Shu Kamo

Shu Kamo
Personal information
Full name Shu Kamo
Date of birth (1939-10-29) October 29, 1939 (age 85)
Place of birth Ashiya, Hyogo, Japan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Ashiya High School
1961–1964 Kwansei Gakuin University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1967 Yanmar Diesel 14 (1)
Total 14 (1)
Teams managed
1974–1984 Nissan Motors
1985–1989 Nissan Motors
1991–1994 Yokohama Flügels
1994–1997 Japan
1999–2000 Kyoto Purple Sanga
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Shu Kamo (加茂 周, Kamo Shu, born October 29, 1939) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He managed Japan national team.

Biography

Kamo was born in Ashiya on October 29, 1939. After graduation from Kwansei Gakuin University, he played for Japan Soccer League club Yanmar Diesel from 1965 to 1967.

In 1974, Kamo became a manager for Nissan Motors. In 1991, he became a manager for All Nippon Airways (later Yokohama Flügels) and won the 1993 Emperor's Cup. In December 1994, he was named Japan national team manager, replacing Paulo Roberto Falcão. In October 1997, at the 1998 World Cup qualification final round, after 4 games, he was dismissed and assistant coach Takeshi Okada was promoted to be the new manager.

1998 FIFA World Cup qualification final round
# Date Venue Opponent Result
1 September 7 Japan Tokyo  Uzbekistan 6–3
2 September 19 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi  United Arab Emirates 0–0
3 September 28 Japan Tokyo  South Korea 1–2
4 October 4 Kazakhstan Almaty  Kazakhstan 1–1

In 1999, Kamo became a manager for Kyoto Purple Sanga until June 2000. From 2001, he managed a number of universities such as Shobi University, Osaka Gakuin University and his alma mater Kwansei Gakuin University. In 2017, he was selected to the Japan Football Hall of Fame.

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