Tsuneyasu Miyamoto

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Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Personal information
Full name Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Date of birth February 7, 1977 (1977-02-07) (age 31)
Place of birth    Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre Back, Sweeper, also handles
defensive midfield at times
Club information
Current club Red Bull Salzburg
Youth clubs

1992-1994		 Kongo FC
Gamba Osaka Youth
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1995-2006
2007-		 Gamba Osaka
Red Bull Salzburg		 265 (6)
21 (0)   
National team2
2000-2006 Japan 71 (3)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 20 May 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 8 December 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (宮本 恒靖 Miyamoto Tsuneyasu?, born February 7, 1977 in Osaka) is a Japanese soccer player. He currently plays for Red Bull Salzburg but spent his career to date at Gamba Osaka in the J.League. As a centre back, he served as captain for Japan in the 2002 World Cup, after an injury to Morioka, who had begun the tournament as captain. He then continued to captain his country through the 2004 AFC Asian Cup and the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

He continued to study at Doshisha well into his professional career, graduating and finishing his studies. Miyamoto speaks fluent English, with a little French also in his canon, after spending time with Gamba team mates Claude Dambury and Patrick Mboma in the past, as well as coach Federic Antonetti. These days, in Austria, he is studying German.

He played in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship and 2000 Olympic football tournament. Miyamoto captained Japan from 2003 through the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[1] "Tsune" played the first two group matches of the cup, but was suspended for the third and last match against Brazil after he received yellow cards against Australia and Croatia. While he was the de facto team captain of Gamba Osaka in 2004 and 2005, Gamba's coach was unhappy at the time spent with the national team by Miyamoto and handed the captaincy of Gamba to Satoshi Yamaguchi. Miyamoto continued to captain Japan for a while, ironically, often sitting on the bench for Gamba Osaka. But his professionalism shone through, and he took it all in stride. With Ivica Osim taking over the national team from Zico in 2006, Japan saw a clean sweep and Miyamoto is one of many who has probably played his last game for the Japan national team. In December 2006, Miyamoto signed for 1 season with Red Bull Salzburg with an option for another season.[2] In December 2007, he signed a new deal with the Austrian club through 2009.[3]

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[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Individual Honors

[edit] Team Honors

[edit] National team Career Stats

[edit] Major International Tournament Appearances

Year Competition Category Appearances Goals Team Record
Start Sub
1993 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship U-17 4 0 0 Quarterfinals
1997 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship U-20 5 0 0 Quarterfinals
2000 2000 Olympics U-23 1 0 0 Quarterfinals
2002 2002 FIFA World Cup Senior 3 1 0 Round of 16
2003 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Senior 3 0 0 Round 1
2004 2004 AFC Asian Cup Senior 6 0 0 Champion
2005 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Senior 3 0 0 Round 1
2004-2005 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification Senior 12 0 1 Qualified
2006 2006 FIFA World Cup Senior 2 0 0 Round 1
2006 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification Senior 1 0 0 Qualified

[edit] References

  1. ^ FIFA.com
  2. ^ Red Bull Salzburg - Soccer
  3. ^ Miyamoto signs new contract | The Japan Times Online
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