Message

I had wanted to be a professional player, but I couldn’t actually take part in a game in the first and second year of high school. Under the circumstances, I always wondered if ‘Can I became a professional player?’.

(Do you have any advice to children who can’t take part in the game?)
Know yourself! Think about the things you lack and the reasons you can’t take part in a game. That’s what I did.

Soccer teaches us important things, like happiness, bitterness and excitement. The power of sports (not just soccer) is quite amazing. So I hope children to do sports.

(Interviewed by Ichiro Enokido)

Profile of Toshihiro Matushita

Professional soccer player of Yokohama FC
Playing position: Midfielder
Place of birth: Kagoshima Prefecture

Mr. Matsushita started soccer in kindergarten, influenced by his elder brother.
Graduating Kagoshima Jitsugyo High school in 2002, joined Gamba Osaka. After he played for Albirex Niigata, FC Tokyo, Vegalta Sendai, he joined Yokohama FC in the 2014 season.
Take an advance of moving hard and the all-rounder who take part actively in offence and defense.
He won J. League Division 2 Player of the Month in August 2014.
The first baby was born in September. He has such a productive season both in public and private.