Masashi Motoyama

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|name=Masashi Motoyama
本山雅志

|fullname=Masashi Motoyama

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1979|6|20}}

|birth_place=Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

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|height={{Height|m=1.75}}

|position=Midfielder

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|youthyears1=1995–1997|youthclubs1=Higashi Fukuoka High School

|years1=1998–2015|clubs1=Kashima Antlers|caps1=365|goals1=38

|years2=2016–2019|clubs2=Giravanz Kitakyushu|caps2=50|goals2=0

|years3=2021–2022 |clubs3=Kelantan United|caps3=23|goals3=1

|nationalyears1=1999|nationalteam1=Japan U-20|nationalcaps1=7|nationalgoals1=1

|nationalyears2=2000|nationalteam2=Japan U-23|nationalcaps2=3|nationalgoals2=0

|nationalyears3=2000–2006|nationalteam3=Japan|nationalcaps3=28|nationalgoals3=0

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|club-update= 31 December 2020

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{{Nihongo|Masashi Motoyama|本山雅志|Motoyama Masashi|born June 20, 1979}} is a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Motoyama was born in Kitakyushu on June 20, 1979. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Kashima Antlers in 1998. He debuted in July 1998{{J.League player}} and he played many matches from 1999 season. In 2000, Antlers won the champions all three major title in Japan; J1 League, J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup first time in J1 League history. The club also won the champions 2001 J1 League for 2 years in a row. In 2002, he was given the number "10" shirt as Bismarck successor. Antlers also won the champions in 2002 J.League Cup.

In 2007 season, he played all 34 matches and Antlers won the champions in J1 League for the first time in 6 years. Antlers also won the champions in 2007 Emperor's Cup. Antlers won the champions in J1 League for 3 years in a row (2007-2009).

From 2010 season, although his opportunity to play decreased, Antlers won the champions 2010 Emperor's Cup, 2011 and 2012 J.League Cup. In 2015, he could only play 6 matches and he left the club end of 2015 season.[http://www.so-net.ne.jp/antlers/news/release/51907 Kashima Antlers]{{in lang|ja}}

In 2016, Motoyama moved to his local club Giravanz Kitakyushu in J2 League.[http://www.jleague.jp/en/news/article/4420 J.League] He played many matches in 2016 season. However Giravanz was finished at the bottom place of 22 clubs and was relegated to J3 League. From 2017 season, he could not play many matches for injuries. At the end of 2019 season, he opted to retire after not appearing at all for Giravanz that year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.giravanz.jp/news/p34314.html|title = 本山雅志選手契約満了のお知らせ}}

Motoyama came out of retirement when it was announced at the end of 2020 that he would play for Malaysia Premier League team Kelantan United F.C., making this his first team outside of Japan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/football/2020/12/31/samurai-to-red-warrior|title=Samurai to Red Warrior|date=31 December 2020|author=T. Avineshwaran|access-date=10 September 2022|website=thestar.com.my}}

International career

In April 1999, Motoyama was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1999 World Youth Championship.{{FIFA player}} At this tournament, he played all 7 matches as left side midfielder and Japan won the 2nd place.

On June 18, 2000, Motoyama debuted for Japan national team under manager Philippe Troussier against Bolivia.[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/motoyama_masashi.html Japan National Football Team Database]

In September 2000, Motoyama was selected Japan U-23 national team for 2000 Summer Olympics. He played 3 matches as substitute midfielder.

In September 2003, Motoyama played for Japan under manager Zico for the first time in 3 years. After that, he played many matches as substitute. In 2004, he was selected Japan for 2004 Asian Cup. He played 4 matches and Japan won the champions. He was also member of Japan for 2005 Confederations Cup. He played 28 games for Japan until 2006.

Career statistics

=Club=

Update; 1 January 2020.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E7%89%88-2019-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411629 "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2019 (NSK MOOK)"], 9 February 2019, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411628}} (p. 271 out of 289)[https://www.giravanz.jp/team/p172.html Giravanz Kitakyushu]{{in lang|ja}}

colspan=3 \| Club performance ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Cup ! colspan=2 \| League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Continental ! colspan=2 \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Season	Club	League ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals
colspan=3 \| Japan ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Emperor's Cup ! colspan=2 \| J.League Cup ! colspan=2 \| AFC ! colspan=2 \| Total
1998	rowspan="18"\|Kashima Antlers	rowspan="18"\|J1 League	1	0	4	3	0	0	colspan="2"
\|5	3
1999	18	0	0	0	2	0	colspan="2"
\|20	0
2000	18	6	5	0	3	1	colspan="2"
\|26	7
2001	21	3	3	2	3	0	colspan="2"
\|27	5
2002	24	3	4	2	7	1	colspan="2"
\|35	6
2003	20	4	4	1	4	1	1	0	29	6
2004	24	3	2	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|26	3
2005	32	5	3	1	0	0	colspan="2"
\|35	6
2006	27	2	4	1	7	0	colspan="2"
\|38	3
2007	34	2	5	1	9	4	colspan="2"
\|48	7
2008	32	3	1	0	2	0	7	3	42	6
2009	27	2	3	0	2	0	6	1	38	3
2010	15	2	5	1	2	0	0	0	22	3
2011	13	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	20	0
2012	17	3	3	0	6	0	colspan="2"
\|25	3
2013	24	0	2	0	7	1	colspan="2"
\|34	1
2014	12	0	0	0	2	1	colspan="2"
\|14	1
2015	6	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	12	0
colspan="3"\|Total\|\|365\|\|38\|\|53\|\|12\|\|57\|\|9\|\|21\|\|4\|\|496\|\|63
2016	rowspan="4"\|Giravanz Kitakyushu	J2 League	36	0	2	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|38	0
2017	rowspan="3"\|J3 League	5	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|5	0
2018	9	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|9	0
2019	0	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|0	0
colspan="3"\|Total\|\|50\|\|0\|\|2\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|52	0
colspan=3 \| Career total !415\|\|38\|\|55\|\|12\|\|57\|\|9\|\|21\|\|4\|\|548\|\|63

=International=

Year	Apps	Goals
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=3 \| Japan national team
2000	3	0
2001	0	0
2002	0	0
2003	3	0
2004	12	0
2005	8	0
2006	2	0
Total\|\|28\|\|0

= Appearances in major competitions=

rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|Competition !rowspan="2"\|Category !colspan="2"\|Appearances !rowspan="2"\|Goals !rowspan="2"\|Team Record
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Start !Sub
align="left"\|{{fb\|JPN}}	1999 FIFA World Youth Championship	U-20	7	0	1	2nd Place
align="left"\|{{fb\|JPN}}	2004 AFC Asian Cup	Senior	0	4	0	Champions

Honours

Kashima Anthers

J1 League - 1998, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009
Emperor's Cup - 2000, 2007
J.League Cup - 2000, 2002
Japanese Super Cup - 2009

Japan

FIFA World Youth Championship - 1999 (Runner-up)
AFC Asian Cup - 2004

Individual

AFC U-19 Championship Top Scorer - 1998
FIFA World Youth Championship Best Eleven - 1999

References

External links

{{FIFA player|177774}}
{{NFT player|pid=3479}}
[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/motoyama_masashi.html Japan National Football Team Database]
{{Soccerway}}
{{J.League player|4275}}
[https://www.giravanz.jp/team/p172.html Profile at Giravanz Kitakyushu]

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