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Michio Ashikaga
足利道夫
Personal information
Full name	Michio Ashikaga
Date of birth	May 22, 1950 (age 73)
Place of birth	Kawabe, Akita, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1966–1968	Akita Commercial High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
1969–1978	Mitsubishi Motors
Total
International career
1971–1975	Japan
Medal record
Mitsubishi Motors
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michio Ashikaga (足利道夫, Ashikaga Michio, born May 22, 1950) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career edit

Ashikaga was born in Akita Prefecture on May 22, 1950. After graduating from high school, he joined Mitsubishi Motors in 1969. The club won the league champions in 1969, 1973 and 1978. The club also won 1971, 1973, 1978 Emperor's Cup and 1978 JSL Cup. He retired in 1978. He played 132 games and scored 36 goals in the league.

In September 1971, Ashikaga was selected Japan national team for 1972 Summer Olympics qualification. At this qualification, on September 23, he debuted against Malaysia. He also played at 1974 World Cup qualification. He played 7 games for Japan until 1975.^[1]