Seigo Narazaki

Seigo Narazaki
楢﨑正剛
Personal information
Full name	Seigo Narazaki[1]
Date of birth	15 April 1976
Place of birth	Kashiba, Nara, Japan
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Nagoya Grampus
Number	1
Youth career
1989–1991	Kashibashi Jr.H.S.
1992–1994	Nara Ikuei H.S.
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2017; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Seigo Narazaki (楢﨑正剛, Narazaki Seigō, born 15 April 1976 in Kashiba, Nara) is a Japanese football player, who currently plays for J1 League side Nagoya Grampus. He is a goalkeeper and a former member of the Japanese national football team.

Club career

After graduating from Nara Ikuei High School in 1995, he joined J. League side Yokohama Flügels. He became the No.1 GK for the club in August of that season. His first professional appearance came on 16 August 1995 in a league match against Bellmare Hiratsuka. He contributed to the club winning the 1998 Emperor's Cup. When Flügels was merged with cross-town Yokohama Marinos in 1999, he was signed by Nagoya Grampus Eight. He was again a member of the Emperor's Cup winning side in 1999 but this time with Nagoya.

In 2010, Narazaki became the first goalkeeper to receive the J. League Most Valuable Player award.^[3]

National team career

He made his international debut for Japan on 15 February 1998 against Australia.^[2] He participated in three consecutive World Cup finals. He played all the Japan matches in the 2002 World Cup finals although Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi was preferred ahead of him in the 1998 and 2006 finals.^[4]

He played for Japan as the No.1 goalkeeper following an injury to Kawaguchi, but himself sustained a broken finger in 2009. After recovering, he was named in the 2010 World Cup squad as one of two Japanese players (the other being Kawaguchi) to participate in 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.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 September 2017^[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	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	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
	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
	Total		556	0	35	0	50	0	19	0	660	0
Total			660	0	49	0	71	0	19	0	799	0

International

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
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

Honor and awards

National team

Japan

AFC Asian Cup: 2004

Club team

Yokohama Flügels

Emperor's Cup: 1998

Nagoya Grampus

Personal honors

J. League Most Valuable Player: 2010
J. League Best Eleven: 1996, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2011

References

↑ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 16. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
1 2 "NARAZAKI Seigo". Japan National Football Team Database.
↑ "Goalkeeper Narazaki named player of year". The Japan Times. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
↑ FIFA.com
↑ Narazaki retires from international duty
↑ 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

Seigo Narazaki – FIFA competition record (archive)
Seigo Narazaki at National-Football-Teams.com
Seigo Narazaki at the Japan National Football Team
Seigo Narazaki at J.League (in Japanese)
Profile at Nagoya Grampus

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[FIFA_World_Cup_South_Africa_2010:_List_of_Players-1] "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 16. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

[nationalteam-2] 1 2 "NARAZAKI Seigo". Japan National Football Team Database.

[3] "Goalkeeper Narazaki named player of year". The Japan Times. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2012.

[4] FIFA.com

[5] Narazaki retires from international duty

[6] 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)

Personal information
Full name	Seigo Narazaki^[1]
Date of birth	(1976-04-15) 15 April 1976
Place of birth	Kashiba, Nara, Japan
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Nagoya Grampus
Number	1
Youth career
1989–1991	Kashibashi Jr.H.S.
1992–1994	Nara Ikuei H.S.
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1998	Yokohama Flügels	104	(0)
1999–	Nagoya Grampus	556	(0)
National team^‡
2000	Japan U-23	4	(0)
1998–2010^[2]	Japan	77	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2010 (UTC)