In 1994 Kevin-Prince Boateng began his professional football career with the German side Reinickendorfer Füchse’s youth team. On July 1, 1994 he moved to Hertha Berlin’s youth outfit and was soon promoted to the Hertha Berlin II side. During his stint with this team that lasted for two seasons, he made a total of 29 appearances and scored five goals to his credit. In the following year, Kevin-Prince Boateng was selected for Hertha Berlin’s first team, and he made his debut for it in a Round 2 game of the 2005-06 Bundesliga season against Eintracht Frankfurt in which he came in as a second-half substitute. His impressive performance at this game earned Kevin-Prince Boateng his first full debut for this club in a 2-2 draw against Borussia Mönchengladbach in Round 14 of the Bundesliga season. During his two-year tenure at this club, he played 43 games, scoring 4 goals. He is thought to be the world's biggest upcoming talent and showed that in the 2010 world cup held in South Africa. Kevin Prince lead Ghana to the quarterfinals only to be cheated by Uruguay.
On July 31, 2007, Kevin-Prince Boateng signed with Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur for a fee, reportedly worth £4.5million. His first start in the Premier League came on November 3, 2007 in a game against Middlesbrough F.C. As of 2008, he has made a total of 13 appearances for this side.
Kevin-Prince Boateng considers the Brazilian football greats Pelé and Rivaldo as his role models in his sporting career as a kid too
Katsuo Kanda
Kanda was born in Niigata on June 21, 1966. After graduating from Tokyo University of Agriculture, he joined Japan Soccer League club NKK in 1989 and played as forward. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and the club joined new league, Japan Football League (JFL). However the club was disbanded in 1993. In 1994, he moved to JFL club Cerezo Osaka. He was converted to left side midfielder and side back. The club won the champions in 1994 and was promoted to J1 League. In 1998, he moved to Yokohama Marinos (later "Yokohama F. Marinos"). In 2000, he moved to his local club Albirex Niigata in J2 League. The club won the champions in 2003 and was promoted to J1 from 2004. However he retired end of the 2003 season.
In 1995, Kanda was called up by Shu Kamo to play for the Japan national team in a friendly match against Ecuador on May 28, which was his only cap.
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361||34||22||1||24||3||407||38
!Total||1||0
Norio Takahashi
194||0||6||0||11||0||211||0
0||0||||||||||0||0
32||0||1||0||0||0||33||0
226||0||7||0||11||0||244||0
Hidehiko Shimizu
Hidehiko Shimizu (born 4 November 1954) is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Nissan Motors.
Third baseman
A third baseman is a person in baseball who covers third base.
Somebody playing third base must have good reflexes and be able to react fast, because he is one the closest infielders to the batter. He must also have a good arm, because third basemen sometimes have to throw to second base as a part of a double play.
Hisato Sato
Sato was born in Kasukabe on March 12, 1982. He joined J1 League club JEF United Ichihara (later "JEF United Chiba") with twin brother Yuto Sato from their youth team in 2000. In 2002, he moved to J2 League club Cerezo Osaka. In 2003, he moved to J1 club Vegalta Sendai and became a regular player. The club was relegated to J2 end of 2003 season. In 2004, he scored 20 goals in J2. In 2005, he moved to J1 club Sanfrecce Hiroshima. He played as regular player and scored more than 10 goals every season. However the club was relegated to J2 end of 2007 season. In 2008, the club won the champions in J2 and was promoted to J1 from 2009. He also became a top scorer with 28 goals. In 2012, the club won the champion in J1. He also became a top scorer with 22 goals and was selected MVP award. The club also won the champions in the 2013 and 2015 season. He played 383 matches and score 178 goals for the club in 12 seasons. He was also selected "J.League Fair Play award" in 2007, 2012 and 2013 season. In 2017, he moved to J2 club Nagoya Grampus. The club was promoted to J1 from 2018. In 2019, he moved to his first club, JEF United Chiba. He retired end of the 2020 season.
On February 10, 2006, Sato debuted for the Japan national team against United States. He played at 2007 Asian Cup. He played 31 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 2010.
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560||220||41||16||57||29||14||1||672||266
!Total||31||4
Nobuyuki Zaizen
Nobuyuki Zaizen (born 19 October 1976) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Muangthong United.
259||23||12||1||19||1||290||25
0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0
0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0
0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
259||23||12||1||19||1||290||25
Ryuichi Kamiyama
Ryuichi Kamiyama (born 10 November 1984) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Avispa Fukuoka.
71||0||5||0||6||0||82||0
71||0||5||0||6||0||82||0
Kazuaki Nagasawa
Nagasawa was born in Shizuoka on February 4, 1958. After graduating from Tokyo University of Agriculture, he joined Japan Soccer League club Yamaha Motors in 1980. Although he played as regular player until 1987, he could not play in the match for injury at the end of his career. He retired in 1989. He played 123 games and scored 9 goals in the league.
On July 13, 1978, when Nagasawa was a Tokyo University of Agriculture student, he debuted for the Japan national team against Iraq. Although he did not play for Japan from 1979, in 1985, he played for Japan at 1986 World Cup qualification for the first time in 7 years. He played 9 games for Japan until 1985.
After retirement, Nagasawa started coaching career at Yamaha Motors. In 1991, he became a manager. He led the club to won the 2nd place at Japan Football League in 1993 and promoted to J1 League. He resigned end of 1993 season. He signed with Nadeshiko League club Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies in 1995. In 1997, he moved to Honda. In 1999, he signed with Sony Sendai and managed until August 2001. From 2001, he managed some university and high school.
123||9
123||9
!Total||9||0
Ariel Ortega
Ariel Ortega (born 4 March 1974) is an Argentine football player. He plays for River Plate.
312||76
29||9
45||11
14||5
400||101
!Total||86||17
Yoshiteru Yamashita
Yamashita was born in Fukuoka on November 21, 1977. After graduating from Higashi Fukuoka High School, he joined J1 League side Avispa Fukuoka in 1996. He played many matches from first season. However the club relegated to J2 League in 2001 and he moved to Vegalta Sendai. However the club relegated to J2 in 2003 again and he moved to Kashiwa Reysol in 2004. However his opportunity to play decreased. He also played in Omiya Ardija on loan in 2005. He moved to Japan Football League club Tochigi SC in 2007 and FC Ryukyu in 2008. He retired end of 2010 season.
In June 1997, Yamashita was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 1997 World Youth Championship. He played in 2 matches. In 2001, Yamashita was selected the Japan national team for 2001 Confederations Cup. He made his international debut in the tournament on June 4 against Brazil. At this tournament, Japan won the 2nd place. He earned 3 caps between 2001 and 2003 and scored no goals for Japan.
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330||67||14||4||30||4||374||75
!Total||3||0
Isao Homma
Hiroshi Fukushima
Hiroshi Fukushima (born 14 July 1982) is a former Association football player. He played for V-Varen Nagasaki. He also played several seasons for Avispa Fukuoka in the J1 League.
128||49||10||4||0||0||138||53
128||49||10||4||0||0||138||53
Kim Byung-ji
Kim Byung-Ji (born 8 April 1970) is a South Korean professional athlete. He is best known as an association football player.
398||2||12||0||102||1||512||3
398||2||12||0||102||1||512||3
!Total||60||0
Koji Yamase