Tomokazu Myojin

Tomokazu Myojin
Personal information
Full name	Tomokazu Myojin
Date of birth	(1978-01-24) 24 January 1978
Place of birth	Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Gamba Osaka
Number	17
Youth career
	Kizu F.C.
	Eagles United F.C.
1993–1995	Kashiwa Reysol Youth
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1996–2005	Kashiwa Reysol	252	(12)
2006–	Gamba Osaka	243	(14)
National team^‡
1997	Japan U20	5	(0)
2000	Japan U23	4	(0)
2000–2002	Japan	26	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 March 2015. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 January 2010

Tomokazu Myojin (明神智和, Myōjin Tomokazu, born 24 January 1978 in Kobe) is a Japanese football midfielder.

He was capped 26 times and scored 3 goals for the Japanese national team between 2000 and 2002. He played three games at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He was also a part of the Japanese 2000 Summer Olympics squad.

Statistics

Last update: 23 March 2015

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Asia		Super Cup		Total
1996	Kashiwa Reysol	J1	11	0	0	0	2	0	-		-		13	0
1997			13	1	1	0	6	0	-		-		20	1
1998			28	0	2	0	4	1	-		-		34	1
1999			30	1	3	0	4	0	-		-		37	1
2000			29	2	2	0	2	0	-		-		33	2
2001			29	0	1	0	4	0	-		-		34	0
2002			27	1	0	0	1	0	-		-		28	1
2003			29	1	2	1	4	0	-		-		35	2
2004			28	5	0	0	6	0	-		-		34	5
2005			28	1	1	0	4	0	-		-		33	1
2006	Gamba Osaka	J1	25	0	5	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	36	0
2007			33	2	2	0	10	0	-		1	0	46	2
2008			32	3	5	0	4	0	14*	1	-		55	4
2009			31	2	5	2	2	1	5	0	1	0	44	5
2010			29	4	3	0	1	0	6	0	-		39	4
2011			27	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	-		33	2
2012			31	1	5	1	2	0	5	0	-		43	2
2013		J2	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-		21	0
2014		J1	12	0	4	0	5	0	-		-		21	0
2015		J1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	6	0
Total			495	26	43	4	63	2	40	1	4	0	645	33

Season	Team	Apps	Goals
2008	Gamba Osaka	3	0

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	24 October 2000	Beirut, Lebanon	Iraq	4–1	Won	2000 AFC Asian Cup Quarterfinals
2.	26 October 2000	Beirut, Lebanon	China PR	3–2	Won	2000 AFC Asian Cup Semifinals
3.	17 April 2002	Yokohama, Japan	Costa Rica	1–1	Draw	Friendly

2000 J-League Team of the Year

GK: Daijiro Takakuwa DF: Naoki Matsuda DF: Yutaka Akita DF: Hong Myung-bo MF: Tomokazu Myojin MF: Shunsuke Nakamura MF: Junichi Inamoto MF: Hiroaki Morishima FW: Tuto FW: Masashi Nakayama FW: Akinori Nishizawa

Gamba Osaka – current squad

1 Higashiguchi 3 Nishino 4 Fujiharu 5 Niwa 6 Kim 7 Endō 8 Iwashita 9 Lins 10 Futagawa 11 Kurata 13 Abe 14 Yonekura 15 Konno 16 Tajiri 17 Myojin 18 Fujigaya 19 Omori 21 Ideguchi 22 Oh 24 Akamine 25 Seno 27 Uchida 28 Yomesaka 29 Patric 30 Hirao 31 Hayashi 33 Ogura 36 Ichimaru 37 Takagi 39 Usami Manager: Hasegawa

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

Japan squad – 2000 AFC Asian Cup Champions (2nd Title)

1 Kawaguchi 3 Matsuda 4 Morioka 6 Hattori 8 Mochizuki 9 Nishizawa 10 Nanami 11 Miura 12 Morishima 13 Yanagisawa 14 Nakamura 15 Oku 17 Inamoto 19 Kubo 20 Takakuwa 21 Shimoda 22 Nakazawa 24 Myojin 26 Kaimoto 27 Kitajima 29 Takahara 30 Ono Coach: Troussier

Japan squad – 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-Up

1 Kawaguchi 2 Uemura 3 Matsuda 4 Morioka (c) 5 Inamoto 6 Hattori 7 H. Nakata 8 Morishima 9 Nishizawa 10 Miura 11 Nakayama 12 Narazaki 13 Yamashita 14 Ito 15 Fujita 16 K. Nakata 17 Myojin 18 Toda 19 Kubo 20 Hato 21 Ono 22 Suzuki 23 Tsuzuki Coach: Troussier

Japan squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Kawaguchi 2 Akita 3 Matsuda 4 Morioka 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 (c) 18 Ono 19 Ogasawara 20 Myojin 21 Toda 22 Ichikawa 23 Sogahata Coach: Troussier

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