Tetsuo Sugamata

Tetsuo Sugamata
菅又哲男
Personal information
Full name	Tetsuo Sugamata
Date of birth	November 29, 1957 (age 66)
Place of birth	Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1973–1975	Saitama Urawa Minami High School
1976–1979	Hosei University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1980–1987	Hitachi
International career
1978–1984	Japan
Medal record
Hitachi
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tetsuo Sugamata (菅又哲男, Sugamata Tetsuo, born November 29, 1957) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Sugamata was born in Utsunomiya on November 29, 1957. After graduating from Hosei University, he joined Hitachi in 1980. The club won the 2nd place in 1980 JSL Cup, 1982 Japan Soccer League. He retired in 1987. He played 131 games in the league. He was selected Best Eleven in 1980 and 1982).

On July 23, 1978, when Sugamata was a Hosei University student, he debuted for Japan national team against Singapore. After he joined Hitachi, he played for Japan again in June 1980. In December, he was selected Japan for 1982 World Cup qualification. In 1982, he also played at 1982 Asian Games. He played 23 games for Japan until 1984.^[1]