Tsuneyasu Miyamoto

Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (宮本 恒靖, Miyamoto Tsuneyasu, born February 7, 1977) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
宮本 恒靖

Personal information
Full name	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Date of birth	February 7, 1977
Place of birth	Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1992–1994	Gamba Osaka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–2006	Gamba Osaka	295	(7)
2007–2008	Red Bull Salzburg	21	(0)
2009–2011	Vissel Kobe	42	(1)
Total		358	(8)
National team
1993	Japan U-17	4	(0)
1997	Japan U-20	5	(0)
2000	Japan U-23	1	(0)
2000–2006	Japan	71	(3)
Teams managed
2017–2018	Gamba Osaka U-23
2018–	Gamba Osaka
Honours Gamba Osaka Winner J1 League 2005 Runner-up J.League Cup 2005 Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2006 Representing  Japan AFC Asian Cup 2004 China
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

A central defender, Miyamoto went on to make 71 international appearances and led the Japan national team in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups as well as the 2004 Asian Cup.[1] Miyamoto also captained Gamba Osaka during their 2005 J1 League championship season.

He is also a graduate of the 13th edition of FIFA Master.[2]

Club career

Miyamoto was born in Tondabayashi on February 7, 1977. He joined Gamba Osaka from youth team in 1995. He also continued to study at Doshisha University well into his professional career, graduating and finishing his studies. Miyamoto speaks fluent English, with a little French also in his canon, after spending time with Gamba teammates Claude Dambury and Patrick M'Boma in the past, as well as coach Frédéric Antonetti. While in Austria, he studied German.

Initially, Miyamoto had few opportunities to play as defender, he also played defensive midfielder. From late 1990s, he played as central defender. While he was the de facto team captain of Gamba Osaka in 2004, Gamba's coach was unhappy at the time spent with the national team by Miyamoto and handed the captaincy of Gamba to Satoshi Yamaguchi. Miyamoto continued to captain Japan for a while, ironically, often sitting on the bench for Gamba Osaka. But his professionalism shone through, and he took it all in stride. In 2005, the club won 2005 J1 League. With Ivica Osim taking over the national team from Zico in 2006, Japan saw a clean sweep and Miyamoto was one of many who had probably played his last game for the Japan national team.

In December 2006, Miyamoto signed for 1 season with Red Bull Salzburg with an option for another season.[3] In December 2007, he signed a new deal with the Austrian club through 2009.[4]

On, 15 January 2009, he signed for Vissel Kobe.[5] In 2009, he became a captain and played as center-back and defensive midfielder. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2010. On 19 December 2011, Vissel Kobe centre-back Tsuneyasu Miyamoto confirmed his retirement in a press conference on Monday afternoon in Kobe, Japan.[6]

National team career

Miyamoto played for Japan U-17 national team in the 1993 U-17 World Championship and Japan U-20 national team in the 1997 World Youth Championship. He played full-time in all matches in both tournaments. In September 2000, he was also selected Japan U-23 national team for 2000 Summer Olympics.

On June 18, 2000, Miyamoto debuted for Japan national team against Bolivia. As a centre back, he served as captain for Japan in the 2002 World Cup, after an injury to Ryuzo Morioka, who had begun the tournament as captain. He then continued to captain his country through the 2004 Asian Cup and the 2006 World Cup.[7] At 2004 Asian Cup, he played full-time in all 6 matches and Japan won the champions. At 2006 World Cup, he played the first two group matches of the cup, but was suspended for the third and last match against Brazil after he received yellow cards against Australia and Croatia. Yuji Nakazawa wore the armband in his place. This competition was his last game for Japan. He played 71 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 2006.[8]

Coaching career

After retirement, Miyamoto started coaching career at Gamba Osaka in 2015. He became a manager for Gamba Osaka U-23 in 2017. On 23 July 2018, top team manager Levir Culpi was sacked when the club was at the 16th place of 18 clubs. Miyamoto was named new manager as Culpi successor.[9][10] Miyamoto raised Gamba to the 9th place in 2018 season.

