Atsushi Natori

Atsushi Natori
名取 篤

Personal information
Full name	Atsushi Natori
Date of birth	(1961-11-12) November 12, 1961
Place of birth	Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1977–1979	Teikyo High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1994	Urawa Reds	246	(9)
Total		246	(9)
International career
1988–1989	Japan	6	(0)
Medal record Mitsubishi Motors Winner Japan Soccer League 1982 Winner JSL Cup 1981 Winner Emperor's Cup 1980
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Atsushi Natori (名取 篤, Natori Atsushi, born November 12, 1961) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Natori was born in Saitama on November 12, 1961. After graduating from high school, he joined Mitsubishi Motors (later Urawa Reds) in 1980. The club won the champions in 1980 Emperor's Cup, 1981 JSL Cup and 1982 Japan Soccer League. Although he played as regular player from first season, he also played Division 2 because from the end of the 1980s the club performance was not good. In 1993 and 1994, the club finished at bottom place and he retired in end of 1994 season.

National team career

In August 1979, when Natori was a high school student, he was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1979 World Youth Championship. But, he did not play in the match. On October 26, 1988, he debuted for Japan national team against South Korea. In 1989, he also played at 1990 World Cup qualification. He played 6 games for Japan until 1989.

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
1980	Mitsubishi Motors	JSL Division 1	18	3	5	0	1	0	24	3
1981			15	1	2	0	4	1	21	2
1982			14	1	2	0	0	0	16	1
1983			14	1	1	0	1	0	16	1
1984			18	0	1	0	2	0	21	0
1985/86			21	0	3	1	2	0	26	1
1986/87			22	2	2	0	0	0	24	2
1987/88			21	0	2	0	3	0	26	0
1988/89			17	1	1	0	4	1	22	2
1989/90		JSL Division 2	25	0	1	0	1	0	27	0
1990/91		JSL Division 1	19	0	2	0	2	0	23	0
1991/92			21	0	2	0	1	0	24	0
1992	Urawa Reds	J1 League	-		4	0	9	0	13	0
1993			28	0	2	0	1	0	31	0
1994			3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Total			246	9	30	1	31	2	307	12

National team statistics

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1988	1	0
1989	5	0
Total	6	0

External links

• Atsushi Natori – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Atsushi Natori at National-Football-Teams.com
• Japan National Football Team Database
• Atsushi Natori at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)