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Tomokazu Myojin

{{short description|Japanese footballer (born 1978)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Tomokazu Myojin
明神 智和

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| full_name = Tomokazu Myojin{{cite web |title=FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA – List Of Players |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/95/12/84/fcwc2008_2008_squadlists_1205.pdf |publisher=FIFA |date=5 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209121359/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/95/12/84/fcwc2008_2008_squadlists_1205.pdf |archive-date=9 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|1|24}}

| birth_place = Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.74 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1993–1995

| youthclubs1 = Kashiwa Reysol

| years1 = 1996–2005

| clubs1 = Kashiwa Reysol

| caps1 = 252

| goals1 = 12

| years2 = 2006–2015

| clubs2 = Gamba Osaka

| caps2 = 250

| goals2 = 14

| years3 = 2016

| clubs3 = Nagoya Grampus

| caps3 = 15

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2017–2019

| clubs4 = Nagano Parceiro

| caps4 = 38

| goals4 = 0

| totalcaps = 538

| totalgoals = 26

| nationalyears1 = 1997

| nationalteam1 = Japan U-20

| nationalcaps1 = 5

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2000

| nationalteam2 = Japan U-23

| nationalcaps2 = 4

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2000–2002

| nationalteam3 = Japan

| nationalcaps3 = 26

| nationalgoals3 = 3

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}}

{{Medal|Country|{{Fb|JPN}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|AFC Asian Cup}}

{{Medal|W|2000 Lebanon|}}

{{Medal|Competition|FIFA Confederations Cup}}

{{Medal|RU|2001 Korea/Japan|}}

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{{Nihongo|Tomokazu Myojin|明神 智和|Myōjin Tomokazu|born 24 January 1978}} is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.{{J.League player}} He played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Myojin was born in Kobe on 24 January 1978. He joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol from youth team in 1996. He played many matches as defensive midfielder from first season. He became a regular player under manager Akira Nishino in 1998. In 1999, Reysol won the champions in J.League Cup and the 3rd place in J1 League. In 2000, Reysol won the 3rd place in J1 League for two years in a row and he was selected Best Eleven award. However the club results were sluggish from 2002 and was relegated to J2 League end of 2005 season.

In 2006, Myojin moved to Gamba Osaka which was managed by Akira Nishino. He played as regular player with many Japan national team player and Gamba won the many title, 2007 J.League Cup, 2008 and 2009 Emperor's Cup. In Asia, Gamba also won the champions in 2008 AFC Champions League and the 3rd place in 2008 Club World Cup. This is the golden era in the club history and he was one of the central player under manager Nishino. However manager Nishino left Gamba end of 2011 season and the club performance deteriorated soon. In 2012, Gamba finished at the 17th place of 18 clubs and was relegated to J2 League. Although his opportunity to play decreased from 2013, Gamba won the champions in 2013 J2 League and was returned to J1. In 2014, Gamba won all three major title in Japan, J1 League, J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup. He resigned end of 2015 season.

In 2016, Myojin moved to Nagoya Grampus.[https://www.gamba-osaka.net/news/index/no/3820/ Gamba Osaka]{{in lang|ja}} However he could not play many matches. Grampus also finished at the 16th place and was relegated to J2. In 2017, Myojin moved to J3 League club Nagano Parceiro; after three seasons, he opted to retire at the end of 2019.{{cite web |title=【長野】日韓Ｗ杯代表の明神智和が引退 |url=https://hochi.news/articles/20191202-OHT1T50261.html |website=hochi.news |publisher=The Hochi Shimbun |access-date=23 December 2019 |location=Minato |language=ja |date=3 December 2019}}

International career

In June 1997, Myojin was selected Japan U20 national team for 1997 World Youth Championship. At this tournament, he played full time in all 5 matches as defensive midfielder. In September 2000, he was selected Japan U23 national team for 2000 Summer Olympics. At this tournament, he played full time in all four matches as defensive midfielder with Junichi Inamoto.

He was capped 26 times and scored 3 goals for the Japan national team between 2000 and 2002. He played three games at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

=Club=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionNippon 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%88-2018-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411521 "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)"], 7 February 2018, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411529}} (p. 255 out of 289)Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2017-J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411424/ref=pd_sim_14_1/356-9491148-0114816?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BA8BN4Y0F97GNWKQM78H "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"], 8 February 2017, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411420}} (p. 251 out of 289)

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Emperor's Cup

!colspan="2"|J.League Cup

!colspan="2"|Asia

!colspan="2"|Other{{efn|Appearances in Japanese Super Cup and Suruga Bank Championship}}

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="11"|Kashiwa Reysol

|1996

|rowspan="10"|J1 League

|11

00020colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–130
1997

|13

11060colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–201
1998

|28

02041colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–341
1999

|30

13040colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–371
2000

|29

22020colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–332
2001

|29

01040colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–340
2002

|27

10010colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–281
2003

|29

12140colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–352
2004

|28

50060colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–345
2005

|28

11040colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–331
colspan="2"|Total

!252

12121371colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–30114
rowspan="11"|Gamba Osaka

|2006

|rowspan="7"|J1 League

|25

050203010360
2007

|33

220100colspan="2"|–10462
2008

|32

350401413{{efn|Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup}}0584
2009

|31

252215010445
2010

|29

4301060colspan="2"|–394
2011

|27

2100050colspan="2"|–332
2012

|31

1512050colspan="2"|–432
2013

|J2 League

|20

0100000colspan="2"|–210
2014

|rowspan="2"|J1 League

|12

04050colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–210
2015

|10

010304020200
colspan="2"|Total

!250

143232914218036119
Nagoya Grampus

|2016

|J1 League

|15

00030colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–180
rowspan="4"|Nagano Parceiro

|2017

|rowspan="3"|J3 League

|16

010colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–170
2018

|14

000colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–140
2019

|8

020colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–100
colspan="2"|Total

!38

030colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–410
colspan="3"|Career total

!538

264746924217070333

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=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|Japan

|2000

92
200170
2002101
colspan="2"|Total263

:Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Myojin goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Tomokazu Myojin[http://www.japannationalfootballteam.com/en/players/myojin_tomokazu.html MYOJIN Tomokazu]

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|124 October 2000Beirut, Lebanon{{fb|IRQ|1991}}align="center"|4–1align="center"|4–12000 AFC Asian Cup
align="center"|226 October 2000Beirut, Lebanon{{fb|CHN}}align="center"|3–2align="center"|3–22000 AFC Asian Cup
align="center"|317 April 2002Yokohama, Japan{{fb|CRI}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|1–1Friendly

Honors

Kashiwa Reysol

Gamba Osaka

Japan

Individual

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{FIFA player|177772}}
  • {{NFT player|3482}}
  • [http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/2002/index.html Japan National Football Team Database]
  • {{J.League player|1446}}
  • [https://parceiro.co.jp/topteam/player/detail/960.html Profile at AC Nagano Parceiro]{{in lang|ja}}

{{2000 J.League Team of the Year}}

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Category:1978 births

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