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Naotake Hanyu 
Personal information Full name Naotake Hanyu Date of birth December 22, 1979 Place of birth Chiba, Chiba, Japan Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club F.C. Tokyo Number 22 Youth career 1995-1997 Yachiyo high school 1998-2001 University of Tsukuba Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2002-2007 JEF United 165 (24) 2008- F.C. Tokyo 79 (7) National team‡ 2006-2008 Japan 17 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 January 2010Naotake Hanyu (羽生 直剛 Hanyū Naotake, born December 22, 1979 in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese football (soccer) player. He currently plays for F.C. Tokyo. He is a midfielder known for his tireless workload.
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Playing career
He represented Japan for the 2001 Universiade held in Beijing when he was a University of Tsukuba student. He was instrumental in Japan's winning the tournament by scoring total 3 goals including the lone goal in the final against Ukraine.[1]
After graduating from the university, he joined J. League side JEF United. He immediately broke into the first team and played in the opening league match against Kyoto Purple Sanga on March 3, 2002. He eventually played 22 games and scored 2 goals in his first professional season.
He made his first appearance for the Japan national football team on August 13, 2006 in an Asian Cup qualifier against Yemen when he replaced Yūichi Komano at half time. He was the member of the Japan team for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals and played five games as a substitute. In the third place play-off against Korea Republic, Hanyu was sent on to the pitch to replace Kengo Nakamura in the 72nd minute, in a 0-0 draw. A penalty shootout was required to break the deadlock and he missed the sixth penalty shot for Japan. Japan lost the shootout and finished 4th in the tournament.[2]
He moved to F.C. Tokyo in 2008.
Honors and awards
Teams
- Jef United Chiba
- J. League Cup : 2005, 2006
- F.C. Tokyo
- J. League Cup : 2009
Club Team Career Statistics
Last update: 28 January 2010
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Total 1999 University of Tsukuba - - 1 0 - 1 0 2000 - 2 0 - 2 0 2002 JEF United Ichihara
/JEF United Ichihara ChibaJ. League Division 1 23 2 4 0 5 0 32 2 2003 25 6 3 1 2 0 30 7 2004 25 1 0 0 6 0 31 1 2005 31 2 1 0 10 2 42 4 2006 32 7 1 0 4 0 37 7 2007 29 6 1 0 4 1 34 7 2008 F.C. Tokyo 27 1 3 0 4 0 34 1 2009 34 2 3 0 8 0 45 2 2010 Career total 226 27 19 1 43 3 288 31 National team career Statistics
Japan national team Year Apps Goals 2006 5 0 2007 7 0 2008 5 0 Total 17 0 Appearances in major competitions
Year Competition Category Appearances Goals Team Record Start Sub 2006 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification Senior 1 3 0 Qualified 2007 2007 AFC Asian Cup Senior 0 5 0 4th place External links
References
Japan squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup Fourth Place 
F.C. Tokyo – current squad 1 Shiota · 2 Tokunaga · 3 Morishige · 4 Takahashi · 6 Konno · 7 Yonemoto · 8 Matsushita · 9 Roberto Cesar · 10 Kajiyama · 11 Suzuki · 13 Hirayama · 14 Nakamura · 15 Hiramatsu · 16 Roberto · 17 Nagasato · 18 Ishikawa · 20 Gonda · 21 Hironaga · 22 Hanyu · 26 Abe · 27 Tanabe · 29 Yoshimoto · 30 Takamatsu · 31 Tokizawa · 32 Uesato · 33 Mukuhara · 34 Nagira · 35 Shimoda · 36 North · 38 Sakata · 39 Yazawa · 49 Lucas · Manager: Okuma
Categories:- Japanese footballers
- J. League players
- JEF United Ichihara Chiba players
- F.C. Tokyo players
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Japan international footballers
- 2007 AFC Asian Cup players
- People from Chiba (city)
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