Sekiji Sasano

Sekiji Sasano
笹野積次
Personal information
Full name	Sekiji Sasano
Date of birth	16 December 1914
Place of birth	Shizuoka, Japan
Date of death	26 March 2004 (aged 89)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Shizuoka Shida High School
	Waseda University
Senior career*
Waseda University
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Sekiji Sasano (笹野積次, Sasano Sekiji) (16 December 1914 – 26 March 2004)^[1] was a Japanese football player.

Club career[edit]

Sasano was born in Shizuoka Prefecture. He played for Waseda University. He won 1938 Emperor's Cup with Sei Fuwa, Kunitaka Sueoka, Shogo Kamo, Hidetoki Takahashi and so on. After graduating from university, he played for Waseda WMW was consisted of his alma mater Waseda University players and graduates.

In 1936, when Sasano was a Waseda University student, he was selected Japan national team for 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but he did not compete.^[2]^[3] Japan completed a come-from-behind victory against Sweden. The first victory in Olympics for the Japan and the historic victory over one of the powerhouses became later known as "Miracle of Berlin" (ベルリンの奇跡) in Japan. In 2016, this team was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame.

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