Masahiro Sukigara

Masahiro Sukigara
Personal information
Full name	Masahiro Sukigara
Date of birth	April 2, 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1982–1984	Teikyo High School
1985–1988	University of Tsukuba
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1994	Verdy Kawasaki
1994	Urawa Reds
1995–1997	Fukushima FC
Total
Honours
Verdy Kawasaki
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Masahiro Sukigara (鋤柄昌宏, Sukigara Masahiro, born April 2, 1966) is a former Japanese football player.

Biography

Sukigara was born in Tokyo on April 2, 1966. After graduating from University of Tsukuba, he joined Japan Soccer League club Yomiuri (later Verdy Kawasaki) in 1989. However he could hardly play in the match at the club which had many Japan national team players. In March 1994, he moved to Urawa Reds. At Reds, the only match he played was against his old club Verdy.^[1]^[2] In 1995, he moved to Japan Football League club Fukushima FC. Although he played many matches, the club was disbanded in 1997.

In 1988, when Sukigara was a University of Tsukuba student, he was selected Japan national "B team" for 1988 Asian Cup. But he did not play in the match.

Statistics

^[1]

Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
1989/90	Yomiuri	JSL Division 1	7	0	3	1	0	0	10	1
1990/91			0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
1991/92			2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1992	Verdy Kawasaki	J1 League	-		0	0	1	0	1	0
1993			0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
1994			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	Urawa Reds	J1 League	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1995	Fukushima FC	Football League	18	0	-		-		18	0
1996			17	5	3	0	-		20	5
1997			22	7	3	1	-		25	8
Country	Japan		67	12	9	2	5	0	81	14
Total			67	12	9	2	5	0	81	14