Masashi Motoyama

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Masashi Motoyama
本山 雅志
Personal information
Full name Masashi Motoyama
Date of birth (1979-06-20) June 20, 1979 (age 42)
Place of birth Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Kelantan United
Number 10
Youth career
1995–1997
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2015 Kashima Antlers 365 (38)
2016–2019 Giravanz Kitakyushu 50 (2)
2021– Kelantan United 11 (0)
National team
1999 Japan U-20 7 (1)
2000 Japan U-23 3 (0)
2000–2006 Japan 28 (0)
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2020

Masashi Motoyama (本山 雅志, Motoyama Masashi, born June 20, 1979) is a Japanese football player who plays for Kelantan United F.C. in Malaysia Premier League, began from 2021.[1] He played for Japan national team.

Club career[]

Motoyama was born in Kitakyushu on June 20, 1979. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Kashima Antlers in 1998. He debuted in July 1998[1] and he played many matches from 1999 season. In 2000, Antlers won the champions all three major title in Japan; J1 League, J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup first time in J1 League history. The club also won the champions 2001 J1 League for 2 years in a row. In 2002, he was given the number "10" shirt as Bismarck successor. Antlers also won the champions in 2002 J.League Cup.

In 2007 season, he played all 34 matches[1] and Antlers won the champions in J1 League for the first time in 6 years. Antlers also won the champions in 2007 Emperor's Cup. Antlers won the champions in J1 League for 3 years in a row (2007-2009).

From 2010 season, although his opportunity to play decreased, Antlers won the champions 2010 Emperor's Cup, 2011 and 2012 J.League Cup. In 2015, he could only play 6 matches[1] and he left the club end of 2015 season.[2]

In 2016, Motoyama moved to his local club Giravanz Kitakyushu in J2 League.[3] He played many matches in 2016 season. However Giravanz was finished at the bottom place of 22 clubs and was relegated to J3 League. From 2017 season, he could not play many matches for injuries. At the end of 2019 season, he opted to retire after not appearing at all for Giravanz that year.[4]

International career[]

In April 1999, Motoyama was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1999 World Youth Championship.[5] At this tournament, he played all 7 matches as left side midfielder and Japan won the 2nd place.

On June 18, 2000, Motoyama debuted for Japan national team under manager Philippe Troussier against Bolivia.[6]

In September 2000, Motoyama was selected Japan U-23 national team for 2000 Summer Olympics. He played 3 matches as substitute midfielder.[5]

In September 2003, Motoyama played for Japan under manager Zico for the first time in 3 years.[6] After that, he played many matches as substitute. In 2004, he was selected Japan for 2004 Asian Cup. He played 4 matches[6] and Japan won the champions. He was also member of Japan for 2005 Confederations Cup. He played 28 games for Japan until 2006.[6]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

Update; 1 January 2020.[7][8]

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 J.League Cup AFC Total
1998 Kashima Antlers J1 League 1 0 4 3 0 0 - 5 3
1999 18 0 0 0 2 0 - 20 0
2000 18 6 5 0 3 1 - 26 7
2001 21 3 3 2 3 0 - 27 5
2002 24 3 4 2 7 1 - 35 6
2003 20 4 4 1 4 1 1 0 29 6
2004 24 3 2 0 0 0 - 26 3
2005 32 5 3 1 0 0 - 35 6
2006 27 2 4 1 7 0 - 38 3
2007 34 2 5 1 9 4 - 48 7
2008 32 3 1 0 2 0 7 3 42 6
2009 27 2 3 0 2 0 6 1 38 3
2010 15 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 22 3
2011 13 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 20 0
2012 17 3 3 0 6 0 - 25 3
2013 24 0 2 0 7 1 - 34 1
2014 12 0 0 0 2 1 - 14 1
2015 6 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 12 0
Total 365 38 53 12 57 9 21 4 496 63
2016 Giravanz Kitakyushu J2 League 36 0 2 0 - - 38 0
2017 J3 League 5 0 0 0 - - 5 0
2018 9 0 - - - 9 0
2019 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Total 50 0 2 0 - - 52 0
Career total 415 38 55 12 57 9 21 4 548 63

International[]

[6]

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2000 3 0
2001 0 0
2002 0 0
2003 3 0
2004 12 0
2005 8 0
2006 2 0
Total 28 0

Appearances in major competitions[]

Team Competition Category Appearances Goals Team Record
Start Sub
 Japan 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship U-20 7 0 1 2nd Place
 Japan 2004 AFC Asian Cup Senior 0 4 0 Champions

Honours[]

Kashima Anthers

Japan

  • FIFA World Youth Championship - 1999 (Runner-up)
  • AFC Asian Cup - 2004

Individual

  • AFC U-19 Championship Top Scorer - 1998
  • FIFA World Youth Championship Best Eleven - 1999

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Masashi Motoyama at J.League (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Kashima Antlers(in Japanese)
  3. ^ J.League
  4. ^ "本山 雅志 選手 契約満了のお知らせ".
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Masashi Motoyama – FIFA competition record (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Japan National Football Team Database
  7. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2019 (NSK MOOK)", 9 February 2019, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411628 (p. 271 out of 289)
  8. ^ Giravanz Kitakyushu(in Japanese)

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