Tomokazu Myojin
明神 智和
Personal information
Full name Tomokazu Myojin[1]
Date of birth (1978-01-24) 24 January 1978
Place of birth Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1993–1995 Kashiwa Reysol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2005 Kashiwa Reysol 252 (12)
2006–2015 Gamba Osaka 250 (14)
2016 Nagoya Grampus 15 (0)
2017–2019 Nagano Parceiro 38 (0)
Total 538 (26)
International career
1997 Japan U-20 5 (0)
2000 Japan U-23 4 (0)
2000–2002 Japan 26 (3)
Medal record
Kashiwa Reysol
WinnerJ.League Cup1999
Gamba Osaka
WinnerAFC Champions League2008
WinnerJ1 League2014
Runner-upJ1 League2010
Runner-upJ1 League2015
WinnerJ.League Cup2007
WinnerJ.League Cup2014
Runner-upJ.League Cup2015
WinnerEmperor's Cup2008
WinnerEmperor's Cup2009
WinnerEmperor's Cup2014
WinnerEmperor's Cup2015
Runner-upEmperor's Cup2006
Runner-upEmperor's Cup2012
Representing  Japan
FIFA Confederations Cup
Silver medal – second place2001 Korea-Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place2000 Lebanon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tomokazu Myojin (明神 智和, Myōjin Tomokazu, born 24 January 1978) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5][6]
Club Season League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Other[lower-alpha 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kashiwa Reysol 1996 J1 League 1100020––130
1997 1311060––201
1998 2802041––341
1999 3013040––371
2000 2922020––332
2001 2901040––340
2002 2710010––281
2003 2912140––352
2004 2850060––345
2005 2811040––331
Total 25212121371––30114
Gamba Osaka 2006 J1 League 25050203010360
2007 33220100–10462
2008 32350401413[lower-alpha 2]0584
2009 31252215010445
2010 294301060–394
2011 272100050–332
2012 311512050–432
2013 J2 League 200100000–210
2014 J1 League 1204050––210
2015 10010304020200
Total 250143232914218036119
Nagoya Grampus 2016 J1 League 1500030––180
Nagano Parceiro 2017 J3 League 16010–––170
2018 14000–––140
2019 8020–––100
Total 38030–––410
Career total 538264746924217070333

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Japan 200092
200170
2002101
Total263
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Myojin goal.
List of international goals scored by Tomokazu Myojin[7]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
124 October 2000Beirut, Lebanon Iraq4–14–12000 AFC Asian Cup
226 October 2000Beirut, Lebanon China3–23–22000 AFC Asian Cup
317 April 2002Yokohama, Japan Costa Rica1–01–1Friendly

Honors

Kashiwa Reysol

Gamba Osaka

Japan

Individual


References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.
  2. ↑ Tomokazu Myojin at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
  3. ↑ Gamba Osaka(in Japanese)
  4. ↑ "【長野】日韓Ｗ杯代表の明神智和が引退". hochi.news (in Japanese). Minato: The Hochi Shimbun. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  5. ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "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)
  6. ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 251 out of 289)
  7. ↑ MYOJIN Tomokazu
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