{{short description|Japanese footballer and manager}} {{Infobox football biography |name=Daishiro Yoshimura<br/>吉村 大志郎 |image= |image_size= |caption= |fullname=Daishiro Yoshimura |birth_date={{Birth date|1947|8|16}} |birth_place=São Paulo, Brazil |death_date={{Death date and age|2003|11|1|1947|8|16}} |death_place=Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan |height={{Height|m=1.72}} |position=Midfielder |currentclub= |clubnumber= |youthyears1=|youthclubs1= |years1=1967–1980|clubs1=Yanmar Diesel|caps1=189|goals1=30 |totalcaps=189|totalgoals=30 |nationalyears1=1970–1976|nationalteam1=Japan|nationalcaps1=46|nationalgoals1=7 |manageryears1=1990–1993|managerclubs1=Yanmar Diesel |medaltemplates= {{Medal|Team|Yanmar Diesel}} {{Medal|W|Japan Soccer League|1971}} {{Medal|W|Japan Soccer League|1974}} {{Medal|W|Japan Soccer League|1975}} {{Medal|W|Japan Soccer League|1980}} {{Medal|RU|Japan Soccer League|1968}} {{Medal|RU|Japan Soccer League|1972}} {{Medal|RU|Japan Soccer League|1978}} {{Medal|RU|JSL Cup|1977}} {{Medal|W|Emperor's Cup|1968}} {{Medal|W|Emperor's Cup|1970}} {{Medal|W|Emperor's Cup|1974}} {{Medal|RU|Emperor's Cup|1971}} {{Medal|RU|Emperor's Cup|1972}} {{Medal|RU|Emperor's Cup|1976}} {{Medal|RU|Emperor's Cup|1977}} }} {{Nihongo|'''Daishiro Yoshimura'''|吉村 大志郎|Yoshimura Daishirō|August 16, 1947 – November 1, 2003}} (former name; '''Nelson Yoshimura''', ネルソン 吉村) was a football player and manager. Born in Brazil, he played for the Japan national team.
==Club career== Yoshimura was born in São Paulo, Brazil on August 16, 1947. He moved to Japan and joined Yanmar Diesel in 1967. He played with Kunishige Kamamoto and so on and leads the team to the greatest era in Yanmar Diesel history. The club won Japan Soccer League champions 4 times and Emperor's Cup 3 times. He retired in 1980. He played 189 games and scored 30 goals in the league. He was selected Best Eleven 4 times.
==National team career== On August 2, 1970, Yoshimura debuted for Japan national team against South Korea. He was selected Japan for 1974 Asian Games. He also played at 1972 Summer Olympics qualification, 1974 World Cup qualification and 1976 Summer Olympics qualification. He played 46 games and scored 7 goals for Japan until 1976.<ref name="JNFTD">[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/yoshimura_daishiro.html Japan National Football Team Database]</ref>
==Coaching career== After retirement, Yoshimura became a coach for Yanmar Diesel in 1981. In 1990, he was promoted to a manager. He managed until 1993.
On November 1, 2003, Yoshimura died of intracranial hemorrhage in Amagasaki at the age of 56. In 2010, he was selected to the Japan Football Hall of Fame.
==Club statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! colspan=3 | Club performance ! colspan=2 | League |- ! Season ! Club ! League ! Apps !! Goals |- ! colspan=3 |Japan ! colspan=2 | League |- |1967||rowspan="14"|Yanmar Diesel||rowspan="14"|JSL Division 1||7||1 |- |1968||14||3 |- |1969||14||3 |- |1970||14||1 |- |1971||14||8 |- |1972||14||5 |- |1973||18||1 |- |1974||18||1 |- |1975||18||2 |- |1976||17||2 |- |1977||15||2 |- |1978||15||1 |- |1979||11||0 |- |1980||0||0 |- !colspan=3|Total !189||30 |}
==National team statistics== <ref name="JNFTD"/> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=3 | Japan national team |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |1970||4||1 |- |1971||6||2 |- |1972||8||1 |- |1973||3||0 |- |1974||7||2 |- |1975||6||1 |- |1976||12||0 |- !Total||46||7 |}
==Awards== * Japan Soccer League Best Eleven: (4) 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975 * Japan Soccer League Silver Ball (Assist Leader): 1972 * Japan Football Hall of Fame: Inducted in 2010<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.jfa.jp/eng/about_jfa/hall_of_fame/member/YOSHIMURA_Daishiro.html|title= YOSHIMURA Daishiro Nelson|access-date= March 9, 2024|work= Japan Football Association}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{NFT|20486<!-- /Daishiro_Yoshimura -->}} * [http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/yoshimura_daishiro.html Japan National Football Team Database] *[http://www.jfa.jp/eng/about_jfa/hall_of_fame/member/YOSHIMURA_Daishiro.html Japan Football Hall of Fame] at Japan Football Association
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