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Yoshinori Muto
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for Vissel Kobe. Muto started his career with J1 League club FC Tokyo in 2013 who he played with for three seasons. In May 2015, he signed for German club Mainz 05 where he amassed 72 appearances and scored 23 goals before moving to Premier League club Newcastle United in August 2018. Club career FC Tokyo As a child, Muto joined FC Tokyo's youth system, where he kept developing until 2010. He then enrolled in the Faculty of Economics of Keio University but kept playing football, for Keio's team. Despite an injury which sidelined him, in his first season with Keio he won the "Rookie of the Year" title. In 2012 and 2013, FC Tokyo included him in their roster as a "Special Designated Player", an option that allows J-League clubs to field university players without a professional contract. However, he got on the pitch just once, at the end of a match in July 2013. In 2014, he signed his first professiona ...
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Japan National Football Team
The , also known by the nickname , represents Japan in men's international Association football, football. It is controlled by the Japan Football Association (JFA), the governing body for football in Japan. Prior to the late 1980s, Japan's national football team was largely amateur, with the sport less popular domestically than Baseball in Japan, baseball or sumo. Since the early 1990s, following the full professionalization of the sport, Japan has emerged as one of Asia's leading teams. The national team has qualified for every FIFA World Cup since 1998 FIFA World Cup, 1998 (including an automatic berth as co-hosts of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2002 tournament alongside South Korea national football team, South Korea), advancing to the knockout stage in 2002, 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2010, 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2018, and 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2022. Japan has also won a record four AFC Asian Cup, Asian Cup titles, in 1992 AFC Asian Cup, 1992, 2000 AFC Asian Cup, 2000, 2004 AFC Asian Cup ...
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Naohiro Takahara
is a Japanese Association football, football manager and former Football player, footballer. He also played for Japan national football team, Japan's national football team. Currently, he is working as president for Okinawa SV. Club career Takahara was born in Mishima, Shizuoka, Mishima on 4 June 1979. After graduating from high school, he joined Júbilo Iwata in 1998. In 1998, the club won 1998 J.League Cup, J.League Cup and he was selected New Hero awards. In 1999, the club won 1999 J.League Division 1, J1 League and 1998–99 Asian Club Championship, Asian Club Championship. The club also reached second place at the 1999–2000 Asian Club Championship, 1999–2000 and 2000–01 Asian Club Championships. In August 2001, he moved to Boca Juniors on loan. He became the first Japanese player to play in the Argentine Primera División. In 2002, he returned to Júbilo Iwata. The club went on to win the 2002 J.League Division 1, while Takahara became the top scorer and was elected ...
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Takuma Asano
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Mallorca and the Japan national team. Asano's younger brother Yuya is also a professional footballer, currently playing for J1 League side Nagoya Grampus. Club career Sanfrecce Hiroshima After attending Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo High School, Asano joined Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the age of 18 in January 2013. He went on to win the J1 League in his debut season, making one appearance in the process. Asano went on to win the Japanese Super Cup in 2014, while starting to break into the squad for the J1 League. He helped the side lift the league title for a second time in 2015, this time adding nine goals in 34 appearances. Due to his performances, Asano was named the J1 League Rookie of the Year. Arsenal On 3 July 2016, Asano was announced as Arsenal's second signing of the season, subject to a medical and international clearance. Manager Arsène Wenger described him as "a talented young striker an ...
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United Arab Emirates National Football Team
The United Arab Emirates national football team () represents United Arab Emirates in men's international Association football, football and serves under the auspices of the country's United Arab Emirates Football Association, Football Association. It has made one FIFA World Cup, World Cup appearance in 1990 FIFA World Cup, 1990 in Italy and lost all three of its games. United Arab Emirates took fourth place in the 1992 AFC Asian Cup and runner-up in 1996 AFC Asian Cup, 1996 as host. It won the Arabian Gulf Cup in 18th Arabian Gulf Cup, 2007 and 21st Arabian Gulf Cup, 2013. It finished third in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and hosted the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, 2019 edition in which it was eliminated in the semi-finals. History The first match of the team was played on 17 March 1972 against Qatar national football team, Qatar at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium and won with the only goal scored by Ahmed Chowbi. Then, the team faced three other Arabian countries, losing 4–0 and 7–0 to S ...
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2015 AFC Asian Cup
The 2015 AFC Asian Cup was the 16th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international association football, football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in Australia from 9 to 31 January 2015. The tournament was won by Australia men's national soccer team, Australia after defeating South Korea national football team, South Korea 2–1 Overtime (sports)#Association football, in extra time in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final, final, thereby earning the right to participate in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, which was hosted by Russia. The win was Australia's first Asian title since their move from the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. It was also the first time a men's team has become champions of two confederations, following Australia's four OFC Nations Cup titles: 1980 OFC Nations Cup, 1980, 1996 OFC Nations Cup, 1996, 2000 OFC Nations Cup, 2000 and 2004 OFC Nations Cup, 2004; right after the Australia women's natio ...
