Naotake Hanyu

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Naotake Hanyu
Personal information
Full name	Naotake Hanyu
Date of birth	December 22, 1979 (1979-12-22) (age 28)
Place of birth	Chiba, Japan
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	F.C. Tokyo
Youth clubs
1995-1997 1998-2001	Yachiyo high school University of Tsukuba
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2007 2008-	JEF United Ichihara Chiba F.C. Tokyo	165 0(24) 008 00(1)
National team2
2006-	Japan	017 00(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 May 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 16 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Naotake Hanyu (羽生 直剛, Hanyū Naotake^?, born December 22, 1979 in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese football (soccer) player. He currently plays for F.C. Tokyo. He is a midfielder known for his tireless workload.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Honors and awards 2.1 Team 3 National team career stats 3.1 Appearances in major competitions 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Playing career

He represented Japan for the 2001 Universiade held in Beijing when he was a University of Tsukuba student. He was instrumental in Japan's winning the tournament by scoring total 3 goals including the lone goal in the final against Ukraine. ^[1]

After graduating from the university, he joined J. League side JEF United. He immediately broke into the first team and played in the opening league match against Kyoto Purple Sanga on March 3, 2002. He eventually played 22 games and scored 2 goals in his first professional season.

He made his first appearance for the Japan national football team on August 13, 2006 in an Asian Cup qualifier against Yemen when he replaced Yūichi Komano at half time. He was the member of the Japan team for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals and played five games as a substitute. In the third place play-off against Korea Republic, Hanyu was sent on to the pitch to replace Kengo Nakamura in the 72nd minute, in a 0-0 draw. A penalty shootout was required to break the deadlock and he missed the sixth penalty shot for Japan. Japan lost the shootout and finished 4th in the tournament. ^[2]

He moved to F.C. Tokyo in 2008.

[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Team

• J. League Cup Champions: 2005, 2006

[edit] National team career stats

[edit] Appearances in major competitions

Year	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
			Start	Sub
2006	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Senior	1	3	0	Qualified

[edit] External links

• Career History

[edit] References

v • d • e F.C. Tokyo – current squad 1 Shiota • 2 Moniwa • 3 Sahara • 4 Bruno Quadros • 5 Nagatomo • 6 Konno • 7 Asari • 8 Fujiyama • 9 Cabore • 10 Kajiyama • 13 Hirayama • 15 Emerson • 16 Ikegami • 17 Kanazawa • 18 Ishikawa • 19 Gonda • 20 Kawaguchi • 21 Abe • 22 Hanyu • 23 Morimura • 24 Akamine • 25 Tokunaga • 26 Koyama • 27 Kurisawa • 28 Suzuki • 29 Yoshimoto • 30 Otake • 31 Ogi • 32 Kondo • 33 Mukuhara • 34 Hironaga • 35 Shimoda • Manager: Jofuku