Seigo Narazaki

Seigo Narazaki (Japanese楢 崎 正 刚Narazaki Seigo; born April 15, 1976 in Kashiba, Nara Prefecture) is a Japanese football player. He plays the position of goalkeeper. His employer in the Japanese J- League is the club Nagoya Grampus.

Career

Narazaki played in youth for the Kashibashi Junior High School and the Nara Ikuei High School. After his graduation, he began his professional career in 1995 at the J.League club Yokohama wing and sat down in his first season as goalkeeper by. The following year he received his first invitation to the national team and celebrated two years later, on 15 February 1998 against Australia his international debut after he had contributed much in his club to win the Japanese cup competition.

When the Yokohama wing were dissolved in 1999, he moved to Nagoya Grampus, with whom he again won the Emperor's Cup in the first year. Four times he was elected to the J.League in the best eleven of the season, also Narazaki is the first goalkeeper of the highest Japanese league, which reached the mark of 100 games without conceding a goal.

The experienced goalkeeper was both the second place in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2001 and the profit of the AFC Asian Cup three years later in goal for the Japanese national team. He delivered a long time with Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi a duel to the number one in the Japanese goal. While Kawaguchi received in France in 1998 and was preferred in Germany in 2006, was Narazaki, since 1997 is the main goalkeeper basically, at the World Cup FIFA World Cup 2002 between the post and denied both the three group games, as well as the second round against Turkey. At the 2006 World Cup, he had, however, make Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi space. After the coaching change Narazaki was not appointed until 2009 in the squad. He is currently the number two in the team.

In the 2010 season he errung the championship with his team and was named Footballer of the Year of the J. League.

Achievements

Association

  • Emperor's Cup winner: 1998
  • Emperor's Cup winner: 1999
  • Japanese champion: 2010

National

  • Second at the FIFA Confederations Cup: 2001
  • Asian champions: 2004

Awards

  • J. League Best Eleven: 1996, 1998, 2003, 2008
  • J. League Player of the Year: 2010
J. League Division 1 Mitsuo Ogasawara
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