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Eiji Kawashima

Personal information
Full name	Eiji Kawashima
Date of birth	(1983-03-20) March 20, 1983 (age 29)
Place of birth	Yono, Saitama, Japan
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Lierse
Number	1
Youth career
1995–1997	Yononishi Junior High School
1998–2000	Urawa Higashi High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2003	Omiya Ardija	41	(0)
2004–2006	Nagoya Grampus Eight	17	(0)
2007–2010	Kawasaki Frontale	113	(0)
2010–	Lierse	44	(0)
National team‡
2002–2003	Japan U-20	13	(0)
2008–	Japan	30	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 May 2012

Eiji Kawashima (川島 永嗣, Kawashima Eiji^?, born March 20, 1983 in Yono, Saitama) is a Japanese goalkeeper currently playing for Lierse S.K..

Club Career[link]

Turned professional before[link]

Childhood to learn the basics in the local Junior football sport Yahata WELL. That was aspiring goalkeeper from that time. Yono west junior high school is chosen for the selection, Saitama Prefecture, Germany and the Netherlands have made ​​an expedition to experience. Then east Urawa, Saitama high school and then go on to, during the three years championship - national polity - whole high school that participated in all three major national convention and high school football. School grades are excellent, from the surrounding university had been advised to enroll, decided to get along in a professional. But local Urawa Red Diamonds selection is rejected. Another is a local club and then Omiya Ardija decision to join. I decided to acquire the Kawashima was the job of general manager at that time enhanced with Omiya Norio Sasaki (after Japan women's national soccer coach is).

Omiya Ardija[link]

As soon he joined Omiya, Kawashima went overseas to train with Serie A club Parma, and also trained in Italy in January 2001 which ^[1] the clubs to participate in the study, young athletes to compete in "Vignola tournament." The team won, Kawashima himself was elected the best goalkeeper.

Nagoya Grampus[link]

2004 moved from in the story, but multiple microcomputer, a representative of Japan dared Seigo Narazaki have Nagoya Grampus moved to. Narazaki was a stronghold of the mature period of the carrier is tough and continued to live with day-to-day ahead, as a result but the Athens Olympics from representative members of the outside. After the transfer Nagoya had a limited chance to play, such as cup, 2006, in UNICEF-Feruhosen in Nagoya off to a fresh start under new coach, in 2005 the starting lineup on behalf of the Narasaki was injured late in the season. Fierce fighting continued even after regular Narazaki returns. 10 league games this season as a result, J League Cup played in four games. Although a positive seat of GK did not Steal, the appeal was again the height of their abilities.

Kawasaki Frontale[link]

2006 off 2007 season in the AFC Champions League declined to participate in Kawasaki Frontale from receiving the love calls of acquisition, 150 million yen and Kawasaki's club at the time the highest amount ever transfer fee were transferred in full. Showed a more than make up for the position he continues to play a full game from the start of the season all positive as GK, were seen as a weakness of Kawasaki until then.

Lierse S.K.[link]

Following his impressive performance at the World Cup, Kawashima move to Europe by joining a Belgian side Lierse S.K..^{[2] [3]} Following his move to Belgium, Kawashima saying "After I experienced the World Cup, I thought that putting myself in a more competitive environment is the only way I can get better." Kawashima on his move. At Lierse, Kawashima was appointed as GK positive from the opening round, the team was stand in the midst of strife demotion always not blessed with win people in, and suffer a conceded mass every game, the final section Club Bruges in the war, without conceding a goal that have contributed to the residual part of the Riruse he kept to show, the first year was promoted in the reverse, was elected to the team MVP pick of the supporters of Lierse. ^{[4] [5]}

Chanting Incident[link]