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Venezuela National Football Team
The Venezuela national football team (), nicknamed ''La Vinotinto'' ("The Red Wine"), represents Venezuela in men's FIFA, international association football, football and is controlled by the Venezuelan Football Federation, Federación Venezolana de Fútbol (), the governing body for football in Venezuela. Their nickname is a reference to the unique “red wine” team color that is used on their home jerseys. When playing at home in official games, they usually rotate between three stadiums: The Polideportivo Cachamay in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, Puerto Ordaz, the Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui in Puerto La Cruz and the Estadio Pueblo Nuevo in San Cristóbal, Táchira, San Cristóbal. In friendly matches, they tend to rotate between the rest of the stadiums in the country. Unlike other South American nations, and akin to some Caribbean nations, baseball is extremely popular in Venezuela, which diverts athletic talent away from football, contributing to its historic lack of su ...
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Nissan Stadium (Yokohama)
The , currently known as for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, which opened in March 1998. It is the home stadium of Yokohama F. Marinos of the J1 League. International Stadium Yokohama had the highest seating capacity of any stadium in Japan for 21 years, with a total of 75,000 seats, up until the Japan National Stadium, New National Stadium in Tokyo was opened in December 2019. It hosted three group stage games during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final, final game between Germany national football team, Germany and Brazil national football team, Brazil was played there on 30 June 2002. The stadium was one of the Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics, football venues for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The stadium was a venue for the 2019 Rugby World Cup and eventually hosted the final of the tournament after the originally selected host, Japan National Stadium (2019), National Stadium was unable to be ...
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Yokohama
is the List of cities in Japan, second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous Municipalities of Japan, municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of 3.7 million in 2023. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin region, Keihin Industrial Zone. Yokohama was one of the cities to open for trade with the Western world, West following the 1859 end of the Sakoku, policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city, after Kobe opened in 1853. Yokohama is the home of many Japan's firsts in the Meiji (era), Meiji period, including the first foreign trading port and Chinatown (1859), European-style sport venues (1860s), English-language newspaper (1861), confectionery and beer manufacturing (1865), daily newspap ...
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Yusuke Minagawa
(born 9 October 1991) is a Japanese international football player who plays for Nagaworld as a striker. Career International career Personal life Minagawa is a distant relative of Masahiro Kaneko. Club statistics ''Updated to 17 December 2022''.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社"J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 2014 (NSK MOOK)" 14 February 2014, Japan, (p. 15 out of 290) 1Includes Japanese Super Cup, J. League Championship and FIFA Club World Cup The FIFA Club World Cup (FIFA CWC) is an international men's association football competition organised by the ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (FIFA), the sport's global sports governing body, governing body. The compe .... National team statistics References External links * * * Profile at Yokohama FC* 1991 births Living people Chuo University alumni Association football people from Saitama Prefecture Japanese men's footballers Japan men's internationa ...
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Sapporo Dome
The , currently known as for sponsorship reasons, is a stadium located in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, and is primarily used for association football. It is the home field of the association football club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo, and was also home to the baseball team Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters through the 2022 Nippon Professional Baseball season. It was a football venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics, was the venue for the opening ceremony of the 2017 Asian Winter Games, and was used for two matches of the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The stadium also hosted matches during the 2002 FIFA World Cup. On 19 July 2024, it was announced that the stadium would be named Daiwa House PREMIST DOME from 1 August 2024 to 31 July 2028, due to a four-year naming rights contract with Daiwa House, a homebuilding company. History Sapporo Dome opened in 2001 with 41,580 seats. The stadium hosted three games during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Germany vs Saudi Arabia, Argentina vs England and Italy vs Ecu ...
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Uruguay National Football Team
The Uruguay national football team (), nicknamed ''La Celeste'' ("The Sky Blue") and ''Los Charrúas'' ("The Charrúa, Charrúas"), have represented Uruguay in international men's Association football, football since their first international match in 1902 and is administered by the Uruguayan Football Association, Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol (), the governing body of football in Uruguay, which is a founding member of CONMEBOL since 1916 and a member of FIFA since 1923. It was also a member of Panamerican Championship#Panamerican Football Confederation, PFC, which was the attempt at a unified confederation of the Americas from 1946 to 1961. Uruguay's home stadium is the Estadio Centenario, and they have been coached by Marcelo Bielsa since 2023. Considered one of the most successful national teams in international competitions and by FIFA as "football's first global powerhouse," Uruguay has won four world FIFA–organized championships, two football at the Summer Olympics, Ol ...
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Old Trafford
Old Trafford () is a football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and is the home of Manchester United. With a capacity of 74,197, it is the largest club football stadium (and second-largest football stadium overall after Wembley Stadium) in the United Kingdom, and the twelfth-largest in Europe. It is about from Old Trafford Cricket Ground and the adjacent tram stop. Nicknamed "The Theatre of Dreams" by Bobby Charlton, Old Trafford has been United's home ground since 1910, although from 1941 to 1949 the club shared Maine Road with local rivals Manchester City as a result of Second World War bomb damage. Old Trafford underwent several expansions in the 1990s and 2000s, including the addition of extra tiers to the North, West and East Stands, almost returning the stadium to its original capacity of 80,000. Should further expansion occur, it is likely to involve the addition of a second tier to the South Stand, which would raise the capacity to around 8 ...
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