Masanobu Matsunami (松波 正信, Matsunami Masanobu, born November 21, 1974) is a former Japanese football player and manager.
Matsunami was born in Gifu on November 21, 1974. After graduating from high school, he joined Gamba Osaka in 1993. he played as regular player from first season. On 20 November, he became the youngest player to score a hat-trick in J1 League at age 18 years, 364 days. In 1997, he played with Patrick M'Boma and he played all 32 matches and scored 13 goals. M'Boma also scored 25 goals and became a top scorer. In 2000s, although he played as substitutes behind young player Hiromi Kojima, Kota Yoshihara and so on, he played many matches. In 2005, the club won the champions J1 League first league champions in club history. The club also won the 2nd place 2005 J.League Cup. He retired end of 2005 season.
1993-2006 |
| Gamba Osaka | Appearances | Japanese J1 League | 2000 | 29 |
| Gamba Osaka | Appearances | Japanese JLeague Cup | 2000 | 4 |
| Gamba Osaka | Goals | Japanese J1 League | 2000 | 4 |
| Gamba Osaka | Goals | Japanese JLeague Cup | 2000 | 2 |