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Kengo Nakamura: I'd love for Kawasaki Frontale to imitate Barcelona
Kengo Nakamura: I'd love for Kawasaki Frontale to imitate Barcelona
The Kawasaki Frontale midfielder blogs exclusively about imitating Barcelona's irresistable style in Japan and the Spanish giants downfall in the Champions League more »
Havenaar & Endo added to Japan squad
Havenaar & Endo added to Japan squad
Nervy Miyaichi thrilled to make Japan debut
Nervy Miyaichi thrilled to make Japan debut
Kagawa scores in easy Japan victory
Kagawa scores in easy Japan victory
Havenaar: Japan can beat Australia again
Havenaar: Japan can beat Australia again
Coyle wants Miyaichi back at Bolton
Coyle wants Miyaichi back at Bolton
Japan - Azerbaijan Friendly Preview
Japan - Azerbaijan Friendly Preview
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Spending Power
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Kit Design
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Worldwide Reach
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Standard Formation
 
 
Squad
1 Eiji Kawashima Goalkeeper 10 Shinji Kagawa Midfielder
12 Shusaku Nishikawa Goalkeeper 13 Hajime Hosogai Midfielder
2 Masahiko Inoha Defender 14 Kengo Nakamura Midfielder
3 Yuichi Komano Defender 17 Makoto Hasebe Midfielder
4 Yuzo Kurihara Defender - Ariajasuru Hasegawa Midfielder
5 Tomoaki Makino Defender - Keisuke Honda Midfielder
6 Atsuto Uchida Defender 9 Shinji Okazaki Striker
20 Maya Yoshida Defender 11 Ryoichi Maeda Striker
25 Yuhei Tokunaga Defender 21 Genki Haraguchi Striker
- Yuto Nagatomo Defender 24 Takayuki Morimoto Striker
- Hiroki Sakai Defender 31 Ryo Miyaichi Striker
- Hideto Takahashi Defender - Alberto Zaccheroni Manager/Coach
Teams
 
Matches
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Top Scorers
Player Goals Penalties
Shinji Okazaki Shinji Okazaki
Striker
Japan 		6 0
Shinji Kagawa Shinji Kagawa
Midfielder
Japan 		3 0
Keisuke Honda Keisuke Honda
Midfielder
Japan 		2 0
Ryoichi Maeda Ryoichi Maeda
Striker
Japan 		2 0
Yuichi Komano Yuichi Komano
Defender
Japan 		1 0