In an incident on 19 August 2011, Kawashima was verbally abused and taunted by fans of Germinal Beerschot in a match against Lierse S.K.. Lierse was leading by a goal when Beerschot fans threw a projectile in the direction of Kawashima before insulting him with chants of "Kawashima-Fukushima!" in reference to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. The referee, after being confronted by Kawashima, brought the match to a halt for several minutes until order was restored. Kawashima spoke on the incident, stating "I can pass on many things, but not that. This is not funny. Using the drama of Fukushima in this manner is not at all funny." After the match had ended in a 1-1 draw, Kawashima left the pitch in tears, visibly upset at the insults received from the Beerschot fans.^[6]

In response to their fans' abuse, Beerschot released a club statement where they outlined their stance on the incident. "Our fans have crossed a thin line where a bit of fun turns into something serious. The chants aimed at Lierse goalkeeper Kawashima were offensive and completely out of order", the statement said. However, the statement continued by claiming Kawashima was also culpable for the incident as he provoked the fans. "The Lierse shot-stopper also took part in this as he provoked the Beerschot fans with offensive gestures and facial expressions. Our own goalkeeper Stijn Stijnen on the other hand never reacted to abusive chants and insults from the Lierse faithful." Nonetheless, Beerschot further emphasized that it is completely unacceptable to assert insults of this nature.^[7] This led Beerschot fined The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) 30,000 Swiss francs (2.7 million yen/US$34,920) and RBFA officials apologized to Kawashima and Japanese Ambassador to Belgium Atsushi Yokota over the incident.^[8] In contrast, the club Lierse protests Association football.^[9] , that caused the uproar is Geruminaru posted an apology in Japanese official HP ^[10] , in 22 September, apologized to the president directly Kawashima Fanopen of Geruminaru The.^{[11] [12]}

Was appointed captain of the Riruse from October 2011. 2011-12 season will contribute to the residual part of the team for the second consecutive year as the key to the defense all game played full 36 game against the League Cup, and also dramatically reduce the number of runs was the worst league season before ^[13] was elected to the team MVP, two seasons in a row.^[14]

International Career[link]

Kawashima was selected for the 2010 FIFA World Cup squad and was expected to back up Seigo Narazaki who had impressed in the qualifiers. But he started in goal for Japan in a friendly against England on 30 May 2010 and produced numerous saves to keep England goalless for most of the game. He denied Frank Lampard twice, including a penalty kick, and a shot by Wayne Rooney before eventually being beaten by two own goals. He was subsequently selected to play in Japan's first Group E game against Cameroon on 14 June 2010 and was impressive as Japan recorded their first World Cup win on foreign soil with a 1-0 margin. On 19 June 2010, he started against the Netherlands, but was responsible for the Dutch winner as he deflected a shot from Wesley Sneijder into his own net to condemn Japan to a 1-0 defeat. Five days later he played against Denmark and was instrumental in Japan's passage in to the last 16 with a 3-1 win, unluckily denied a clean sheet from the rebound after saving goalscorer Jon Dahl Tomasson's penalty. On 29 June 2010 he kept a clean sheet against Paraguay in the last 16 clash which went to penalties, but was unable to save a single spot-kick as the South Americans won 5-3.

On 13 January 2011, Kawashima was sent off (for causing a penalty) in the group stage match against Syria at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, but Japan went on to win the game 2:1. On 26 January 2011, Kawashima saved two of the penalties that Korea shot in the semi-finals in the Penalty Shoot out. On 29 January 2011, Kawashima kept a clean sheet and was chosen as Man of the Match in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup Final.

Career statistics[link]

Club[link]

Statistics accurate as of match played 7 May 2011^[15][16]

¹Includes Emperor's Cup and Belgian Cup.

²Includes J. League Cup.

³Includes AFC Champions League.

⁴Includes Belgian Pro League Play-offs.

