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player, who currently plays for Kelantan United F.C. in

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. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Motoyama was born in

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on June 20, 1979. After graduating from high school, he joined

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club

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in 1998. He debuted in July 1998 and he played many matches from 1999 season. In 2000, Antlers won the champions all three major title in Japan;

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and

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first time in

history. The club also won the champions 2001 J1 League for 2 years in a row. In 2002, he was given the number "10" shirt as Bismarck successor. Antlers also won the champions in 2002 J.League Cup. In 2007 season, he played all 34 matches and Antlers won the champions in

for the first time in 6 years. Antlers also won the champions in 2007 Emperor's Cup. Antlers won the champions in

for 3 years in a row (

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). From 2010 season, although his opportunity to play decreased, Antlers won the champions 2010 Emperor's Cup,

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and 2012 J.League Cup. In 2015, he could only play 6 matches and he left the club end of 2015 season. In 2016, Motoyama moved to his local club Giravanz Kitakyushu in

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. He played many matches in 2016 season. However Giravanz was finished at the bottom place of 22 clubs and was relegated to

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. From 2017 season, he could not play many matches for injuries. At the end of 2019 season, he opted to retire after not appearing at all for Giravanz that year. Motoyama came out of retirement when it was announced at the end of 2020 that he would play for

team Kelantan United F.C., making this his first team outside of Japan.

International career

In April 1999, Motoyama was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1999 World Youth Championship. At this tournament, he played all 7 matches as left side midfielder and Japan won the 2nd place. On June 18, 2000, Motoyama debuted for Japan national team under manager

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. He played 3 matches as substitute midfielder. In September 2003, Motoyama played for Japan under manager Zico for the first time in 3 years. After that, he played many matches as substitute. In 2004, he was selected Japan for 2004 Asian Cup. He played 4 matches and Japan won the champions. He was also member of Japan for 2005 Confederations Cup. He played 28 games for Japan until 2006.

Career statistics

Club

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International

Appearances in major competitions

Honours

Kashima Anthers *

- 1998, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009 *

- 2000, 2007 *

- 2000, 2002 *

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- 2009 Japan *

FIFA World Youth Championship The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 wh ...

- 1999 (Runner-up) *

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- 2004 Individual * AFC U-19 Championship Top Scorer - 1998 *

Best Eleven - 1999

References

External links

* *
Japan National Football Team Database
* *

{{DEFAULTSORT:Motoyama, Masashi 1979 births Living people Association football people from Fukuoka Prefecture Japanese footballers Japan youth international footballers Japan international footballers J1 League players J2 League players J3 League players Kashima Antlers players Giravanz Kitakyushu players Olympic footballers of Japan Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2004 AFC Asian Cup players 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players AFC Asian Cup-winning players Association football midfielders Kelantan United F.C. players