Template:2008 Summer Olympics Japan men's football team roster

The purpose of this template is to collect source text used in several articles in one place, in order to minimize maintenance and storage space. This is the Japan roster in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The template is typically used in two articles: the article covering Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the article covering the rosters of all participating teams of the tournament.

The following is the Japan squad in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Yasuharu Sorimachi

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Shusaku Nishikawa (1986-06-18)18 June 1986 (aged 22) 0 0 Oita Trinita 2 3MF Hajime Hosogai (1986-06-10)10 June 1986 (aged 22) 0 0 Urawa Red Diamonds 3 2DF Maya Yoshida (1988-08-24)24 August 1988 (aged 19) 0 0 Nagoya Grampus 4 2DF Hiroki Mizumoto (c) (1985-09-12)12 September 1985 (aged 22) 1 0 Kyoto Sanga 5 3MF Yuto Nagatomo (1986-09-12)12 September 1986 (aged 21) 3 0 FC Tokyo 6 2DF Masato Morishige (1987-05-21)21 May 1987 (aged 21) 0 0 Oita Trinita 7 2DF Atsuto Uchida (1988-03-27)27 March 1988 (aged 20) 9 1 Kashima Antlers 8 4FW Keisuke Honda (1986-06-13)13 June 1986 (aged 22) 1 0 VVV-Venlo 9 4FW Yohei Toyoda (1985-04-11)11 April 1985 (aged 23) 0 0 Montedio Yamagata 10 3MF Yohei Kajiyama (1985-09-24)24 September 1985 (aged 22) 0 0 FC Tokyo 11 4FW Shinji Okazaki (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 22) 0 0 Shimizu S-Pulse 12 3MF Hiroyuki Taniguchi (1985-06-27)27 June 1985 (aged 23) 0 0 Kawasaki Frontale 13 2DF Michihiro Yasuda (1987-12-20)20 December 1987 (aged 20) 5 0 Gamba Osaka 14 4FW Shinji Kagawa (1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 19) 3 0 Cerezo Osaka 15 4FW Takayuki Morimoto (1988-05-07)7 May 1988 (aged 20) 0 0 Catania 16 3MF Takuya Honda (1985-04-17)17 April 1985 (aged 23) 0 0 Shimizu S-Pulse 17 4FW Tadanari Lee (1985-12-19)19 December 1985 (aged 22) 0 0 Kashiwa Reysol 18 1GK Kaito Yamamoto (1985-07-10)10 July 1985 (aged 23) 0 0 Shimizu S-Pulse

* Over-aged player.

See also

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Japan women's football team roster