Kunitaka Sueoka

Kunitaka Sueoka
Personal information
Full name	Kunitaka Sueoka
Date of birth	February 1, 1917
Place of birth	Hiroshima, Japan
Date of death	November 10, 1998 (aged 81)
Place of death	Japan
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Hiroshima Daiichi High School
	Waseda University
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Waseda WMW
National team
1940	Japan
Honours
Waseda University
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Kunitaka Sueoka (末岡圀孝, Sueoka Kunitaka, February 1, 1917 – November 10, 1998) was a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Sueoka was born in Hiroshima Prefecture on February 1, 1917. He played for Waseda University. He won 1938 Emperor's Cup with Sei Fuwa, Sekiji Sasano, Shogo Kamo, Hidetoki Takahashi and so on. He also won the 2nd place at 1939 Emperor's Cup. He also played for Waseda WMW which was consisted of his alma mater Waseda University players and graduates. At the club, he won the 2nd place at 1940 Emperor's Cup. This tournament was the last Emperor's Cup before the war because Emperor's Cup was suspended for World War II from 1941 to 1945.

On June 16, 1940, when Sueoka was a Waseda University student, he debuted for the Japan national team against Philippines and Japan won the match. This match was the first match since 1936 Summer Olympics and the only match in the 1940s in Japan's "International A Match" due to World War II.

Sueoka died in November 1998 at the age of 81.^[1]