Team Roster for 2008 1 Hideaki Ozawa 2 Atsuto Uchida 3 Daiki Iwamasa 4 Go Oiwa 5 Fabio "Fabao" Azevedo 7 Toru Araiba 8 Takuya Nozawa 9 Yuzo Tashiro 10 Masashi Motoyama 11 Danilo de Andrade 13 Shinzo Koroki 14 Chikashi Masuda 15 Takeshi Aoki 16 Masaki Chugo 17 Ryuta Sasaki 18 Marquinhos De Araujo 19 Masahiko Inoha 20 Shuto Suzuki 21 Hitoshi Sogahata 22 Naoya Ishigami 23 Yuji Funayama 24 Takefumi Toma 25 Yasushi Endo 26 Kenji Koyano 27 Kenta Kasai 28 Shinichiro Kawamata 29 Tetsu Sugiyama 30 Hiroyuki Omichi 31 Keita Goto 32 Seiji Kaneko 40 Mitsuo Ogasawara 10 Masashi Motoyama Position: MF Born:20-Jun-1979 Height/Weight:175/66 Birthplace:Fukuoka Previous Teams:Futajima Jr.HS, Higashi Fukuoka HS Appearances (J1/J2):219/0 Goals (J1/J2): 28/0 First Appearance: 29-Jul-1998 Kashima Antlers - vs - JEF United (at Kashima Stadium) First Goal :6-May-2000 Kashima Antlers - vs - Jubilo Iwata (at Iwata "Yamaha" Stadium) Year Team Appearances Goals 1998 Kashima Antlers 1 0 1999 Kashima Antlers 18 0 2000 Kashima Antlers 18 6 2001 Kashima Antlers 21 3 2002 Kashima Antlers 24 3 2003 Kashima Antlers 20 4 2004 Kashima Antlers 24 3 2005 Kashima Antlers 32 5 2006 Kashima Antlers 27 2 2007 Kashima Antlers 34 2 TOTAL 219 28 Masashi Motoyama was one of the J.League's most exciting youngsters as a member of the 1999 WYC finalists, with a clever dribbling tounch and penetration moves which were viewed as signs of future greatness. Although he has since established himself as a regular in the Antlers' starting lineup, and even has seen some action on the full national team, some would suggest that he never reallly lived up to that early potential. Nevertheless, Motoyama's dazzling ball skills still can impress, on occasion, and although he is not really a sprinter, he has good acceleration when penetrating an opposing defence. Motoyama played a key role at both the U-20 level and in the 2000 Olympic team, but despite appearing several times for the full national team, both as a midfielder and as a striker, he has been unable to push aside rivals such as Nakata, Nakamura, Ono, and his teammate Mitsuo Ogasawara. Some suggest that he is a bit too small, and lacks the vision to win a regular spot for the national team. Nevertheless, his dribbling and penetration skills offer a useful "wild card" dimension that have allowed him to win continued selection as a reserve player. Meanwhile, after missing a lot of action due to a series minor injuries in recent years, Motoyama has emerged as a leading force at midfield for the Antlers, as well. Though he has expressed an interest in moving overseas, from time to time, the lack of exposure in international matches has limited the number of offers. For the time being, he will probably have to focus on contributing to domestic club titles. Be that as it may, he remains one of the tom midfielders in Japan, which is saying a great deal considering the wealth of domestic competition at that position. National Team Data & History NT Caps: 28 NT Goals: 0 Tournaments: World Youth Championships (1999) Sydney Olympics (2000) Asia Cup (2004) Date Vs. Score Location Status Min. G 12-20-2000 Korea 1-1 National Stadium Sub 15 0 9-10-2003 Senegal 0-1 Niigata Stadium Sub 26 0 12-4-2003 China 2-0 Nat'l Stadium Sub 26 0 12-7-2003 Hong Kong 1-0 Saitama Stadium, U.R. -- -- 12-10-2003 Korea 0-0 Yokohama Int'l St. Sub 26 0 2-8-2004 Malaysia 4-0 Nat'l Stadium Start 90 0 2-12-2004 Iraq 2-0 Shizuoka Stadium U.R. -- -- 4-24-2004 Hungary 2-3 Hungary Sub 18 0 4-28-2004 Czech Rep. 1-0 Sparta Prague Stadium Sub 10 0 5-30-2004 Iceland 3-2 Manchester, England Sub 45 0 7-10-2004 Slovakia 3-1 Oita Stadium, Japan Sub 12 0 7-20-2004 Oman 1-0 Chongqing, China Sub 20 0 7-25-2004 Thailand 4-1 Chongqing, China Sub 45 0 7-28-2004 Iran 0-0 Chongqing, China Sub 25 0 8-18-2004 Argentina 1-2 Shizuoka Stadium, Japan Sub 33 0 9-8-2004 India 4-0 Calcutta, India Start 78 0 11-17-2004 Singapore 1-0 Saitama Stadium, Japan Start 90 0 1-29-2005 Kazakhstan 4-0 Yokohama Intl Sub 3 0 2-2-2005 Syria 3-0 Saitama Stadium Sub 9 0 5-22-2005 Peru 0-1 Niigata Stadium Sub 12 0 5-27-2005 UAE 0-1 National Std. Tokyo Sub 19 0 6-15-2005 Mexico 1-2 Hannover, Germany U.R -- 0 6-19-2005 Greece 1-0 Frankfurt, Germany U.R. -- 0 6-22-2005 Brazil 2-2 Koln, Germany U.R. -- 0 7-31-2005 North Korea 0-1 Daejon, Korea Sub 45 0 8-03-2005 China 2-2 Daejon, Korea Start 66 0 8-07-2005 Korea 1-0 Daejon, Korea Start 69 0 10-08-2005 Latvia 2-2 Riga, Latvia Sub 4 0 2-10-2006 USA 2-3 San Francisco Sub 22 0 2-18-2006 <Finland 2-0 Shizuoka Stadium Sub 5 0

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