Shozo Tsugitani
継谷 昌三

Personal information
Full name	Shozo Tsugitani
Date of birth	(1940-06-25)June 25, 1940
Place of birth	Hyogo, Empire of Japan
Date of death	June 2, 1978(1978-06-02) (aged 37)
Place of death	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1956–1958	Kwansei Gakuin High School
1959–1962	Kwansei Gakuin University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1967	Mitsubishi Motors	40	(16)
Total		40	(16)
International career
1961–1965	Japan	12	(4)
Medal record Mitsubishi Motors Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1967 Representing  Japan AFC U-19 Championship 1959 Malaya
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shozo Tsugitani (継谷 昌三, Tsugitani Shōzō, June 25, 1940 – June 2, 1978) was a Japanese football player.

Club career

Tsugitani was born in Hyogo Prefecture on June 25, 1940. After graduating from Kwansei Gakuin University, he joined Mitsubishi Motors in 1963. In 1965,Mitsubishi Motors joined new league Japan Soccer League. He retired in 1967. He played 40 games and scored 16 goals in the league.

National team career

On August 15, 1961, when he was a Kwansei Gakuin University student, he debuted for Japan national team against Indonesia. He played at 1962 Asian Games. In 1964, he was selected Japan for 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, but he did not compete. He played 12 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 1965.^[1]

On June 2, 1978, Tsugitani died of cirrhosis in Kobe at the age of 37.

National team statistics

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