989/90			21	5			2	0	23	5
1990/91			5	1			5	2	10	3
1991/92			3	0			0	0	3	0
Country	Japan		163	23	0	0	7	2	170	25
Total			163	23	0	0	7	2	170	25

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