Ramos obtained Japanese citizenship in 1989. In September 1990, when he was 33 years old, he was called up for the Japan national team for the 1990 Asian Games. On September 26, he debuted against Bangladesh. After his debut, he became a regular player for Japan. He was a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 Asian Cup and he played 4 matches in the competition. Under manager Hans Ooft, Japan progressed to the final qualifying stage for the 1994 World Cup. Ramos was on the pitch when Japan's hope to play in the finals was dashed by an injury-time Iraqi equaliser in the last qualifier, the match that the Japanese fans now refer to as the "Agony of Doha" (). In 1995, Ramos also played at King Fahd Cup. He played 32 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 1995.
In 2005, Ramos became a manager for Japan national beach soccer team. He managed at 2005 Beach Soccer World Cup and Japan finished at the 4th place. In September 2005, he signed with Kashiwa Reysol and served as an assistant coach. In 2006, he moved to J2 League club Tokyo Verdy and became a manager. In 2007, the club won the 2nd place and was promoted to J1 League from 2008. He resigned end of 2007 season, without managing in J1. In 2009, he became a manager Japan national beach soccer team again and managed until 2013. In 2014, he signed with J2 club FC Gifu and managed until July 2016..
In 2018, Ramos was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame.
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361||83||44||11||51||13||456||107
!Total||32||1
Sergio Echigo
Sergio Echigo (born 28 July 1945) is a former Brazilian football player.
Takashi Mizunuma
Mizunuma was born in Saitama on May 28, 1960. After graduating from Hosei University, he joined Japan Soccer League club Nissan Motors (later "Yokohama Marinos") in 1983. The club won 1983 and 1985 Emperor's Cup. From 1988 to 1990, the club won all three major title in Japan; Japan Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup for 2 years in a row. In 1990s, the club won 1990 JSL Cup, 1991 and 1992 Emperor's Cup. In Asia, the club won 1991–92 and 1992–93 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. In 1995 season, he retired after he played in opening game.
In August 1979, when Mizunuma was a Hosei University student, he was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 1979 World Youth Championship. He played all 3 matches and scored a goal against Mexico. This goal is an only goal in Japan team at this championship.
In April 1984, Mizunuma was selected the Japan national team for 1984 Summer Olympics qualification. At this qualification, on April 18, he debuted against Malaysia. He also played at 1986 World Cup qualification, 1988 Summer Olympics qualification and 1990 World Cup qualification. He played 32 games and scored 7 goals for Japan until 1989.
In 2006, Mizunuma became an assistant coach for Yokohama F. Marinos. In August, he became a manager as Takeshi Okada successor and managed the club this season. In 2007, he resigned a manager and returned an assistant coach. He left the club end of 2007 season.
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!Total||32||7
Sota Hirayama
Hirayama was born in Kitakyushu on June 6, 1985. After dropped out from University of Tsukuba, he joined Dutch Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo in summer 2005. he played many matches and scored 8 goals. In September 2006, he returned to Japan and signed with J1 League club FC Tokyo. He played many matches and FC Tokyo won the champions in the 2009 J.League Cup. However FC Tokyo was relegated to J2 League end of the 2010 season. In April 2011, he also broke his leg and he could only play one game. In 2012, the club returned to J1, however he broke his leg again in May and he could hardly play in the match. From 2013 he played many matches as substitute. He moved to Vegalta Sendai in 2017. However he got hurt on the day after the opening game. He could not play for the injury in this season. In January 2018, he announced his retirement for many injuries.
In November 2003, when Hirayama was 18 years old, he was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2003 World Youth Championship. He played 4 matches and scored 2 goals. In 2004, he was selected for the Japan U-23 national team for 2008 Summer Olympics and played one game. In 2005, he played for U-20 Japan at 2005 World Youth Championship again. He played all 4 matches and score one goal. In January 2010, he was selected the Japan national team for 2011 Asian Cup qualification. At this qualification, he debuted against Yemen on January 6. He scored a hat trick to help Japan to a 3–2 victory. It was the first time in 80 years and the second time overall for a Japan player to score three goals on his debut. Takeo Wakabayashi last managed that in 1930. He played 4 games and scored 3 goals for Japan in 2010.
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169||33||20||13||39||10||3||0||231||56
201||41||20||13||39||10||3||0||263||64
!Total||4||3
Guti
Guti (born 31 October 1976) is a Spanish football player currently playing for Beşiktaş. He has played for Spain national team.
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360||43||38||13||91||15||489||69
!Total||14||3
Alessandro Nesta
Alessandro Nesta (born 19 March 1976) is an Italian retired football player. He is now the manager of Frosinone Calcio. They play in the Serie B.
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!Total||78||0
Shu Kamo
Kamo was born in Ashiya on October 29, 1939. After graduation from Kwansei Gakuin University, he played for Japan Soccer League club Yanmar Diesel from 1965 to 1967.
In 1974, Kamo became a manager for Nissan Motors. In 1991, he became a manager for All Nippon Airways (later "Yokohama Flügels") and won the 1993 Emperor's Cup. In December 1994, he was named Japan national team manager, replacing Paulo Roberto Falcão. In October 1997, at the 1998 World Cup qualification final round, after 4 games, he was dismissed and assistant coach Takeshi Okada was promoted to be the new manager.
In 1999, Kamo became a manager for Kyoto Purple Sanga until June 2000. From 2001, he managed a number of universities such as Shobi University, Osaka Gakuin University and his alma mater Kwansei Gakuin University. In 2017, he was selected to the Japan Football Hall of Fame.
Ahn Jung-hwan
Ahn Jung-Hwan (born 27 January 1976) is a South Korean professional athlete. He is best known as an association football player. He is a member of the Korean national team.
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72||30||8||6||6||2||11||11||97||49
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242||76||11||6||57||26||11||11||321||119
!Total||67||19
Pavel Nedvěd
Pavel Nedvěd (born 30 August 1972) is a former Czech football player. He has played for Czech Republic national team.
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80||23||colspan="2"|-||14||5||94||28
385||84||44||7||99||24||528||115
502||110||44||7||118||29||664||146
!Total||91||18
Marcus Tulio Tanaka