Team – Founded: 1921 – Affiliated: 1929
Confederation: AFC - Asia
Squad's local nickname: The Blues
The Squad (by jersey number) |
The Squad (by field position) |
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Seigo Narazaki  Makoto Tanaka Teruyuki Moniwa Yuichi Komano Yasuhito Endo Tsuneyasu Miyamoto  Koji Nakata  Hidetoshi Nakata  Mitsuo Ogasawara  Naohiro Takahara Shunsuke Nakamura ° ° Seiichiro Maki Yoichi Doi Atsushi Yanagisawa  Alex [Alessandro] Santos  Takashi Fukunishi  Masashi Oguro Junichi Inamoto  Shinji Ono  Keisuke Tsuboi Keiji Tamada Akira Kaji Yuji Nakazawa Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
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 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata) Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus Eight) Yoichi Doi (FC Tokyo)  Akira Kaji (Gamba Osaka) Yuichi Komano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F Marinos) Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Gamba Osaka)  Keisuke Tsuboi (Urawa Red Diamonds) Makoto Tanaka (Jubilo Iwata)  Alex [Alessandro] Santos (Urawa Red Diamonds) Koji Nakata (Basel, Switzerland) Teruyuki Moniwa (FC Tokyo)   Takashi Fukunishi (Jubilo Iwata) Junichi Inamoto (West Bromwich Albion, England) Hidetoshi Nakata (Bolton Wanderers, England) Shinji Ono (Urawa Red Diamonds) Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers) Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka) Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic, Scotland) Seiichiro Maki (JEF United Chiba)  Naohiro Takahara (HSV, Hamburg, Germany) Masashi Oguro (Grenoble, France) Atsushi Yanagisawa (Kashima Antlers) Keiji Tamada (Nagoya Grampus Eight) |
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(Italian newspaper) carries photos of each squad member – to see.
Coach⁄Manager: Zico (Arthur Antunes Coimbra – Brazilian-born, former World Cup player,
called by many the "white Pelé."
For most of his career, Zico played for Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro,
though in the last part of his career he played for Italy's Udinese.
In addition to leading the Japanese Squad, now, Zico has been playing
quite a relevant role in the development of football, in Japan, in recent years.)
(see list of 2005 Top Coaches)
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° Goal scored in Germany-2006 (if bracketed, {
}='own goal')
also took part in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups.
Makoto Tanaka, named in the original squad,
was replaced by Teruyuki Moniwa, due to a thigh injury.
2006
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