Masakuni Yamamoto
Yamamoto was born in Numazu on April 4, 1958. After graduating from Kokushikan University, he joined Japan Soccer League club Yamaha Motors in 1981. First season, the club finished at the bottom place and was relegated to Division 2. In 1982, the club won the champions and was promoted Division 1. The club also won 1982 Emperor's Cup. He retired in 1987. He played 109 games and scored 3 goals in the league.
In December 1980, when Yamamoto was a Kokushikan University student, he was selected the Japan national team for 1982 World Cup qualification. At this qualification, on December 26, he debuted against China. He played 4 games for Japan in 1981.
After retirement, Yamamoto started coaching career at Yamaha Motors (later "Júbilo Iwata") in 1987. In 1995, he became a manager for Japan U-20 national team and managed at 1997 World Youth Championship. In 1997, he returned to Júbilo Iwata. In October 1998, he became an assistant coach for Japan national team under manager Philippe Troussier. After 2002 World Cup, in August, Yamamoto became a manager for Japan U-23 national team and managed at 2004 Summer Olympics. In November 2004, he returned to Júbilo Iwata and became a manager. He resigned in June 2006.
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109||3
!Total||4||0
Dino Baggio
Dino Baggio (born 24 July 1971) is a former Italian football player. He has played for Italy national team.
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9||1
345||25
!Total||60||7
Hong Myung-bo
Hong Myung-Bo (born 12 February 1969) is a South Korean professional athlete. He is best known as an association football player. He has played for Korean national team.
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114||7||11||3||10||2||135||12
38||0||2||0||||||40||0
281||21||13||3||37||2||331||26
Hong has played in over 100 international matches.
!Total||136||10
Korea Football Association's official record is 135 matches 9 goals
Giancarlo Antognoni
Giancarlo Antognoni (born 1 April 1954) is a former Italian football player. He has played for Italy national team.
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51||7
319||72
!Total||73||7
Seigo Narazaki
After graduating from Nara Ikuei High School in 1995, he joined J1 League side Yokohama Flügels. He became the No.1 GK for the club in August of that season. His first game was on August 16, 1995 in a league match against Bellmare Hiratsuka.
The first time he played for Japan was on February 15, 1998 against Australia. He played in three World Cup finals in a row. He played all the Japan matches in the 2002 World Cup finals, but Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi played instead of him in the 1998 and 2006 finals.
He played for Japan as the No.1 goalkeeper because Kawaguchi was injured. However, Narazaki himself got a broken finger in 2009. After it healed, he was named in the 2010 World Cup squad. He was one of two Japanese players (the other being Kawaguchi) to play in 4 World Cups in a row. However, even though he played well in the qualifiers, he did not play in the tournament. Eiji Kawashima was played instead. He played once more for Japan when he captained the team to a 2-1 victory over Guatemala on 7 September 2010. He then retired from playing for his country.
660||0||49||0||71||0||19||0||799||0
660||0||49||0||71||0||19||0||799||0
!Total||77||0
Christian Vieri
Christian Vieri (born 12 July, 1973) is a former Italian football player. He has played for Italy national team.
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24||24||colspan="2"|-||7||5||31||29
7||3||2||1||2||1||11||5
374||194||25||15||74||26||473||235
!Total||49||23
Careca
Careca (born 5 October 1960) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team.
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164||73||||||||||164||73
60||31||1||1||13||8||74||40
369||204||1||1||13||8||383||213
!Total||61||30
Demetrio Albertini
Demetrio Albertini (born 23 August 1971) is a former Italian football player. He has played for Italy national team.
355||39||42||2||61||6||458||47
33||1||||||||||33||1
388||40||42||2||61||6||491||48
!Total||79||2
Philippe Troussier
Philippe Troussier (born March 21, 1955) is a French football manager.
Kunishige Kamamoto
Kamamoto was born in Kyoto on April 15, 1944. After graduating from Waseda University, he joined Japan Soccer League club Yanmar Diesel in 1967. He played all games in league from first season. In 1968, he became a top scorer in the league. The club won their 1st title 1968 Emperor's Cup with his winning goal in final. The club also won 1970 Emperor's Cup. In 1971, the club won their 1st league champions and he also became a top scorer Second time. In 1974 and 1975, the club won the league for 2 years in a row and also won 1974 Emperor's Cup. In 1978, he became a playing manager. The club won the league champions in 1980. In 1982, he ruptured his Achilles tendon 2 times. In 1984, when he was 40 years old, he retired and resigned a manager. He became a top scorer 7 times and was selected Best Eleven 14 times. He was also selected "Japanese Footballer of the Year" awards 7 times.
On March 3, 1964, when Kamamoto was a Waseda University student, he debuted and scored a goal for the Japan national team against Singapore. In October, he was selected by Japan for 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He played all matches and scored 1 goal. In 1968, he also was selected Japan for 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Japan won Bronze Medal and he became a top scorer. He played all matches and scored 7 goals. In 2018, this team was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame. In the 1970s, after many Olympic players left national team, he continued being selected national team. He also played at 1966, 1970 and 1974 Asian Games. In 1977, he retired from national team. He played 76 games and scored 75 goals for Japan until 1977.
In 1991, he signed with across town to the Yanmar Diesel rivals, Matsushita Electric (later "Gamba Osaka"). He resigned in 1994.
Kamamoto was selected as a member of the House of Councillors in July 1995, then served until July 2001. Kamamoto was also served the vice-president of the Japan Football Association from July 1998 to July 2008. In 2005, he was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame.
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!Total||76||75
Frank Rijkaard
Frank Rijkaard (born 30 September 1962) is a former Dutch football player. He has played for Netherlands national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest midfielder of all time.
261||65
11||0
142||16
414||81
!Total||73||10
Diego Sinagra
Diego Sinagra (born 20 September 1986) is an Italian football player.
Masami Ihara
Ihara was born in Koka on September 18, 1967. After graduating from University of Tsukuba, he joined Japan Soccer League club Nissan Motors (later "Yokohama Marinos", "Yokohama F. Marinos") in 1990. The club won the 2nd place in 1990/91 and 1991/92 season. He was also selected Best Eleven in 1991/92. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and the club joined new league J1 League. The club won the champions in 1995 season. He was selected Best Eleven for 5 years in a row (1993-1997). He played 267 matches for the club until 1999. Toward the end of his career, he played for Júbilo Iwata (2000) and Urawa Reds (2001-2002).