Koji Funamoto Football player

Koji Funamoto (船本幸路, born 12 August 1942) is a former Japanese footballer who played goalkeeper for the Toyo Kogyo football club from 1961 to 1975 and for the Japan national team from 1967 to 1975. Funamoto was born and raised in Hiroshima, Japan. He played youth football at Hiroshima University Fuzoku High School before starting his club career with Toyo. He and high school teammates were central figures in the golden era of football in Hiroshima from 1958 to 1972. Following his playing career, he coached goalkeepers for Toyo Kogyo and for the Japan national team, coached youth soccer in Hiroshima, and worked in the business office at the Mazda Motor Corporation (formerly Toyo Kogyo) until his retirement. After his retirement from Mazda, he served as match commissioner of the J League until 2007 and has served as match commissioner of the Japan Football League since 2008.