Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | ||
| Date of birth | February 7, 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1994 | Gamba Osaka | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2006 | Gamba Osaka | 295 | (7) |
| 2007–2008 | Red Bull Salzburg | 21 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Vissel Kobe | 42 | (1) |
| Total | 358 | (8) | |
| National team | |||
| 1993 | Japan U-17 | 4 | (0) |
| 1997 | Japan U-20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2000 | Japan U-23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2000–2006 | Japan | 71 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (宮本 恒靖 Miyamoto Tsuneyasu?, born February 7, 1977) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
A central defender, Miyamoto went on to make 71 international appearances and led the Japan national team in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups as well as the 2004 Asian Cup. Miyamoto also captained Gamba Osaka during their 2005 J1 League championship season.
He is also a graduate of the 13th edition of FIFA Master.
He continued to study at Doshisha University well into his professional career, graduating and finishing his studies. Miyamoto speaks fluent English, with a little French also in his canon, after spending time with Gamba team mates Claude Dambury and Patrick M'Boma in the past, as well as coach Frédéric Antonetti. While in Austria, he studied German.
While he was the de facto team captain of Gamba Osaka in 2004 and 2005, Gamba's coach was unhappy at the time spent with the national team by Miyamoto and handed the captaincy of Gamba to Satoshi Yamaguchi. Miyamoto continued to captain Japan for a while, ironically, often sitting on the bench for Gamba Osaka. But his professionalism shone through, and he took it all in stride. With Ivica Osim taking over the national team from Zico in 2006, Japan saw a clean sweep and Miyamoto was one of many who had probably played his last game for the Japan national team. In December 2006, Miyamoto signed for 1 season with Red Bull Salzburg with an option for another season. In December 2007, he signed a new deal with the Austrian club through 2009.
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