International[link]

As of 7 June 2011

Appearances in major competitions[link]

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
			Start	Sub
Japan	2002 AFC Youth Championship	U-19	6	0	0	2nd place
Japan	2003 FIFA World Youth Championship	U-20	5	0	0	Quarterfinals
Japan	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Senior	2	0	0	Qualified
Japan	2010 FIFA World Cup	Senior	4	0	0	Round of 16
Japan	2011 AFC Asian Cup	Senior	5	0	0	Champions

Awards and honours[link]

Japan[link]

• AFC Asian Cup: 1

2011

• Afro-Asian Cup of Nations: 1

2007

• Kirin Cup: 3

2007, 2008, 2009

Individual[link]

• AFC U-19 Championship Best Eleven: 1

2002

• J. League Best Eleven: 1

2009

• J. League Fair Play Award: 1

2009

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official site (Japanese)
• Eiji Kawashima – FIFA competition record
• Eiji Kawashima at National-Football-Teams.com
• Eiji Kawashima at Lierse S.K. official site

Japan Squad v t e Japan squad – 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship 1 Kawashima 2 Tokunaga 3 Kakuda 4 Kikuchi 5 Nagata 6 Konno 7 Naruoka 8 Kobayashi 9 Mogi 10 Sakata 11 Abe 12 Okamoto 13 Kondo 14 Yamagishi 15 Suzuki 16 Kurihara 17 Unozawa 18 Yazawa 19 Hirayama 20 Yamaguchi Coach: Okuma v t e Japan squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup Fourth Place 1 Kawaguchi (c) 2 Konno 3 Komano 5 Tsuboi 6 Abe 7 Endō 8 Hanyu 9 Yamagishi 10 S. Nakamura 11 Satō 12 Maki 13 Suzuki 14 K. Nakamura 15 Mizuno 18 Narazaki 19 Takahara 20 Yano 21 Kaji 22 Nakazawa 23 Kawashima 24 Hashimoto 28 Ota 29 Inoha Coach: Osim v t e Japan squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Narazaki 2 Abe 3 Komano 4 Túlio 5 Nagatomo 6 Uchida 7 Endo 8 Matsui 9 Okazaki 10 S. Nakamura 11 Tamada 12 Yano 13 Iwamasa 14 K. Nakamura 15 Konno 16 Ōkubo 17 Hasebe 18 Honda 19 Morimoto 20 Inamoto 21 Kawashima 22 Nakazawa 23 Kawaguchi (c) Coach: Okada v t e Japan squad – 2011 AFC Asian Cup Champions (4th Title) 1 Kawashima 2 Inoha 3 Iwamasa 4 Konno 5 Nagatomo 6 Uchida 7 Endō 8 Matsui 9 Okazaki 10 Kagawa 11 Maeda 12 Moriwaki 13 Hosogai 14 Fujimoto 15 T. Honda 16 Kashiwagi 17 Hasebe (c) 18 K. Honda 19 Lee 20 Nagata 21 Nishikawa 22 Yoshida 23 Gonda Coach: Zaccheroni

Yuto Nagatomo

Playing for Internazionale in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Yuto Nagatomo
Date of birth	(1986-09-12) 12 September 1986 (age 25)
Place of birth	Ehime, Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Full Back
Club information
Current club	Internazionale
Number	55
Youth career
2002-2004	Higashi Fukuoka High School
2005-2007	Meiji University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2008-2010	F.C. Tokyo	72	(5)
2010-2011	Cesena	16	(0)
2011-	Internazionale	48	(4)
National team‡
2008-	Japan	46	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 February 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 May 2012

Yuto Nagatomo (長友 佑都, Nagatomo Yūto^?, born September 12, 1986) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Internazionale.

Career[link]

Japan era[link]

Nagatomo playing for FC Tokyo in 2009

Nagatomo's grandfather Yoshida Tatsuo and Tatsuo's brother Minoru were famed professional bicycle racers who competed in Keirin. Nagatomo started playing football in kindergarten. He failed to join the Ehime F.C. junior youth team and continued to play in Saijo Kita Junior High School and later moved to Fukuoka and joined Higashi Fukuoka High School. His team played at the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament. He attended Meiji University. In 2006, at the university football club he was moved to full-back and started to distinguish himself. He was quickly chosen for the All Japan University XI and represented Japan at the 2007 Universiade held in Bangkok.

