Masanobu Matsunami

Masanobu Matsunami (松波 正信, Matsunami Masanobu, born November 21, 1974) is a former Japanese football player and manager and currently academy manager for Gamba Osaka.

Masanobu Matsunami
松波 正信

Personal information
Full name	Masanobu Matsunami
Date of birth	(1974-11-21) November 21, 1974
Place of birth	Gifu, Gifu, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1990–1992	Teikyo High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–2005	Gamba Osaka	280	(45)
Total		280	(45)
Managerial career
2012	Gamba Osaka
2014–2015	Gainare Tottori
2021	Gamba Osaka
Medal record Gamba Osaka Winner J1 League 2005 Runner-up J.League Cup 2005
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Matsunami was born in Gifu on November 21, 1974. After graduating from high school, he joined Gamba Osaka in 1993. he played as regular player from the first season. On 20 November, he became the youngest player to score a hat-trick in J1 League at age 18 years, 364 days. In 1997, he played with Patrick M'Boma and he played all 32 matches and scored 13 goals. M'Boma also scored 25 goals and became a top scorer. In 2000s, although he played as substitutes behind young players Hiromi Kojima, Kota Yoshihara and so on, he played many matches. In 2005, the club won the champions J1 League first league champions in club history. The club also won the 2nd place 2005 J.League Cup. He retired end of 2005 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Matsunami started coaching career at Gamba Osaka in 2006. He mainly coached for youth team until 2009. In 2010, he became a coach for top team under manager Akira Nishino. In 2012, José Carlos Serrão became new manager as Nishino successor. However, the club's results were bad and Serrão was sacked in March. Matsunami named new manager as Serrão successor. However, the club was relegated to J2 League end of season. Although the club won the 2nd place Emperor's Cup, he resigned end of 2012 season. In 2014, he moved to newly was relegated to J3 League club, Gainare Tottori. Although he managed in 2 seasons, the club could not return to J2 and he resigned end of 2015 season.

Club statistics

Club performance			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
1993	Gamba Osaka	J1 League	29	7	1	2	4	1	34	10
1994			21	4	4	0	0	0	25	4
1995			15	0	0	0	-		15	0
1996			20	5	4	2	12	3	36	10
1997			32	13	3	0	6	1	41	14
1998			25	1	0	0	2	0	27	1
1999			23	5	0	0	4	0	27	5
2000			29	4	4	0	4	2	37	6
2001			26	1	3	1	4	4	33	6
2002			23	5	1	0	6	0	30	5
2003			17	0	2	1	4	1	23	2
2004			9	0	1	1	2	0	12	1
2005			11	0	2	1	5	2	18	3
Total			280	45	21	8	53	14	354	67

Managerial statistics

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Gamba Osaka	2012	2012	31	9	11	11	029.03
Gainare Tottori	2014	2015	69	28	19	22	040.58
Total			100	37	30	33	037.00

External links

• Masanobu Matsunami – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Player statistics at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• Manager statistics manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• Profile at Gamba Osaka official site at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-07-21)