Gyoji Matsumoto

was a Japanese footballer who played for the national team. He later became a coach.

Club career Matsumoto was born in Saitama on August 13, 1934. After graduating from Saitama University, he played for his local club Urawa Club (ja).

International career On December 28, 1958, he debuted for Japan national team against Malaya.

Coaching career After the retirement, Matsumoto managed for Saitama Urawa Minami High School (ja). In 1969, Urawa Minami High School became the first high school to achieve the "treble", by winning all three major titles: All Japan High School Soccer Tournament, Inter-High School Championships (ja), and National Sports Festival of Japan in the same year. He also instructed later international players, Kozo Tashima and so on.

On September 2, 2019, he died of heart disease in Saitama at the age of 85.

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