Yūichi Komano

Yūichi Komano
駒野友一
Personal information
Full name Yūichi Komano[1]
Date of birth (1981-07-25) 25 July 1981
Place of birth Kainan, Wakayama, Japan
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Midfielder, Defender
Club information
Current team
 Avispa Fukuoka
Number 3
Youth career
1997–1999 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2007 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 191 (9)
2008–2015 Júbilo Iwata 228 (12)
2016 FC Tokyo 1 (0)
2016 → FC Tokyo U-23 (loan) 4 (0)
2016 → Avispa Fukuoka (loan) 12 (1)
2017– Avispa Fukuoka 39 (1)
National team‡
2000–2001 Japan U-20 10 (0)
2002 Japan U-23 4 (0)
2005–2013 Japan 78 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 March 2014

Yūichi Komano (駒野 友一, Komano Yūichi, born 25 July 1981) is a Japanese football player. He plays for J2 League side Avispa Fukuoka. He is right-footed and mainly plays right full back for the club but he is often employed in the left for Japan national football team.

Club career

Komano played for his local junior high school team. He was invited for trials from several clubs including Gamba Osaka, JEF United Ichihara, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and local high school powerhouse Hatsushiba Hashimoto. He decided to join Sanfrecce Hiroshima and entered Yoshida High School in Hiroshima.

He has been the first-choice right back for the club since 2001 when he is available. He suffered from several serious injuries and illnesses. He damaged the cruciate ligaments of his left knee in the match against Yokohama FC on 16 August 2003. While he was in hospital, he suffered from a venous thrombosis. Because of these, he was sidelined until April 2004. He broke his left collar bone in an Olympic game against Ghana in August 2004. In September of the same year, he also suffered from a uveitis problem that might have caused blindness. Komano moved to Júbilo Iwata for the 2008 season after Hiroshima was relegated to J2 League.

National team career

In June 2001, Komano was elected Japan U-20 national team for 2001 World Youth Championship. At this tournament, he played full time in all 3 matches as left side midfielder and left side back. In August 2004, he represented Japan U-23 national team at the 2004 Olympics and he played 2 matches as left side back and left side midfielder.

He made his full international debut for Japan national team on 3 August 2005 in an 2005 East Asian Football Championship match against China. He was a member of the Japan team for the 2006 World Cup finals as a backup for first-choice Akira Kaji.[2] Because of Kaji's injury, Komano played in Japan's opening game against Australia. He was also a member for the 2007 Asian Cup finals. He played all the Japan games except one for which he wasn't eligible due to suspension.

On 29 June 2010, Komano missed a penalty in a penalty shoot-out against Paraguay as Japan lost 5–3 in the 2010 World Cup second round.[3]

Komano scored his first international goal in a friendly against Tajikistan on 11 October 2011 at Nagai Stadium.

Career statistics

Club

Updated to 23 February 2018.[4][5]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup AFC Total
2000Sanfrecce HiroshimaJ1 League001030-40
20012412030-291
20022714020-331
2003J2 League230---230
2004J1 League1811030-221
20053421040-392
20063122110-343
20073425130-423
2008Júbilo Iwata341-11-352
20093411010-361
2010230-40-270
2011342301010392
20123431040-393
20133422041-403
2014J2 League35320--373
201529100--291
2016FC TokyoJ1 League10--2030
FC Tokyo U-23J3 League40---40
Avispa FukuokaJ1 League1210000-121
2017J2 League39100--391
Career total 504242523423056628

International

[6]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
200550
2006100
2007120
2008130
200990
2010110
201171
201250
201360
Total781

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 October 2011Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan Tajikistan
3–0
8–0
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

National team career statistics

Appearances in Major Competitions

YearCompetitionCategoryAppearancesGoalsTeam Record
StartSub
20012001 FIFA World Youth ChampionshipU-20300Round 1
20042004 Summer OlympicsU-23200Round 1
20062006 FIFA World CupSenior100Round 1
20062007 AFC Asian Cup qualificationSenior400Qualified
20072007 AFC Asian CupSenior5004th place
2008–20092010 FIFA World Cup qualificationSenior500Round of 16
2009–20102011 AFC Asian Cup qualificationSenior100

Honours

Club

Júbilo Iwata

Japan

Individual

  • J. League Best XI (1) : 2012

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 16. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  2. ↑ FIFA.com Archived 11 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Fletcher, Paul (29 June 2010). "Paraguay 0–0 Japan (5–3 pens)". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  4. ↑ 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 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 167 out of 289)
  5. ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 38 out of 289)
  6. ↑ "Yūichi Komano". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
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