Naoki Soma

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Naoki Soma (相馬直樹, born 19 July 1971 in Shizuoka) is a former Japanese football defender (Left back).

He was capped 59 times and scored 4 goals for the Japanese national team between 1995 and 1999, including three games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He played 289 games and scored 15 goals in J.League Division 1, and became one of the main player in glorious era of Kashima Antlers.

He retired after the 2005 season. He works as a TV pundit.

1 Clubs
2 National team
3 Honors and awards
- 3.1 Individual Honors
4 External link

[edit] Clubs

1994-2001: Kashima Antlers
2002: Tokyo Verdy 1969 (loan)
2003: Kashima Antlers
2004-2005: Kawasaki Frontale (in 2004, Division 2)

[edit] National team

[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Individual Honors

J-League Best Eleven: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

[edit] External link

Career history at National Football Teams

	Japan squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Kojima \| 2 Narahashi \| 3 Soma \| 4 Ihara \| 5 Omura \| 6 Yamaguchi \| 7 Ito \| 8 Nakata \| 9 Nakayama \| 10 Nanami \| 11 Ono \| 12 Lopes \| 13 Hattori \| 14 Okano \| 15 Morishima \| 16 Saito \| 17 Akita \| 18 Jo \| 19 Nakanishi \| 20 Kawaguchi \| 21 Narazaki \| 22 Hirano \| Coach: Okada