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Yuji NAKAZAWAJapan
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Yuji NAKAZAWA

Yuji NAKAZAWA

JPN
  • Date of Birth: 25 February 1978
  • Height: 187 cm
  • Shirt number: 22
  • Position: Defender
  • Current club: Yokohama F Marinos (JPN)
  • International Caps: 109
  • International Goals: 17
  • First international: Japan - Iran (8 September 1999)

As one of Japan's all-time greats, with over a century of caps and bags of experience, captain Nakazawa is the lynchpin that holds the side together.

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Photos

  • Lucas Barrios of Paraguay tackles Yuji Nakazawa
  • Yuji Nakazawa of Japan is tackled by Rafael Van der Vaart of the Netherlands
  • Robin Van Persie of the Netherlands accidently hits Yuji Nakazawa of Japan
  • Yuji Nakazawa of Japan is tackled by Rafael Van der Vaart of the Netherlands
  • Japan's Yuji Nakazawa (22) and Daisuke Matsui (8) and Netherlands' Robin van Persie
  • Pierre Webo of Cameroon is challenged by Yuji Nakazawa of Japan

Fixtures and Results

First stage - Group E
14 June JPN1:0 (1:0)SummaryCMR
19 June NED1:0 (0:0)SummaryJPN
24 June DEN1:3 (0:2)SummaryJPN
Round of 16
29 June PAR0:0 a.e.t. 5:3 PSOSummaryJPN

Statistics

8.10
Matches Played4
Minutes played390
Goals for0
Yellow cards0
Red Cards0

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Squad List

Japan
  • 1 Seigo NARAZAKI
  • 21 Eiji KAWASHIMA
  • 23 Yoshikatsu KAWAGUCHI
  • 3 Yuichi KOMANO
  • 4 Marcus Tulio TANAKA
  • 5 Yuto NAGATOMO
  • 6 Atsuto UCHIDA
  • 13 Daiki IWAMASA
  • 15 Yasuyuki KONNO
  • 22 Yuji NAKAZAWA
  • 2 Yuki ABE
  • 7 Yasuhito ENDO
  • 8 Daisuke MATSUI
  • 10 Shunsuke NAKAMURA
  • 14 Kengo NAKAMURA
  • 17 Makoto HASEBE
  • 18 Keisuke HONDA
  • 20 Junichi INAMOTO
  • 9 Shinji OKAZAKI
  • 11 Keiji TAMADA
  • 12 Kisho YANO
  • 16 Yoshito OKUBO
  • 19 Takayuki MORIMOTO
  • Takeshi OKADA