is a former Japanese

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coach and former player who last coached Gamba Osaka. He played for Japan national team. A central defender, Miyamoto went on to make 71 international appearances and led the Japan national team in the

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and

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World Cups as well as the

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. Miyamoto also captained Gamba Osaka during their 2005 J1 League championship season. He is also a graduate of the 13th edition of

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Club career

Miyamoto was born in

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on 7 February 1977. He joined Gamba Osaka from youth team in 1995. He also continued to study at Doshisha University well into his professional career, graduating and finishing his studies. Miyamoto speaks fluent English, with a little French also in his canon, after spending time with Gamba teammates

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and Patrick M'Boma in the past, as well as coach

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. While in Austria, he studied German. Initially, Miyamoto had few opportunities to play as defender, he also played defensive midfielder. From late 1990s, he played as central defender. While he was the de facto team captain of Gamba Osaka in 2004, Gamba's coach was unhappy at the time spent with the national team by Miyamoto and handed the captaincy of Gamba to Satoshi Yamaguchi. Miyamoto continued to captain Japan for a while, ironically, often sitting on the bench for Gamba Osaka. But his professionalism shone through, and he took it all in stride. In 2005, the club won 2005 J1 League. With

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taking over the national team from Zico in 2006, Japan saw a clean sweep and Miyamoto was one of many who had probably played his last game for the Japan national team. In December 2006, Miyamoto signed for 1 season with Red Bull Salzburg with an option for another season. In December 2007, he signed a new deal with the Austrian club through 2009. On, 15 January 2009, he signed for

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. In 2009, he became a captain and played as center-back and defensive midfielder. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2010. On 19 December 2011, Vissel Kobe centre-back Tsuneyasu Miyamoto confirmed his retirement in a press conference on Monday afternoon in Kobe, Japan.

International career

Miyamoto played for Japan U17 national team in the 1993 U-17 World Championship and Japan U20 national team in the 1997 World Youth Championship. He played full-time in all matches in both tournaments. In September 2000, he was also selected Japan U23 national team for

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. On 18 June 2000, Miyamoto debuted for Japan national team against

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. As a centre back, he served as captain for Japan in the 2002 World Cup, after an injury to

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, who had begun the tournament as captain. He then continued to captain his country through the

and the 2006 World Cup. At 2004 Asian Cup, he played full-time in all six matches and Japan won the champions. At 2006 World Cup, he played the first two group matches of the cup, but was suspended for the third and last match against

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after he received yellow cards against

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Coaching career

After retirement, Miyamoto started coaching career at Gamba Osaka in 2015. He became a manager for

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in 2017. On 23 July 2018, top team manager Levir Culpi was sacked when the club was at the 16th place of 18 clubs. Miyamoto was named new manager as Culpi successor. On 14 May 2021, Miyamoto was sacked by Gamba Osaka after the form of the 2008 AFC Champions League winners dipped markedly this season, recording one win in the first 10 games during which Gamba scored just three goals to leave the club in 18th place in the 20-team division. Miyamoto raised Gamba to the 9th place in 2018 season.

Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial statistics

Update; ''14 May 2021''

Honors

Gamba Osaka *

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Red Bull Salzburg *

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; runner-up:

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Japan *

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Individual *

Best Eleven:

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: 2020

References

External links

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Japan National Football Team Database
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miyamoto, Tsuneyasu 1977 births Living people Doshisha University alumni Association football people from Osaka Prefecture Japanese footballers Japan international footballers Japan youth international footballers J1 League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Gamba Osaka players FC Red Bull Salzburg players Vissel Kobe players Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Japan Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Japan 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2004 AFC Asian Cup players 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2006 FIFA World Cup players AFC Asian Cup-winning players Japanese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Austria Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Austria Japanese football managers J1 League managers J3 League managers Gamba Osaka U-23 managers Gamba Osaka managers People from Tondabayashi, Osaka Association football defenders FIFA Master alumni