Tsuneyasu Miyamoto

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Personal information
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Full name	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Date of birth	February 7, 1977 (age 30)
Place of birth	Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan
Height	176cm
Nickname	Tsune
Playing position	Centre Back, Sweeper
Club information
Current club	Red Bull Salzburg
Youth clubs
1992-1994	Kongo FC Gamba Osaka Youth
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-2006 2007-	Gamba Osaka Red Bull Salzburg	265 (6) 2 (0)
National team²
2000-	Japan	71 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 March 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 20 March 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (宮本恒靖, Miyamoto Tsuneyasu^?, born February 7, 1977) is a Japanese soccer player. He currently plays for Red Bull Salzburg and has previously played for Kongou FC and Gamba Osaka. As a center back, he served as the captain for Japan in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup and the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

He played in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship and 2000 Olympic football tournament. Miyamoto captained Japan from 2003 through the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Miyamoto 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. On December 2006, Miyamoto signed for 1 season by Red Bull Salzburg with an option to another season.

1 Honors and awards
- 1.1 Individual Honors
- 1.2 Team Honors
2 National team Career Stats
- 2.1 Major International Tournament Appearances

[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Individual Honors

Asian Cup Best Eleven: 2004

[edit] Team Honors

Asian Cup Champions: 2004
J-League Champions: 2005

[edit] National team Career Stats

[edit] Major International Tournament Appearances

Year	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
Year	Competition	Category	Start	Sub	Goals	Team Record
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

FC Red Bull Salzburg - Current Squad
1 Ochs \| 2 Bodnár \| 3 Dudić \| 4 Linke \| 5 Carboni \| 6 Kovač \| 7 Zickler \| 8 Alessandro Santos \| 9 Lokvenc \| 11 Ježek \| 13 Tiffert \| 15 Knavs \| 16 Piták \| 17 Miyamoto \| 18 Meyer \| 19 Vonlanthen \| 20 Steinhöfer \| 21 Janko \| 22 Arzberger \| 24 Orosz \| 27 Janočko \| 28 Aufhauser \| 30 Özcan \| 31 Vargas \| 33 Winklhofer \| Joint Coaches: Matthäus & Trapattoni

	Japan squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Kawaguchi \| 2 Akita \| 3 Matsuda \| 4 Morioka \| 5 Inamoto \| 6 Hattori \| 7 H. Nakata \| 8 Morishima \| 9 Nishizawa \| 10 Nakayama \| 11 Suzuki \| 12 Narazaki \| 13 Yanagisawa \| 14 Santos \| 15 Fukunishi \| 16 K. Nakata \| 17 Miyamoto \| 18 Ono \| 19 Ogasawara \| 20 Myojin \| 21 Toda \| 22 Ichikawa \| 23 Sogahata \| Coach: Troussier

	Japan squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Narazaki \| 2 Moniwa \| 3 Komano \| 4 Endo \| 5 Miyamoto \| 6 K. Nakata \| 7 H. Nakata \| 8 Ogasawara \| 9 Takahara \| 10 Nakamura \| 11 Maki \| 12 Doi \| 13 Yanagisawa \| 14 Santos \| 15 Fukunishi \| 16 Oguro \| 17 Inamoto \| 18 Ono \| 19 Tsuboi \| 20 Tamada \| 21 Kaji \| 22 Nakazawa \| 23 Kawaguchi \| Coach: Zico