Japan 2000s squad

Name: Japan 2000s squad
Creator: Flawless
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Every player who appeared for Japan in the 2000s — 127 in all, with their career international caps and goals.

Yasuhito Endo racked up the most caps of anyone here — 152 in all. Kazuyoshi Miura leads the scoring with 55. The squad breaks down as 8 goalkeepers, 37 defenders, 53 midfielders and 29 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.

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Player	Pos	Caps	Goals	Legend
Yūto Nagatomo	DF	145	4	90
Kazuyoshi Miura	FW	89	55	90
Shinji Kagawa	MF	97	31	89
Shunsuke Nakamura	MF	98	24	89
Shinji Okazaki	FW	119	50	89
Yasuhito Endo	MF	152	15	89
Yuji Nakazawa	DF	110	17	89
Keisuke Honda	MF/FW	98	38	89
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	GK	116	—	89
Yasuyuki Konno	DF	93	4	88
Eiji Kawashima	GK	95	—	87
Hidetoshi Nakata	MF	77	11	87
Yūichi Komano	DF	78	1	87
Alessandro Santos	MF	82	7	87
Naohiro Takahara	FW	57	23	87
Hiroaki Morishima	MF	64	12	86
Hiroshi Nanami	MF	67	9	86
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto	DF	71	3	86
Seigō Narazaki	GK	77	—	86
Junichi Inamoto	MF	83	5	86
Masashi Nakayama	FW	53	21	86
Kengo Nakamura	MF	68	6	85
Akira Kaji	DF	64	2	85
Takashi Fukunishi	MF	64	7	85
Atsushi Yanagisawa	FW	58	17	85
Mitsuo Ogasawara	MF	55	7	84
Keiji Tamada	FW	72	16	84
Shinji Ono	MF	56	6	84
Tatsuhiko Kubo	FW	32	11	83
Koji Nakata	MF	57	2	83
Takayuki Suzuki	FW	55	11	82
Yuki Abe	DF/MF	53	3	82
Ryoichi Maeda	FW	33	10	82
Yutaka Akita	DF	44	4	81
Akinori Nishizawa	FW	29	10	81
Marcus Tulio Tanaka	DF	43	8	81
Takashi Inui	MF	36	6	81
Naoki Matsuda	DF	40	1	80
Keisuke Tsuboi	DF	40	0	80
Toshihiro Hattori	MF	44	2	80
Akira Narahashi	DF	38	0	80
Ryuzo Morioka	DF	38	0	80
Seiichiro Maki	FW	38	8	80
Yoshito Okubo	FW	60	6	79
Shoji Jo	FW	35	7	79
Makoto Tanaka	DF	32	0	78
Daisuke Matsui	MF	31	1	77
Tomokazu Myōjin	MF	26	3	77
Daisuke Oku	MF	26	2	76
Toshiya Fujita	MF	24	3	76
Masashi Oguro	FW	22	5	76
Hisato Sato	FW	31	4	76
Atsuhiro Miura	MF	25	1	75
Masashi Motoyama	MF	28	0	75
Keita Suzuki	MF	28	0	75
Teruyoshi Itō	MF	28	0	75
Yuzo Kurihara	DF	20	3	74
Masaaki Sawanobori	MF	16	3	74
Takashi Hirano	MF	15	4	73
Tatsuya Tanaka	FW	16	3	72
Shigeyoshi Mochizuki	MF	15	1	72
Kisho Yano	FW	19	2	72
Koji Yamase	MF	13	5	72
Yasuhiro Hato	DF	15	0	71
Nobuhisa Yamada	DF	15	1	71
Naotake Hanyu	MF	17	0	71
Eisuke Nakanishi	DF	14	0	71
Jungo Fujimoto	MF	13	1	71
Hideo Hashimoto	MF	15	0	70
Takayuki Morimoto	FW	10	3	70
Ryota Tsuzuki	GK	6	—	69
Shinzō Kōroki	FW	16	0	68
Satoru Yamagishi	MF	11	0	68
Daisuke Ichikawa	DF	10	0	68
Teruyuki Moniwa	DF	9	1	67
Yuhei Tokunaga	DF	9	0	67
Ryuji Bando	FW	7	2	66
Daiki Iwamasa	DF	8	0	66
Kazuki Ganaha	FW	6	3	66
Yōichi Doi	GK	4	—	65
Hitoshi Sogahata	GK	4	—	65
Hiroki Mizumoto	DF	7	0	65
Takayuki Chano	DF	7	0	65
Michihiro Yasuda	DF	7	1	65
Shuhei Terada	DF	6	0	64
Naohiro Ishikawa	MF	6	0	64
Norihiro Nishi	MF	5	0	63
Shinji Murai	MF	5	0	63
Mū Kanazaki	MF	5	0	63
Kazumichi Takagi	DF	5	0	63
Yuichiro Nagai	FW	4	1	61
Takuya Yamada	MF	4	0	61
Koki Mizuno	MF	4	0	61
Kenichi Uemura	DF	4	0	61
Teruaki Kurobe	FW	4	0	59
Akihiro Ienaga	MF	3	0	59
Hideaki Kitajima	FW	3	1	59
Go Oiwa	DF	3	0	58
Yoshiteru Yamashita	FW	3	0	58
Yuzo Tashiro	FW	3	0	58
Chikara Fujimoto	MF	2	0	56
Nozomi Hiroyama	MF	2	0	56
Takeshi Aoki	MF	2	0	56
Naoki Yamada	MF	2	0	56
Satoshi Yamaguchi	DF	2	0	56
Tomoyuki Hirase	FW	2	0	55
Daiki Takamatsu	FW	2	0	55
Daijiro Takakuwa	GK	1	—	54
Yūto Satō	MF	1	0	52
Tomoyuki Sakai	MF	1	0	52
Hiromi Kojima	MF	1	0	52
Daigo Kobayashi	MF	1	0	52
Takahiro Futagawa	MF	1	0	52
Tsukasa Umesaki	MF	1	0	52
Naoshi Nakamura	MF	1	0	52
Yoshiharu Ueno	MF	1	0	52
Keiji Kaimoto	DF	1	0	52
Atsushi Yoneyama	DF	1	0	52
Yoshinobu Minowa	DF	1	0	52
Hayuma Tanaka	DF	1	0	52
Daisuke Sakata	FW	1	0	51
Edu Coimbra	MF	—	—	47
Kazuyuki Toda	MF	—	—	47
Makoto Hasebe	DF/MF	—	—	47
Shusaku Nishikawa	GK	—	—	47
Atsuto Uchida	DF	—	—	47
Mitsuki Ichihara	DF	—	—	47

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