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Japanese football player (born 1976)

Seigo Narazaki
楢﨑 正剛
Personal information
Full name Seigo Narazaki
Date of birth (1976-04-15) 15 April 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Kashiba, Nara, Japan
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1992–1994 Nara Ikuei High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Yokohama Flügels 104 (0)
1999–2018 Nagoya Grampus 556 (0)
Total 660 (0)
International career
2000 Japan Olympic (O.P.) 4 (0)
1998–2010 Japan 77 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Winner 2004 China
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up 2001 Korea/Japan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Seigo Narazaki (楢﨑 正剛, Narazaki Seigō, born 15 April 1976) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Japan national team.

Narazaki is the second highest number of J.League all-time appearances in history with 631 appearances.

Club career

Yokohama Flügels

After graduating from Nara Ikuei High School in 1995, Narazaki joined the J1 League side Yokohama Flügels. In August 1995, regular goalkeeper Atsuhiko Mori was suspended for three months due to violence against referee. On 16 August 1995, Narazaki debuted against Bellmare Hiratsuka to replace Mori and Narazaki became the regular goalkeeper. In the 1996 season, Flügels finished in third place and Narazaki was also selected in the Best Eleven award. He contributed to the club winning the 1998 Emperor's Cup. However, Flügels was merged with cross-town team Yokohama Marinos and Flügels was dissolved at the end of the 1998 season.

Nagoya Grampus

In 1999, Narazaki moved to Nagoya Grampus Eight (later Nagoya Grampus) with Flügels teammate Motohiro Yamaguchi. In 1999, Grampus were the champions of the Emperor's Cup for two years in a row, the second time in two years for Narazaki. In 2008, Grampus appointed new manager Dragan Stojković who played for Grampus until 2001. Grampus, under Stojković, reached third place in the J1 League and Narazaki was selected in the Best Eleven award. In 2010, Grampus won the J1 League and were champions for the first time in the club's history. Narazaki also became the first goalkeeper to receive the J.League Most Valuable Player award. In 2016 season, Grampus finished in 16th place of 18 clubs and was relegated to J2 League for the first time in the club history. In the 2017 J2 League season, the club finished third and were returned to the top flight. However, his opportunities to play decreased behind Yohei Takeda until summer. In 2018, Narazaki was effectively relegated to second choice behind new Australian signing Mitchell Langerak and did not make a single appearance.

Narazaki announced his retirement from football on 8 January 2019. He was 42 years old.

International career

On 15 February 1998, Narazaki made his international debut for Japan national team against Australia. After the debut, he battles with Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi for the position for 10 years. He was selected Japan for 1998 World Cup. However, Kawaguchi played in Japan’s three matches at the tournament.

In 2000, Narazaki was selected Japan U23 national team as over age for 2000 Summer Olympics and played full time in all 4 matches. Although he could hardly play in the match in 2001, he played many matches in 2002. At 2002 World Cup in Japan, he played all 4 matches and Japan qualified to the knockout stage first time in their history.

Narazaki played many matches as regular goalkeeper until summer 2004. Although he was selected Japan for 2004 Asian Cup, he could not play for injury. His rival Kawaguchi performed brilliantly at Asian Cup and Japan won the champions. After Asian Cup, Narazaki lost regular position behind Kawaguchi. Although Narazaki was selected Japan for 2006 World Cup, he did not play in a match.

Although Narazaki could not play many matches until 2007, he became a regular goalkeeper because Kawaguchi was injured in 2008. Narazaki was named in the 2010 World Cup squad as one of two Japanese players (the other being Kawaguchi) to be selected for 4 consecutive World Cups. However, despite performing impressively in the qualifiers, he was benched for the tournament in favour of his former understudy Eiji Kawashima. He would make one last appearance for Japan when he captained the team to a 2–1 victory over Guatemala on 7 September 2010 before retiring from international duty. He played 77 games for Japan.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Yokohama Flügels 1995 J1 League 23 0 2 0 — — 25 0
1996 23 0 2 0 14 0 — 39 0
1997 24 0 5 0 7 0 — 36 0
1998 34 0 5 0 0 0 — 39 0
Total 104 0 14 0 21 0 — 139 0
Nagoya Grampus Eight 1999 J1 League 25 0 5 0 4 0 — 34 0
2000 30 0 2 0 2 0 — 34 0
2001 28 0 1 0 6 0 — 35 0
2002 30 0 3 0 0 0 — 33 0
2003 28 0 2 0 6 0 — 36 0
2004 26 0 2 0 0 0 — 28 0
2005 32 0 1 0 0 0 — 33 0
2006 24 0 2 0 2 0 — 28 0
2007 29 0 2 0 4 0 — 35 0
Nagoya Grampus 2008 30 0 1 0 2 0 — 33 0
2009 26 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 35 0
2010 34 0 0 0 0 0 — 34 0
2011 24 0 3 0 2 0 6 0 34 0
2012 32 0 4 0 1 0 7 0 34 0
2013 34 0 1 0 6 0 — 41 0
2014 34 0 2 0 6 0 — 42 0
2015 34 0 0 0 6 0 — 40 0
2016 27 0 1 0 3 0 — 31 0
2017 J2 League 29 0 0 0 — — 29 0
2018 J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 556 0 35 0 50 0 19 0 660 0
Career total 660 0 49 0 71 0 19 0 799 0

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 1998 2 0
1999 3 0
2000 9 0
2001 1 0
2002 10 0
2003 12 0
2004 9 0
2005 4 0
2006 0 0
2007 1 0
2008 12 0
2009 6 0
2010 8 0
Total 77 0

Honors

Club

Yokohama Flügels

Nagoya Grampus

International

Japan

Individual

References

  1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. Seigo Narazaki at J.League (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  3. Seigo Narazaki at J.League (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  4. J.League
  5. "Goalkeeper Narazaki named player of year". The Japan Times. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  6. J.League
  7. J.League
  8. 楢崎 正剛選手、現役引退のお知らせ. nagoya-grampus.jp (in Japanese). Nagoya Grampus. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  9. ^ Japan National Football Team Database
  10. kirin.co.jp
  11. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 155 out of 289)

External links

Awards
J.League Player of the Year
1996 J.League Team of the Year
1998 J.League Team of the Year
2003 J.League Team of the Year
2008 J.League Team of the Year
2010 J.League Team of the Year
2011 J.League Team of the Year
Japan squads
Japan squad – 1996 AFC Asian Cup
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Japan squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup
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Japan squad – 1999 Copa América
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Japan men's football squad – 2000 Summer Olympics
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Japan squad – 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup runners-up
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Japan squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup
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Japan squad – 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
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Japan squad – 2004 AFC Asian Cup winners (3rd title)
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Japan squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
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Japan squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup
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Japan squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup fourth place
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Japan squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup
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