List of Japanese footballers in European clubs
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This is a list of Japanese football players who play or have played in Europe.
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[edit] 2008/2009 season players
Name | Team | Country | Div |
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Kenji Fukuda | Las Palmas | Spain | 2nd |
Takayuki Morimoto | Catania | Italy | 1st |
Daisuke Matsui | Saint-Étienne | France | 1st |
Sho Ito | Grenoble | France | 2nd |
Junichi Inamoto | Eintracht Frankfurt | Germany | 1st |
Makoto Hasebe | Wolfsburg | Germany | 1st |
Shinji Ono | Bochum | Germany | 1st |
Naoya Kikuchi | Carl Zeiss Jena | Germany | 2nd |
Keisuke Honda | VVV-Venlo | Netherlands | 1st |
Shunsuke Nakamura | Celtic | Scotland | 1st |
Koki Mizuno | Celtic | Scotland | 1st |
Suguru Hashimoto | Vejle Boldklub | Denmark | 2nd |
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | Red Bull Salzburg | Austria | 1st |
Hidetoshi Wakui | SV Bad Aussee | Austria | 2nd |
Kazuo Homma | Diósgyőri VTK | Hungary | 1st |
[edit] Austria
Top division
- Tsuneyasu Miyamoto - Red Bull Salzburg (2007-present)
- Alessandro dos Santos - Red Bull Salzburg (2007)
2nd division
- Hidetoshi Wakui - Bad Aussee (2007-present)
[edit] Belgium
Top division
- Masahiro Endo - KV Mechelen (2000-01), La Louvière (2001-02)
- Takayuki Suzuki - Genk (2002-03), Heusden-Zolder (2003-04)
[edit] Croatia
Top division
- Kazuyoshi Miura - Dinamo Zagreb (1999)
- Nobuyuki Zaizen - Rijeka (1999)
- Yoshika Matsubara - Rijeka (1999)
2nd division
- Shuichi Mase - Trnje (2000)
[edit] Denmark
Top division
- Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi - FC Nordsjælland (2003-04)
- Suguru Hashimoto - Vejle BK (2007)
2nd division
- Suguru Hashimoto - Vejle BK (2007-present)
[edit] England
Top division
- Junichi Inamoto - Arsenal (2001-02), Fulham (2002-04), West Bromwich Albion (2004, 2005-06)
- Akinori Nishizawa - Bolton Wanderers (2001)
- Kazuyuki Toda - Tottenham Hotspur (2003)
- Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi - Portsmouth (2003)
- Hidetoshi Nakata - Bolton Wanderers (2005-06)
2nd division
- Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi - Portsmouth (2001-03)
- Junichi Inamoto - Cardiff City (2004-05)
[edit] France
Top division
- Daisuke Matsui - Le Mans (2005-present)
- Nozomi Hiroyama - Montpellier (2003-04)
- Kōji Nakata - Marseille (2005-06)
2nd division
- Sho Ito - Grenoble (2007-present)
- Daisuke Matsui - Le Mans (2004-05)
- Masashi Oguro - Grenoble (2006)
- Tsukasa Umesaki - Grenoble (2007)
[edit] Germany
Top division
- Junichi Inamoto - Frankfurt (2007-present)
- Makoto Hasebe - Wolfsburg (2008-present)
- Shinji Ono - Bochum (2008-present)
- Yasuhiko Okudera - 1. FC Köln (1977-80), Werder Bremen (1981-86)
- Kazuo Ozaki - Arminia Bielefeld (1983-85), FC St. Pauli (1988-89)
- Naohiro Takahara - Hamburger SV (2002-06), Frankfurt (2006-07)
2nd division
- Naoya Kikuchi - Carl Zeiss Jena (2008-present)
- Yasuhiko Okudera - Hertha Berlin (1980-81)
- Kazuo Ozaki - Arminia Bielefeld (1985-88)
- Yahiro Kazama - Remscheid (1987-88), Braunschweig (1988-89)
- Yuichiro Nagai - Karlsruher SC (1998-99)
- Ken Asaeda - Waldhof Mannheim (2002-03)
[edit] Hungary
Top division
- Kazuo Homma - Lombard-Pápa TFC (2005-06), Diósgyőri VTK (2008-present)
2nd division
- Kazuo Homma - FC Szeged (2006-07)
[edit] Italy
Top division
- Takayuki Morimoto - Catania (2006-present)
- Kazuyoshi Miura - Genoa (1994-95)
- Hidetoshi Nakata - Perugia (1998-00), Roma (2000-01), Parma (2001-04), Bologna (2004), Fiorentina (2004-05)
- Hiroshi Nanami - Venezia (1999-00)
- Shunsuke Nakamura - Reggina (2002-05)
- Atsushi Yanagisawa - Sampdoria (2003-04), Messina (2004-06)
- Mitsuo Ogasawara - Messina (2006-07)
- Masashi Oguro - Torino (2006-08)
[edit] Lithuania
Top division
- Minoru Takenaka - FK Atlantas (2000-03)
[edit] Netherlands
Top division
- Keisuke Honda - VVV-Venlo (2008-present)
- Tatsuya Mochizuki - Haarlem (1982-85)
- Shinji Ono - Feyenoord (2001-06)
- Toshiya Fujita - Utrecht (2003)
- Kazuyuki Toda - ADO Den Haag (2004)
- Sōta Hirayama - Heracles (2005-06)
2nd division
- Tatsuya Mochizuki - Stormvogels Telstar (1986)
- Takafumi Ogura - Excelsior (1993-94)
- Kazuhiko Chiba - AGOVV (2003-05), Dordrecht (2005)
[edit] Norway
2nd division
- Junichi Yamagishi - Sandefjord (2005)
[edit] Poland
Top division
- Kimitoshi Nougawa - Górnik Zabrze (2004)
[edit] Portugal
Top division
- Yasuhiro Yoshida - Santa Clara (1999-00)
- Nozomi Hiroyama - Sporting Braga (2002-03)
[edit] Romania
2nd division
- Kimitoshi Nougawa - FC Târgovişte (2005)
[edit] Scotland
Top division
- Shunsuke Nakamura - Celtic (2005-present)
- Koki Mizuno - Celtic (2008-present)
[edit] Serbia
Top division
- Takayuki Suzuki - Red Star Belgrade (2005-07)
[edit] Slovenia
Top division
- Yasuyuki Moriyama - HIT Gorica (1998-99)
- Hidetoshi Wakui - Interblock Ljubljana (2006-07)
2nd division
- Hidetoshi Wakui - NK Factor (2006)
[edit] Spain
Top division
- Shoji Jo - Real Valladolid (2000)
- Akinori Nishizawa - Espanyol (2001)
- Yoshito Okubo - Mallorca (2005-06)
2nd division
- Kenji Fukuda - Castellón (2006), Numancia (2006-07), Las Palmas (2007-present)
- Nobuyuki Zaizen - Logroñés (1996)
- Sotaro Yasunaga - Lleida (1997-98), Racing Ferrol (2000)
[edit] Switzerland
Top division
- Yoshika Matsubara - Delémont (1999)
- Naoki Imaya - Neuchâtel Xamax (2003-04)
- Kōji Nakata - Basel (2006-08)
[edit] Turkey
Top division
- Junichi Inamoto - Galatasaray (2006-07)