is a Japanese former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. He played for the
Japan national team.
Club career
Myojin was born in
Kobe on 24 January 1978. He joined
J1 League club
Kashiwa Reysol
is a Japanese professional football club based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium ...
from youth team in 1996. He played many matches as defensive midfielder from first season. He became a regular player under manager
Akira Nishino in 1998. In 1999, Reysol won the champions in
J.League Cup
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and the 3rd place in
J1 League. In 2000, Reysol won the 3rd place in
J1 League for two years in a row and he was selected Best Eleven award. However the club results were sluggish from 2002 and was relegated to
J2 League end of 2005 season.
In 2006, Myojin moved to
Gamba Osaka
is a Japanese professional football club based in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. The club's name ''Gamba'' comes from the Japanese , meaning "to do your best" or "to s ...
which was managed by
Akira Nishino. He played as regular player with many
Japan national team player and Gamba won the many title,
2007 J.League Cup
The 2007 edition of the J.League Cup, officially the 2007 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, sponsored by Nabisco began on March 21 with reigning champions JEF United seeking to claim their 3rd successive crown. This would equal the record set by Ver ...
,
2008
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and
2009 Emperor's Cup
The 89th Emperor's Cup began on September 19, 2009 and ended on January 1, 2010 with the final at National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. Gamba Osaka won the title for two years in a row. Since Gamba already confirmed 2010 AFC Champions League berth, the ...
. In Asia, Gamba also won the champions in
2008 AFC Champions League and the 3rd place in
2008 Club World Cup. This is the golden era in the club history and he was one of the central player under manager Nishino. However manager Nishino left Gamba end of 2011 season and the club performance deteriorated soon. In 2012, Gamba finished at the 17th place of 18 clubs and was relegated to
J2 League. Although his opportunity to play decreased from 2013, Gamba won the champions in
2013 J2 League and was returned to J1. In 2014, Gamba won all three major title in Japan,
J1 League,
J.League Cup
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and
Emperor's Cup. He resigned end of 2015 season.
In 2016, Myojin moved to
Nagoya Grampus
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. However he could not play many matches. Grampus also finished at the 16th place and was relegated to J2. In 2017, Myojin moved to
J3 League club
Nagano Parceiro Nagano may refer to:
Places
* Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan
** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture
*** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics
*** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano
*** Nagano Univer ...
; after three seasons, he opted to retire at the end of 2019.
International career
In June 1997, Myojin was selected
Japan U20 national team for
1997 World Youth Championship. At this tournament, he played full time in all 5 matches as defensive midfielder. In September 2000, he was selected
Japan U23 national team for
2000 Summer Olympics
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. At this tournament, he played full time in all four matches as defensive midfielder with
Junichi Inamoto.
He was capped 26 times and scored 3 goals for the
Japanese national team between 2000 and 2002. He played three games at the
2002 FIFA World Cup
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.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Myojin goal.''
Honors
Kashiwa Reysol
*
J.League Cup
The is a Japanese football (soccer) competition organized by J.League. It has been sponsored by Yamazaki Biscuits (YBC) of Yamazaki Baking (formerly Yamazaki Nabisco) since its inception in 1992. It is also known as the or (Levain is one of Y ...
–
1999
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Gamba Osaka
*
AFC Champions League –
2008
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*
Pan-Pacific Championship
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–
2008
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*
J1 League -
2014
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*
Emperor's Cup –
2008
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,
2009,
2014
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,
2015
*
J.League Cup
The is a Japanese football (soccer) competition organized by J.League. It has been sponsored by Yamazaki Biscuits (YBC) of Yamazaki Baking (formerly Yamazaki Nabisco) since its inception in 1992. It is also known as the or (Levain is one of Y ...
–
2007
*
Japanese Super Cup
The , known as the for sponsorship reasons, is an annual one-match association football competition in Japan organised by J. League and the Japan Football Association (JFA). This competition serves as the season opener and is played between the r ...
– 2007, 2015
Japan
*
AFC Asian Cup –
2000
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Individual
*
J.League Best Eleven The J.League Best XI is an acknowledgement of the best eleven players in J.League.
J1 League (1993–present)
Multiple appearances
Appearances by club
Appearances by country
* Only in two occasions there was a full-Japanese Best XI (20 ...
–
2000
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References
External links
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*
Japan National Football Team Database*
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1978 births
Living people
Association football people from Hyōgo Prefecture
Japanese footballers
Japan youth international footballers
Japan international footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
J3 League players
Kashiwa Reysol players
Gamba Osaka players
Nagoya Grampus players
AC Nagano Parceiro players
Olympic footballers of Japan
Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 AFC Asian Cup players
2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players
2002 FIFA World Cup players
2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players
AFC Asian Cup-winning players
Association football midfielders
Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Japan