Naoki Matsuda (松田 直樹, Matsuda Naoki^?, 14 March 1977 – 4 August 2011) was a Japanese footballer who played as a central defender.

Football career[link]

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[link]

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[link]

Club[link]

National team[link]

International goals[link]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	29 January 2005	Yokohama, Japan	Kazakhstan	4–0	Win	Friendly

Honors[link]

Club[link]

• J. League Division 1: 1995, 2003, 2004
• J. League Cup: 2001

Country[link]

• FIFA Confederations Cup: Runner-up 2001
• AFC Asian Cup: 2000, 2004

Individual[link]

• J. League Division 1: Best Eleven 2000, 2002

References[link]

External links[link]

• Yokohama Marinos profile (Japanese)
• Naoki Matsuda at National-Football-Teams.com

Naoki Matsuda international tournaments v t e Japan squad – 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship 1 Ito 2 Osada 3 Matsuda 4 Suzuki 5 Miyamoto 6 Hashimoto 7 Yoshida 8 Ichiki 9 Sakai 10 Zaizen 11 Nakata 12 Kobari 13 Ishimoto 14 Funakoshi 15 Saeki 16 Fujita 17 Toda 18 Kajikawa Coach: Komine v t e Japan squad – 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship 1 Honda 2 Akiba 3 Omori 4 Morioka 5 Matsuda 6 Yamada 7 Kumagai 8 Otsuka 9 Yasunaga 10 Ito 11 Oki 12 Yamanishi 13 Hagimura 14 Yabuta 15 Nakata 16 Suzuki 17 Oku 18 Shimoda Coach: Tanaka v t e Japan squad – 1996 Summer Olympics 1 Kawaguchi 2 Shirai 3 Suzuki 4 Hironaga 5 Tanaka 6 Hattori 7 Maezono 8 Ito 9 Jo 10 Endō 11 Morioka 12 Uemura 13 Matsuda 14 Nakata 15 Akiba 16 Matsubara 17 Michiki 18 Shimoda Coach: Nishino v t e Japan squad – 2000 Summer Olympics 1 Narazaki 2 Nakazawa 3 Matsuda 4 Morioka 5 Miyamoto 6 Inamoto 7 H. Nakata 8 Myojin 9 Hirase 10 Nakamura 11 Miura 12 Sakai 13 Yanagisawa 14 Motoyama 15 Nishi 16 K. Nakata 17 Takahara 18 Tsuzuki Coach: Troussier v t e Japan squad – 2000 AFC Asian Cup Champions (2nd Title) 1 Kawaguchi 3 Matsuda 4 Morioka 6 Hattori 8 Mochizuki 9 Nishizawa 10 Nanami 11 Miura 12 Morishima 13 Yanagisawa 14 Nakamura 15 Oku 17 Inamoto 19 Kubo 20 Takakuwa 21 Shimoda 22 Nakazawa 24 Myojin 26 Kaimoto 27 Kitajima 29 Takahara 30 Ono Coach: Troussier v t e Japan squad – 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-Up 1 Kawaguchi 2 Uemura 3 Matsuda 4 Morioka (c) 5 Inamoto 6 Hattori 7 H. Nakata 8 Morishima 9 Nishizawa 10 Miura 11 Nakayama 12 Narazaki 13 Yamashita 14 Ito 15 Fujita 16 K. Nakata 17 Myojin 18 Toda 19 Kubo 20 Hato 21 Ono 22 Suzuki 23 Tsuzuki Coach: Troussier v t e Japan squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Kawaguchi 2 Akita 3 Matsuda 4 Morioka (c) 5 Inamoto 6 Hattori 7 H. Nakata 8 Morishima 9 Nishizawa 10 Nakayama 11 Suzuki 12 Narazaki 13 Yanagisawa 14 Alex 15 Fukunishi 16 K. Nakata 17 Miyamoto 18 Ono 19 Ogasawara 20 Myojin 21 Toda 22 Ichikawa 23 Sogahata Coach: Troussier v t e Japan squad – 2004 AFC Asian Cup Champions (3rd Title) 1 Narazaki 3 Tanaka 4 Endō 5 Miyamoto (c) 6 Nakata 8 Ogasawara 10 Nakamura 11 Suzuki 12 Doi 14 Alex 15 Fukunishi 16 Fujita 17 Miura 18 Matsuda 19 Motoyama 20 Tamada 21 Kaji 22 Nakazawa 23 Kawaguchi 24 Nishi 25 Chano 26 Yamada Coach: Zico

Guty Espadas Jr.
Statistics
Real name	Gustavo Espinosa Espadas Jr.
Nickname(s)	Guty
Rated at	Light Welterweight Lightweight Super Featherweight Featherweight
Height	5 ft 11 in (182 cm)
Reach	73 in (185 cm)
Nationality	Mexican
Born	(1974-09-02) September 2, 1974 (age 37) Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	53
Wins	45
Wins by KO	28
Losses	8
Draws	0
No contests	0

Gustavo Espinosa Espadas Jr. (born September 2, 1974 in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico) is a Mexican boxer in the Featherweight division. He is the former WBC Featherweight Champion and the son of former WBA Flyweight Champion, Guty Espadas.

Pro career[link]

Espadas Jr. turned pro in 1992.

WBC Featherweight Championship[link]

In 2000 won the Vacant WBC Featherweight Championship by winning a technical decision over Luisito Espinosa in the 11th round. He defended the belt once before losing a close decision to Erik Morales in 2001.

In 2003 he rematched Morales but was knocked out in the 3rd round.

He announced his retirement after sustaining a 2nd round knockout loss to Rocky Juarez in 2004, only to come out of it in 2007 by beating Moises Perez twice in the same year.

Personal life[link]

Espadas's father, Guty Espadas, was the WBA Flyweight Champion during the 1970s.

See also[link]

• Notable boxing families
• List of WBC world champions
• List of featherweight boxing champions

External links[link]

• Professional boxing record for Guty Espadas, Jr. from BoxRec

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Guty Espadas
Statistics
Real name	Gustavo Hernan Espadas Cruz
Nickname(s)	Puro Yucatán
Rated at	Lightweight Featherweight Super Bantamweight Flyweight
Nationality	Mexican
Born	(1954-12-20) December 20, 1954 (age 57) Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	50
Wins	39
Wins by KO	28
Losses	6
Draws	5
No contests	0

Guty Espadas (born December 20, 1954 Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico) was a Mexican professional boxer who won the World Boxing Council Flyweight Championship.^[1] He is also the Father of former World Champion Guty Espadas Jr.

Early life[link]

He was born to Hernan Espadas Cruz and Isabel Cruz Espadas.

Professional career[link]

He became a professional boxer in 1971.

WBC Flyweight Championship[link]

He won the WBC Flyweight Championship on October 2, 1976, when he knocked out Alfonso Lopez in thirteen rounds. He defended the title four times before losing it to Betulio González on August 12, 1978, via a fifteen-round majority decision. He challenged twice more for world titles, although he was unsuccessful in both tries. After his final try, a tenth-round knockout loss to Payao Poontarat in 1984, he retired.

Personal life[link]

His son, Guty Espadas Jr., was a boxing champion in the Featherweight division.

See also[link]

• Notable boxing families
• List of WBC world champions
• List of flyweight boxing champions

References[link]

External links[link]

• Professional boxing record for Guty Espadas from BoxRec

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