In 2007, Nagatomo was chosen as one of the Designated Players for Development by J. League and JFA. With this status, he was able to register as a J. League club player while he was still eligible to play for his university. He played one J. League Cup game for F.C. Tokyo that season. He also played for Japan's U-22 team in the Olympic qualfiers.

Nagatomo officially signed with F.C. Tokyo in 2008,^[1] while at Meiji. Five months later, he earned his first international cap on 24 May 2008 in a friendly against Côte d'Ivoire. His first international goal was scored in a friendly against Syria held on 13 November 2008. Nagatomo was also a member of the Japan U-21 team for the 2008 Summer Olympics finals. Nagatomo made 84 appearances in his four years at FC Tokyo.

Cesena[link]

In July 2010, Nagatomo was signed on loan by the Italian Serie A side A.C. Cesena, where he played the first half of the season as Cesena's starting left back.^[2][3] Before moving to Italy, Nagatomo gave a speech to 25,000 supporters just after the match involving F.C. Tokyo and Vissel Kobe on 17 July 2010.

Internazionale[link]

Due to his impressive performances for both Cesena and Japan in the 2011 Asian Cup, he was fully signed by Cesena in January 2011.^[4] But before making any league appearances was sent straight out on loan to Inter Milan in exchange for Davide Santon also on loan, becoming the first Japanese player in Inter's history.^[5][6]

Nagatomo made his debut for Inter wearing the number 55 shirt on 6 February 2011, replacing Wesley Sneijder in the Serie A match against AS Roma, which Inter won 5-3. In the following game, Nagatomo came on as a late substitute against Juventus. Nagatomo then started in both of the following games against Fiorentina and Cagliari.

Nagatomo has shown his versatility by playing right back against Sampdoria on the 27 February 2011, and finishing the whole 90 minutes.^[7] On 6 March 2011, Nagatomo scored his first goal for Inter in the 5-2 trashing against Genoa from a Kharja assist with a swivel and a finish into the roof of the net.

On 15 March, to show solidarity with his home country during an awful time he paraded the Japanese flag (with the writing "You'll Never Walk Alone") around the pitch during a Champions League match against Bayern Munich.^[8] Inter have drawn German club side Schalke 04 in the quarter-finals of 2010-11 UEFA Champions League. Nagatomo, along with international teammate Atsuto Uchida who plays for Schalke both became the second and third Japanese footballer to play in the quarter-finals of UEFA Champions league (Keisuke Honda was the first playing for CSKA Moscow during 2009-2010 season). After the Serie A season was over, Internazionale had an agreement with A.C. Cesena for make a permanent move for Yuto in a cash plus player exchange deal. Nagatomo was valued €10.95 million,^[9] however part of the fee was paid via half of the registration rights of Luca Garritano (€700,000)^[9] and Luca Caldirola

2010 FIFA World Cup[link]

He was called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup for Japan, and was named in Arsenal coach Arsène Wenger's best XI of the tournament.^[10]

Career statistics[link]

Club[link]

Statistics accurate as of match played 12 February 2012^[11][12]

¹Includes Emperor's Cup and Coppa Italia.

²Includes J. League Cup.

³Includes UEFA Champions League.

International[link]

Nagatomo playing for Japan in 2009

As of 11 October 2011

National team Year Apps Goals Japan U23 2007 1 1 2008 5 0 Total 6 1 Japan 2008 7 1 2009 11 2 2010 16 0 2011 10 0 2012 2 0 Total 46 3

