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Naoki Matsuda Personal information Full name Naoki Matsuda Date of birth 14 March 1977 Place of birth Kiryū, Japan Date of death 4 August 2011 (aged 34) Place of death Matsumoto, Japan Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Playing position Centre back Youth career 1992–1994 Maebashi Ikuei High School Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1995–2010 Yokohama Marinos 385 (17) 2011 Matsumoto Yamaga 15 (1) Total 400 (18) National team 2000–2005 Japan 40 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Naoki Matsuda (松田 直樹 Matsuda Naoki , 14 March 1977 – 4 August 2011) was a Japanese footballer who played as a central defender.
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Football career
Born in Kiryū, Gunma, Matsuda represented the Yokohama F. Marinos for the vast majority of his career, being promoted to the first team in 1995, at the age of 18. He scored his first goal for the club on September 30 of that year, at Mitsuzawa Stadium, and went on to appear in more than 500 official games for the Yokohama side, helping it to three J. League Division 1 titles.
Internationally, he represented Japan at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2002 FIFA World Cup, both played on home soil, and also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]
Death
In 2011, Matsuda signed with Matsumoto Yamaga FC, in the Japan Football League.
On 2 August, he collapsed during training due to a cardiac arrest after finishing a 15-minute warmup run, and doctors diagnosed his condition as "extremely severe".[2] Two days later, he died at the age of 34.[3]
Statistics
Club
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Asia Total 1995 Yokohama Marinos/
Yokohama F. MarinosJ. League 1 33 1 1 0 - - 34 1 1996 16 0 1 0 11 2 - 28 2 1997 31 2 2 0 6 0 - 39 2 1998 12 0 1 0 4 1 - 17 1 1999 27 0 3 0 2 0 - 32 0 2000 24 2 2 1 3 0 - 29 3 2001 29 0 1 0 9 0 - 39 0 2002 25 2 1 0 0 0 - 26 2 2003 20 0 0 0 5 0 - 25 0 2004 24 1 1 0 4 0 4 0 33 1 2005 27 1 1 0 4 1 4 0 36 2 2006 29 4 0 0 9 3 - 38 7 2007 8 1 2 0 5 0 - 15 1 2008 30 1 3 0 7 0 - 40 1 2009 31 1 3 0 10 2 - 44 3 2010 19 1 2 0 3 0 - 24 1 2011 Matsumoto Yamaga JFL 15 1 - - - 15 1 Country Japan 400 18 24 1 82 9 8 0 506 28 Total 400 18 24 1 82 9 8 0 506 28 National team
Japan national team Year Apps Goals 2000 14 0 2001 10 0 2002 12 0 2003 0 0 2004 3 0 2005 1 1 Total 40 1 International goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 29 January 2005 Yokohama, Japan Kazakhstan
4–0 Win Friendly Honors
Club
- J. League Division 1: 1995, 2003, 2004
- J. League Cup: 2001
Country
- FIFA Confederations Cup: Runner-up 2001
- AFC Asian Cup: 2000, 2004
Individual
- J. League Division 1: Best Eleven 2000, 2002
References
- ^ "Naoki Matsuda Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/naoki-matsuda-1.html. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
- ^ "Matsuda still in danger a day after cardiac arrest". Fox Soccer. 3 August 2011. http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/soccer/story/Former-Japan-defender-Naoki-Matsuda-collapses-31119364#ixzz1TscF6Qb4. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "Former Japan international Naoki Matsuda dies". Fox News Latino. 4 August 2011. http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/sports/2011/08/04/former-japan-international-matsuda-dies-kyodo/. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
External links
- Yokohama Marinos profile (Japanese)
- Naoki Matsuda at National-Football-Teams.com
GK: Daijiro Takakuwa · DF: Naoki Matsuda · DF: Yutaka Akita · DF: Hong Myung-Bo · MF: Tomokazu Myojin · MF: Shunsuke Nakamura · MF: Junichi Inamoto · MF: Hiroaki Morishima · FW: Tuto · FW: Masashi Nakayama · FW: Akinori NishizawaGK: Hitoshi Sogahata · DF: Hideto Suzuki · DF: Makoto Tanaka · DF: Naoki Matsuda · MF: Mitsuo Ogasawara · MF: Takashi Fukunishi · MF: Toshiya Fujita · MF: Hiroshi Nanami · FW: Emerson · FW: Naohiro Takahara · FW: Masashi NakayamaCategories:- 1977 births
- 2011 deaths
- People from Gunma Prefecture
- Japanese footballers
- Association football defenders
- J. League players
- Yokohama F. Marinos players
- Japan international footballers
- 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- 2000 AFC Asian Cup players
- 2004 AFC Asian Cup players
- AFC Asian Cup-winning players
- Olympic footballers of Japan
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Association football players who died while playing
- Cardiovascular disease deaths in Japan
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