Yūichi Komano

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Yūichi Komano
Personal information
Full name Yūichi Komano
Date of birth July 25, 1981 (1981-07-25) (age 26)
Place of birth    Wakayama, Japan
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Playing position defender
Club information
Current club Júbilo Iwata
Youth clubs
1997-99 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000-2007
2008-		 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Júbilo Iwata		 191 00(9)
013 00(1)   
National team2
2005- Japan 037 00(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 19 May 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 10 June 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Yūichi Komano (駒野 友一 Komano Yūichi?, born June 25, 1981 in Kainan, Wakayama) is a Japanese football player. He plays for J.League division 1 side Júbilo Iwata. He is right-footed and mainly plays right full back for the club but he is often employed in the left for Japan national football team.

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[edit] Playing career

Komano played for his local junior high school team. He was invited for trials from several clubs including Gamba Osaka, JEF United Ichihara, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and local high school powerhouse Hatsushiba Hashimoto. He decided to join Sanfrecce Hiroshima and entered Yoshida High School in Hiroshima.

he has been the first-choice right back for the club since 2001 when he is available. He suffered from several serious injuries and illnesses. He damaged the cruciate ligaments of his left knee in the match against Yokohama FC on August 16, 2003. While he was in hospital, he suffered from a venous thrombosis. Because of these, he was sidelined until April 2004. He broke his left collar bone in an Olympic game against Ghana in August 2004. In September of the same year, he also suffered from a uveitis problem that might have caused blindness.

Komano represented Japan at the 2004 Olympics. He made his full international debut for Japan on August 3, 2005 in an East Asian Cup match against China. He was a member of the Japan team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals as a back up for first-choice Akira Kaji.[1] Because of Kaji's injury, Komano played in Japan's opening game against Australia. He was also a member for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals. He played all the Japan games except one for which he wasn't eligible due to suspension.

Komano moved to Júbilo Iwata for the 2008 season after Hiroshima was relegated to J. League division 2.

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[edit] National team Career Stats

[edit] Appearances in Major Competitions

Year Competition Category Appearances Goals Team Record
Start Sub
2001 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship U-20 3 0 0 Round 1
2004 2004 Olympics U-23 2 0 0 Round 1
2006 2006 FIFA World Cup Senior 1 0 0 Round 1
2006 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification Senior 4 0 0 Qualified

[edit] References

  1. ^ FIFA.com
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Júbilo Iwata – current squad

1 Kawaguchi • 2 Suzuki • 3 Chano • 4 Ohi • 5 Tanaka • 6 Kawamura • 7 Ohta • 8 Gilsinho • 9 Nakayama • 10 Naruoka • 11 Nishi • 13 Morishita • 14 Murai • 15 Kaga • 16 Nanami • 17 Inuzuka • 18 Maeda • 19 Okada • 20 Nakajima • 21 Matsui • 22 Cullen • 23 K. Yamamoto • 24 Matsuura • 25 Komano • 26 Morino • 27 Ueda • 28 Funatani • 29 Yamazaki • 30 Fujii • 31 Hatta • 32 Bandai • 33 Suzaki • 34 Oshitani • 36 Sato • Manager: Uchiyama
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Japan squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Narazaki • 2 Moniwa • 3 Komano • 4 Endō • 5 Miyamoto • 6 K. Nakata • 7 H. Nakata • 8 Ogasawara • 9 Takahara • 10 Nakamura • 11 Maki • 12 Doi • 13 Yanagisawa • 14 Alex • 15 Fukunishi • 16 Oguro • 17 Inamoto • 18 Ono • 19 Tsuboi • 20 Tamada • 21 Kaji • 22 Nakazawa • 23 Kawaguchi • Coach: Zico
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