Naoki Matsuda

Naoki Matsuda (Japanese松田 直树Naoki Matsuda; born March 14, 1977 in Kiryu, † August 4, 2011 in Matsumoto ) was a Japanese football player. Finally, the defenders stood by Matsumoto Yamaga FC under contract.

  • 2.1 national team

Career

Association

Matsuda was formed in the footballing Maebashi Ikuei High School, before he was admitted into the professional squad of Yokohama F. Marinos 1995. Since then he has developed into one of the role models of the association. Among his greatest achievements include the profits of the J. League in 1995, 2003 and 2004 and the national Cup 2001. Between 2000 and 2002 he was also elected to the Best Eleven, a selection of the best players of last season. Matsuda regular part of the permanent staff of his club and completed apart from 1998 and 2007 still twenty-five or more appearances for the Marinos. Also the meantime, he was promoted to captain of his team. Overall, Matsuda ran on 385 times in 15 years for the Yokohama F. Marinos.

On August 2, 2011 Matsuda collapsed during training and was admitted to the hospital unconscious. Two days later he died of a heart attack.

With nearly 500 appearances for Yokohama F. Marinos Matsuda established the club record and is well ahead of Yoshiharu Ueno ( 393 games) and Norio Omura (311 games), subsequent to the second and third places. (As of December 2009)

National

Matsuda took the colors of the Japanese national team for the first time at the Summer Olympics in 1996. Previously, he played for the junior teams of his native country. In 1993 he was in the squad at the U- 17 World Cup in which he came to four inserts. 1995 played the defensive player with the U-20s at the World Cup in Qatar. Four years later he received his first call-up for the senior national team and played with this at the Asian Championship in 2000 in Lebanon. There he came in three games for use. His debut at the Asian Cup was the defender on 14 October 2000 at the 4-1 win against Saudi Arabia. Nevertheless, he had to vacate his seat for the next two group matches and the quarter-finals. Only in the semi-finals and eventually the finals for the title Matsuda was back in action. The final, again against Saudi Arabia, won the Japanese 1-0, so the defensive player was able to celebrate his first major success in the national jersey. The following year, Matsuda was part of the banns of coach Philippe Troussier at the Confederations Cup in 2001. Japan also managed here to the finals. Matsuda, with four inserts of a possible five, was in the 0-1 final defeat by France in the star formation his association and graduated from the full time. In 2002, the defender was renominated by Troussier to participate in the World Cup at home. Together with Tsuneyasu Miyamoto and Koji Nakata made ​​Matsuda defensive of his team. Once you mastered the preliminary round as group winners, the team failed in the late third-placed Turkey 0-1 in the second round. Matsuda was next to Koji Nakata and Seigo Narazaki the only player who missed the World Cup not a minute of his team. Two years later the defender was again included in the squad for the Asia Cup. In China, the team managed to defend his title. However, Matsuda only came in the quarterfinals against Jordan for a short stint, as he came off the bench in extra time in the 115th minute for Makoto Tanaka. Since 2005, Matsuda found no more consideration for the national team. 2000, 2001 and 2002 he played with Japan in the competition for the Kirin Cup, which was won in 2000 and 2001.

Achievements

National

  • Asia Cup: 2000, 2004
  • Kirin Cup: 2000, 2001

Individually

  • Best Eleven ( a member of the best team in the J.League ): 2000, 2002
Matsumoto, Nagano Defender (association football)
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