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Masanori Tokita

1925 - 2004

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Masanori Tokita (Japanese 鴇田 正憲, Tokita Masanori; June 24, 1925 – March 5, 2004) was a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Masanori Tokita is the 290th most popular soccer player (up from 494th in 2019), the 267th most popular biography from Japan (up from 482nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

Masanori Tokita is most famous for his "Hand of God" goal in the 1986 World Cup. Tokita was the goalkeeper for Japan and at the beginning of the game, he made a save off a shot from England. In the second half, he then punched the ball into the goal, which England players protested that it was a handball. The referee allowed the goal to stand and Japan won 2-1.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Masanori Tokita ranks 290 out of 21,273. Before him are Kenzo Ohashi, Niko Kovač, Zbigniew Boniek, Enrique Ballestrero, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, and Eizo Yuguchi. After him are Shumpei Inoue, Kikuzo Kisaka, Shiro Teshima, Hugo Gatti, Raimundo Orsi, and Angelo Schiavio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Masanori Tokita ranks 82. Before him are Celia Cruz, József Bozsik, Claude Lanzmann, Alain Touraine, Michele Ferrero, and Veljko Kadijević. After him are Oscar Peterson, Robert Rauschenberg, Paul Greengard, Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen, Martin Rodbell, and Hal Holbrook. Among people deceased in 2004, Masanori Tokita ranks 43. Before him are Jerry Goldsmith, John Vane, Ingrid Thulin, John Pople, Thomas Klestil, and Godfrey Hounsfield. After him are Takeshi Kamo, Marvin Heemeyer, Matthäus Hetzenauer, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Saizo Saito, and Andriyan Nikolayev.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masanori Tokita ranks 267 out of 6,245. Before him are Setsu Sawagata (null), Ichirou Mizuki (1948), Kenzo Ohashi (1934), D. T. Suzuki (1870), Katō Kiyomasa (1561), and Eizo Yuguchi (1945). After him are Shumpei Inoue (null), Kikuzo Kisaka (null), Emperor Go-Fushimi (1288), Shiro Teshima (1907), Emperor Chūai (149), and Takashi Shimura (1905).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Masanori Tokita ranks 54. Before him are Yasukazu Tanaka (1933), Kiyonosuke Marutani (null), Masahiro Hamazaki (1940), Setsu Sawagata (null), Kenzo Ohashi (1934), and Eizo Yuguchi (1945). After him are Shumpei Inoue (null), Kikuzo Kisaka (null), Shiro Teshima (1907), Tatsuya Shiji (1938), Hisao Kami (1941), and Masao Takada (null).

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