Masashi Motoyama
本山 雅志
Personal information
Full name Masashi Motoyama
Date of birth (1979-06-20) June 20, 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1997 Higashi Fukuoka High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2015 Kashima Antlers 365 (38)
2016–2019 Giravanz Kitakyushu 50 (0)
2021–2022 Kelantan United 23 (1)
International career
1999 Japan U-20 7 (1)
2000 Japan U-23 3 (0)
2000–2006 Japan 28 (0)
Medal record
Kashima Antlers
Winner J1 League 1998
Winner J1 League 2000
Winner J1 League 2001
Winner J1 League 2007
Winner J1 League 2008
Winner J1 League 2009
Winner J.League Cup 2000
Winner J.League Cup 2002
Winner J.League Cup 2011
Winner J.League Cup 2012
Winner J.League Cup 2015
Runner-up J.League Cup 1999
Runner-up J.League Cup 2003
Runner-up J.League Cup 2006
Winner Emperor's Cup 2000
Winner Emperor's Cup 2007
Winner Emperor's Cup 2010
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2002
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2004 China
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1999 Nigeria
AFC U-19 Championship
Silver medal – second place 1998 Thailand
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2020

Masashi Motoyama (本山 雅志, Motoyama Masashi, born June 20, 1979) is a Japanese football player.[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]

Motoyama came out of retirement when it was announced at the end of 2020 that he would play for Malaysia Premier League team Kelantan United F.C., making this his first team outside of Japan.[5]

International career

In April 1999, Motoyama was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1999 World Youth Championship.[6] 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.[7]

In September 2000, Motoyama was selected Japan U-23 national team for 2000 Summer Olympics. He played 3 matches as substitute midfielder.[6]

In September 2003, Motoyama played for Japan under manager Zico for the first time in 3 years.[7] After that, he played many matches as substitute. In 2004, he was selected Japan for 2004 Asian Cup. He played 4 matches[7] and Japan won the champions. He was also member of Japan for 2005 Confederations Cup. He played 28 games for Japan until 2006.[7]

Career statistics

Club

Update; 1 January 2020.[8][9]

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

[7]

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

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d Masashi Motoyama at J.League (archive) (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. ^ T. Avineshwaran (31 December 2020). "Samurai to Red Warrior". thestar.com.my. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b Masashi Motoyama – FIFA competition record (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
  7. ^ a b c d e Japan National Football Team Database
  8. ^ 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)
  9. ^ Giravanz Kitakyushu(in Japanese)

External links

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