Tomokazu Myojin

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Personal information
Full name	Tomokazu Myojin
Date of birth	January 24, 1978 (age 29)
Place of birth	Hyogo, Japan
Height	173cm
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Gamba Osaka
Youth clubs
1993-1995	Kizu F.C. Eagles United F.C. Kashiwa Reysol Youth
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-05 2006	Kashiwa Reysol Gamba Osaka	252 (12) 25 (0)
National team2
2000-2003	Japan	26 (3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 January 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 11 January 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Tomokazu Myojin (明神智和, born 24 January 1978 in Hyogo) is a Japanese football midfielder.

He was capped 26 times and scored 3 goals for the Japanese national team between 2000 and 2002. He played three games at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He was also a part of the Japanese 2000 Summer Olympics squad.

Contents 1 Clubs 2 National team 3 Honors and awards 3.1 Individual Honors 3.2 Team Honors 4 External link

[edit] Clubs

• Kashiwa Eagles
• 1993-1995: Kashiwa Reysol Youth (U-18)
• 1996-2005: Kashiwa Reysol
• 2006-present: Gamba Osaka

[edit] National team

• 2000 Asian Cup (Champions)
• 2001 Confederations Cup
• 2002 FIFA World Cup
• 2003 Confederations Cup

[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Individual Honors

• J-League Best Eleven: 2000

[edit] Team Honors

• FIFA Confederations Cup Runner-up: 2001
• Asian Cup Champions: 2000

[edit] External link

• Career history at National Football Teams

	Japan squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Kawaguchi | 2 Akita | 3 Matsuda | 4 Morioka | 5 Inamoto | 6 Hattori | 7 H. Nakata | 8 Morishima | 9 Nishizawa | 10 Nakayama | 11 Suzuki | 12 Narazaki | 13 Yanagisawa | 14 Santos | 15 Fukunishi | 16 K. Nakata | 17 Miyamoto | 18 Ono | 19 Ogasawara | 20 Myojin | 21 Toda | 22 Ichikawa | 23 Sogahata | Coach: Troussier