Tomokazu Myojin
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| Full name | Tomokazu Myojin[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 January 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kobe, Hyogo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1995 | Kashiwa Reysol | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2005 | Kashiwa Reysol | 252 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2015 | Gamba Osaka | 250 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Nagoya Grampus | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Nagano Parceiro | 38 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 538 | (26) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Japan U-20 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Japan U-23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Japan | 26 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Tomokazu Myojin (明神 智和, Myojin Tomokazu; born January 24, 1978) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.
Biography
Myojin was born in Kobe on January 24, 1978. He joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol from their youth team in 1996. He played many matches as a defensive midfielder from his first season. He became a regular player under manager Akira Nishino in 1998. In 1999, Reysol were the champions in J.League Cup and got third place in the J1 League. Reysol were champions J1 League for two years in a row in 2000 and 2001. Myojin was selected for the Best Eleven award. The team was relegated to the J2 League at the end of the 2005 season.
In 2006, Myojin moved to Gamba Osaka, which was managed by Akira Nishino. He played with other players from the Japan national team and won lots of trophies, including the 2007 J.League Cup, and the 2008 and 2009 Emperor's Cup. Gamba were also the champions of the 2008 AFC Champions League and got third place in the 2008 Club World Cup. However when the team's manager left at the end of the 2011 season, the club struggled. In 2012, Gamba finished 17th out of 18 teams, and were relegated to the J2 League for the 2013 season.
Gamba won the J2 League in 2013 and returned to the J1 league for 2014, when the team won all three of the major titles in Japan – the J1 League, the J.League Cup, and the Emperor's Cup. Myojin left at the end of the 2015 season.
Myojin moved to Nagoya Grampus in 2016 but did not play many matches. Grampus finished in 16th place and were relegated to the J2 league. Myojin moved to the J3 League in 2017 to play for AC Nagano Parceiro. He retired in 2019.
Myojin was chosen to play for the Japan national under-20 football team at the 1997 World Youth Championship. He played in all five matches for the team in the tournament.
Myojin played for Japan 26 times and scored three goals between 2000 and 2002. He played three games at the 2002 World Cup.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Asia | Other[a] | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kashiwa Reysol | 1996 | J1 League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | ||
| 1997 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 1 | ||||
| 1998 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 34 | 1 | ||||
| 1999 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 1 | ||||
| 2000 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 2 | ||||
| 2001 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 | ||||
| 2002 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 1 | ||||
| 2003 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 2 | ||||
| 2004 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 5 | ||||
| 2005 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 252 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 37 | 1 | – | – | 301 | 14 | ||||
| Gamba Osaka | 2006 | J1 League | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 2007 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 46 | 2 | |||
| 2008 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3[b] | 0 | 58 | 4 | ||
| 2009 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 5 | ||
| 2010 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 39 | 4 | |||
| 2011 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 33 | 2 | |||
| 2012 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 43 | 2 | |||
| 2013 | J2 League | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | J1 League | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Total | 250 | 14 | 32 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 361 | 19 | ||
| Nagoya Grampus | 2016 | J1 League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | ||
| Nagano Parceiro | 2017 | J3 League | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | |||||
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 41 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 538 | 26 | 47 | 4 | 69 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 703 | 33 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in Japanese Super Cup and Suruga Bank Championship
- ↑ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Japan | 2000 | 9 | 2 |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 10 | 1 | |
| Total | 26 | 3 | |
- Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Myojin goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 24 October 2000 | Beirut, Lebanon | .svg.png){kind=small} Iraq | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2000 AFC Asian Cup |
| 2 | 26 October 2000 | Beirut, Lebanon |  China | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2000 AFC Asian Cup |
| 3 | 17 April 2002 | Yokohama, Japan |  Costa Rica | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
Honors
Kashiwa Reysol
- J.League Cup – 1999
Gamba Osaka
- AFC Champions League – 2008
- Pan-Pacific Championship – 2008
- J1 League – 2014
- Emperor's Cup – 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015
- J.League Cup – 2007
- Japanese Super Cup – 2007, 2015
Japan
Individual
- J.League Best Eleven – 2000
References
- ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA – List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.
- ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 255 out of 289)
- ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 251 out of 289)
- ↑ MYOJIN Tomokazu
Other websites
- Tomokazu Myōjin at Soccerway.com
- Tomokazu Myōjin at WorldFootball.net
- Tomokazu Myōjin at National-Football-Teams.com
- Tomokazu Myōjin at kicker (in German)
- Tomokazu Myōjin at FBref.com
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