Club statistics

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		League Cup		Asia		Total
1995	Gamba Osaka	J1 League	11	0	4	0	–		–		15	0
1996			13	0	2	0	7	0	–		22	0
1997			26	1	3	0	4	0	–		33	1
1998			32	0	1	0	4	0	–		37	0
1999			30	0	2	0	2	0	–		34	0
2000			29	0	0	0	4	0	–		33	0
2001			24	0	3	0	2	0	–		29	0
2002			20	1	2	0	2	0	–		24	1
2003			26	1	2	0	5	1	–		33	2
2004			24	0	1	0	0	0	–		25	0
2005			30	3	2	0	4	0	–		36	3
2006			30	1	5	0	0	0	5	1	40	2
Austria			League		Austrian Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
2006/07	Red Bull Salzburg	Bundesliga	9	0	1	0	–		0	0	10	0
2007/08			12	0	0	0	–		3	0	15	0
2008/09			0	0	2	0	–		0	0	2	0
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
2009	Vissel Kobe	J1 League	32	1	2	0	5	0	–		39	1
2010			6	0	2	0	4	0	–		12	0
2011			4	0	1	0	0	0	–		5	0
Total	Japan		337	8	32	0	43	1	5	1	417	10
	Austria		21	0	3	0	–		3	0	27	0
Career total			358	8	35	0	43	1	8	1	444	10

National team statistics

[8] [11] [12]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2000	2	0
2001	3	0
2002	11	0
2003	10	0
2004	19	2
2005	15	1
2006	11	0
Total	71	3

National team Career Stats

Major International Tournament Appearances

Year	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
			Start	Sub
1993	1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship	U-17	4	0	0	Quarterfinals
1997	1997 FIFA World Youth Championship	U-20	5	0	0	Quarterfinals
2000	2000 Olympics	U-23	1	0	0	Quarterfinals
2002	2002 FIFA World Cup	Senior	3	1	0	Round of 16
2003	2003 FIFA Confederations Cup	Senior	3	0	0	Round 1
2004	2004 AFC Asian Cup	Senior	6	0	0	Champion
2005	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup	Senior	3	0	0	Round 1
2004–2005	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Senior	12	0	1	Qualified
2006	2006 FIFA World Cup	Senior	2	0	0	Round 1
2006	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Senior	1	0	0	Qualified

Managerial statistics

Update; December 31, 2018[13]

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Gamba Osaka U-23	2017	2018	49	13	10	26	026.53
Gamba Osaka	2018	present	17	10	3	4	058.82
Total			66	23	13	30	034.85

Honors and awards

Individual Honors

• AFC Asian Cup Best Eleven: 2004
• J.League Manager of the Year: 2020

Team Honors

• AFC Asian Cup Champions: 2004
• J1 League Champions: 2005
• Austrian Bundesliga Champions: 2007
• Austrian Bundesliga Runner-up: 2008

References

1. "MIYAMOTO Tsuneyasu". Japan National Football Team Database.
2. "Miyamoto: Japan could be world champions within 20 years". FIFA.com. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
3. Red Bull Salzburg - Soccer
4. Miyamoto signs new contract | The Japan Times Online
5. "Miyamoto leaves Salzburg for Kobe". The Japan Times. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
6. Former Japan national team captain Tsuneyasu Miyamoto retires at 34
7. FIFA.com
8. Japan National Football Team Database
9. Gamba Osaka(in Japanese)
10. "Gamba Osaka hires Tsuneyasu Miyamoto after firing manger Levir Culpi". Japan Times. 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
11. "Tsuneyasu Miyamoto". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
12. RSSSF
13. Tsuneyasu Miyamoto at J.League (in Japanese)

External links

• Tsuneyasu Miyamoto – FIFA competition record
• Tsuneyasu Miyamoto at National-Football-Teams.com
• Japan National Football Team Database
• Player statistics at J.League (in Japanese)
• Manager statistics at J.League (in Japanese)