Hiroshi Kagawa
Japanese association football player
Hiroshi Kagawa (29 December 1924 – 5 December 2024) was a Japanese football player and sports writer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 December 1924 | ||
| Place of birth | Kobe, Hyogo, Empire of Japan | ||
| Date of death | 5 December 2024 (aged 99) | ||
| Place of death | Kobe, Japan | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Kobe High School | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Kobe University of Commerce | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Osaka SC | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
He was awarded the Presidential Award at the Ballon D'OR award 2014 held in Zurich in January 2015.
Kagawa died on 5 December 2024 in Kobe, Japan, almost three weeks before his 100th birthday.[1]
References
change- ↑ 世界最年長のサッカージャーナリスト、賀川浩さんが99歳で死去 元大阪サンスポ編集局長 (in Japanese)
Other websites
change- Kagawa Soccer Library
- FIFA Presidential Award 2014 Archived 2016-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
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