International appearances and goals # Date Venue Opponent Result Goal Competition 2007 6 June National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Malaysia U22 3–1 1 2008 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22 2008 27 March National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo  Angola 1–1 0 Friendly[13] / Japan U23 1. 24 May Toyota Stadium, Toyota  Côte d'Ivoire 1–0 0 2008 Kirin Cup 2. 27 May Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama  Paraguay 0–0 0 2008 Kirin Cup 3. 2 June International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama  Oman 3–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 24 July Home's Stadium Kobe, Hyogo Australia U23 (Olympic) 2–1 0 Friendly[14] / Japan U23 (Olympic) 29 July National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Argentine U23 (Olympic) 0–1 0 Friendly[15] / Japan U23 (Olympic) 7 August Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin United States U23 (Olympic) 0–1 0 2008 Summer Olympics / Japan U23 (Olympic) 13 August Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Netherlands U23 (Olympic) 0–1 0 2008 Summer Olympics / Japan U23 (Olympic) 4. 20 August Sapporo Dome, Sapporo  Uruguay 1–3 0 Friendly 5. 9 October Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium, Niigata  United Arab Emirates 1–1 0 Friendly 6. 13 November Home's Stadium Kobe, Kobe  Syria 3–1 1 Friendly 7. 19 November Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha  Qatar 3–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 2009 8. 28 January Bahrain National Stadium, Isa Town  Bahrain 0–1 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification 9. 4 February National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo  Finland 5–1 0 Friendly 10. 11 February International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama  Australia 0–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 11. 28 March Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama  Bahrain 1–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 12. 31 May National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo  Belgium 4–0 1 2009 Kirin Cup 13. 6 June Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent  Uzbekistan 1–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 14. 17 June Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne  Australia 1–2 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 15. 5 September FC Twente stadium, Enschede  Netherlands 0–3 0 Friendly 16. 9 September Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht  Ghana 4–3 0 Friendly 17. 8 October Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira, Shizuoka  Hong Kong 6–0 1 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification 18. 14 October Miyagi Stadium, Miyagi  Togo 5–0 0 Friendly 2010 19. 2 February Kyushu Oil Dome, Ōita  Venezuela 0–0 0 Friendly 20. 6 February Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo  China PR 0–0 0 2010 East Asian Football Championship 21. 14 February National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo  South Korea 1–3 0 2010 East Asian Football Championship 22. 3 March Toyota Stadium, Toyota  Bahrain 2–0 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification 23. 7 April Nagai Stadium, Osaka  Serbia 0–3 0 Friendly 24. 24 May Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama  South Korea 0–2 0 Friendly 25. 30 May UPC-Arena, Graz  England 1–2 0 Friendly 26. 4 June Stade Tourbillon, Sion  Côte d'Ivoire 0–2 0 Friendly 27. 14 June Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein  Cameroon 1–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup 28. 19 June Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban  Netherlands 0–1 0 2010 FIFA World Cup 29. 24 June Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg  Denmark 3–1 0 2010 FIFA World Cup 30. 29 June Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria  Paraguay 0–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup 31. 4 September International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama  Paraguay 1–0 0 Friendly 32. 7 September Nagai Stadium, Osaka  Guatemala 2–1 0 Friendly 33. 8 October Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama  Argentina 1–0 0 Friendly 34. 12 October Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul  South Korea 0–0 0 Friendly 2011 35. 9 January Qatar SC Stadium, Doha  Jordan 1–1 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup 36. 13 January Qatar SC Stadium, Doha  Syria 2–1 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup 37. 17 January Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan  Saudi Arabia 5–0 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup 38. 21 January Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha  Qatar 3–2 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup 39. 25 January Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha  South Korea 2–2 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup 40. 29 January Khalifa International Stadium, Doha  Australia 1–0 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup 　 29 March Nagai Stadium, Osaka Selection of J. League 2–1 0 Tōhoku Earthquake Charity Match[16] 41. 1 June Niigata Stadium, Niigata  Peru 0–0 0 2011 Kirin Cup 42. 7 June International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama  Czech Republic 0–0 0 2011 Kirin Cup 43. 7 October Home's Stadium Kobe, Kobe  Vietnam 1–0 0 Friendly 44. 11 October Nagai Stadium, Osaka  Tajikistan 8–0 0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification