Tsuneyasu Miyamoto

Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (宮本 恒靖, Miyamoto Tsuneyasu, born February 7, 1977 in Osaka) is a retired Japanese footballer who was active from 1995 until 2011.^[2]

A central defender, Miyamoto went on to make 71 international appearances and led the Japan national team in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups as well as the 2004 Asian Cup. Miyamoto also captained Gamba Osaka during their 2005 J. League championship season.

He is also a graduate of the 13th edition of FIFA Master.^[3]

Career

He continued to study at Doshisha University 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 Frédéric Antonetti. While in Austria, he studied German.

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 was one of many who had 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.^[4] In December 2007, he signed a new deal with the Austrian club through 2009.^[5]

On, 15 January 2009, he signed for Vissel Kobe.^[6]

On 19 December 2011, Vissel Kobe centre-back Tsuneyasu Miyamoto confirmed his retirement in a press conference on Monday afternoon in Kobe, Japan.^[7]

International

He played in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship and 2000 Olympic football tournament. As a centre back, he served as captain for Japan in the 2002 World Cup, after an injury to Ryuzo 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.^[8] "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. Yuji Nakazawa wore the armband in his place.

Honors and awards

Individual Honors

• Asian Cup Best Eleven: 2004

Team Honors

• Asian Cup Champions: 2004
• J-League Champions: 2005
• Austrian Bundesliga Champions: 2007
• Austrian Bundesliga Runner-up: 2008

Career statistics

As of 19 January 2011

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National team Career Stats

Major International Tournament Appearances

References

External links

• Tsuneyasu Miyamoto at National-Football-Teams.com
• Tsuneyasu Miyamoto – FIFA competition record

Japan Squad v t e Japan men's football squad – 2000 Summer Olympics 1 Narazaki 2 Nakazawa 3 Matsuda 4 Morioka 5 Miyamoto 6 Inamoto 7 H. Nakata 8 Myojin 9 Hirase 10 Nakamura 11 Miura 12 Sakai 13 Yanagisawa 14 Motoyama 15 Nishi 16 K. Nakata 17 Takahara 18 Tsuzuki Coach: Troussier v t e Japan squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Kawaguchi 2 Akita 3 Matsuda 4 Morioka (c) 5 Inamoto 6 Hattori 7 H. Nakata 8 Morishima 9 Nishizawa 10 Nakayama 11 Suzuki 12 Narazaki 13 Yanagisawa 14 Alex 15 Fukunishi 16 K. Nakata 17 Miyamoto 18 Ono 19 Ogasawara 20 Myojin 21 Toda 22 Ichikawa 23 Sogahata Coach: Troussier v t e Japan squad – 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Narazaki 2 Narahashi 3 Akita 4 Morioka 5 Inamoto 6 Hattori 7 H. Nakata (c) 8 Ogasawara 9 Ōkubo 10 Nakamura 11 Matsui 12 Doi 13 Oku 14 Alex 15 Myojin 16 K. Nakata 17 Miyamoto 18 Nagai 19 Endō 20 Takahara 21 Tsuboi 22 Yamada 23 Kawaguchi Coach: Zico v t e Japan squad – 2004 AFC Asian Cup Champions (3rd Title) 1 Narazaki 3 Tanaka 4 Endō 5 Miyamoto (c) 6 Nakata 8 Ogasawara 10 Nakamura 11 Suzuki 12 Doi 14 Alex 15 Fukunishi 16 Fujita 17 Miura 18 Matsuda 19 Motoyama 20 Tamada 21 Kaji 22 Nakazawa 23 Kawaguchi 24 Nishi 25 Chano 26 Yamada Coach: Zico v t e Japan squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Narazaki 2 Tanaka 3 Chano 4 Endō 5 Miyamoto (c) 6 K. Nakata 7 H. Nakata 8 Ogasawara 9 Tamada 10 Nakamura 11 Suzuki 12 Doi 13 Yanagisawa 14 Alex 15 Fukunishi 16 Oguro 17 Miura 18 Inamoto 19 Motoyama 20 Tsuboi 21 Kaji 22 Moniwa 23 Kawaguchi Coach: Zico v t e Japan squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Narazaki 2 Moniwa 3 Komano 4 Endō 5 Miyamoto (c) 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