Hiroshi Nanami

Hiroshi Nanami
名波浩
Personal information
Date of birth	November 28, 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth	Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1988–1990	Shimizu Shogyo High School
College career
Years	Team
1991–1994	Juntendo University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–2008	Júbilo Iwata
1999–2000	→ Venezia (loan)
2006	→ Cerezo Osaka (loan)
2007	→ Tokyo Verdy (loan)
Total
International career
1995–2001	Japan
Managerial career
2014–2019	Júbilo Iwata (manager)
2021–2022	Matsumoto Yamaga FC (manager)
2023–	Japan (assistant manager)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Japan
AFC Asian Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hiroshi Nanami (名波浩, Nanami Hiroshi, born November 28, 1972) is a Japanese former professional footballer, and currently works as an assistant coach of the Japan national team.

Club career

Nanami was born in Fujieda on November 28, 1972. After graduating from Juntendo University, he joined Júbilo Iwata in 1995. From first season, he played as regular player and became a most central player in golden era in club history. The club won the champions 1997 J1 League and 1998 J.League Cup. He was also selected Best Eleven for three years in a row (1996-1998). In Asia, the club won 1998–99 Asian Club Championship.

In July 1999, Nanami moved to Serie A club Venezia on loan. However the club was relegated to Serie B in 2000. In September 2000, he returned to Júbilo Iwata. He hurts his knees in 2001 and he reduced opportunities to play in the match after that. The club won the champions at 2002 J1 League and 2003 Emperor's Cup. In 2006, his opportunity to play decreased and he moved to Cerezo Osaka in August 2006. In 2007, he moved to J2 League club Tokyo Verdy. In 2008, he returned to Júbilo Iwata and announced his retirement in November 2008 after being dogged by a knee injury.

International career

Nanami was a key figure for the Japan national team throughout the late 1990s and during the early part of this century.

On August 6, 1995, Nanami debuted and scored a goal for Japan against Costa Rica. From 1996, he became a central player and wore the number 10 shirt. In 1996, he played all matches for Japan included 1996 Asian Cup. At 1998 World Cup qualification in 1997, Japan won the qualify for 1998 World Cup first time Japan's history. In 1998, he played all matches included World Cup. He also played at 1999 Copa América and 2000 Asian Cup. At 2000 Asian Cup, he played full time in all matches and scored 3 goals. Japan won the champions and he was selected MVP Awards. After he hurts his knees in 2001, he did not play for Japan. He played 67 games and scored 9 goals for Japan until 2001.^[1]

Coaching career

In September 2014, Nanami became a manager for Júbilo Iwata as Péricles Chamusca successor. Júbilo played in J2 League in 2014 season and aimed to return to J1 League. However Júbilo finished at 4th place in 2014 and missed promotion to J1. In 2015, Júbilo won the 2nd place and promoted to J1 League. Although Júbilo finished 13th place in 2016, Júbilo gained Shunsuke Nakamura and rose at 6th place in 2017. However the club results were bad from 2018. Although Júbilo finished at 16th place of 18 clubs in 2018 and remained J1, he resigned in June 2019 when Júbilo was at the bottom place.^[2] On 21 June 2021, he appointed manager of J2 club, Matsumoto Yamaga. 5 months later, coach performance he was poor and his club got relegated to 2022 J3 League for first time in history. In 2022, he left the club after contract expired.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[3]
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Júbilo Iwata	1995	J1 League	51	3	2	0	–		–		53	3
	1996		30	3	1	0	14	1	–		45	4
	1997		21	5	2	1	2	0	–		25	6
	1998		33	7	3	0	2	0	–		38	7
	1999		15	4	0	0	2	0	–		17	4
	2000		5	1	2	0	0	0	–		7	1
	2001		17	1	0	0	4	0	–		21	1
	2002		24	1	0	0	5	0	–		29	1
	2003		27	3	5	1	5	0	–		37	4
	2004		29	3	3	0	5	0	3	1	40	4
	2005		26	1	2	0	2	0	3	0	33	1
	2006		10	0	0	0	4	0	–		14	0
	2008		13	0	2	0	3	0	–		18	0
	Total		301	32	22	2	48	1	6	1	376	36
Venezia (loan)	1999–2000	Serie A	24	1	7	1	–		–		31	2
Cerezo Osaka (loan)	2006	J1 League	13	2	0	0	0	0	–		13	2
Tokyo Verdy (loan)	2007	J2 League	17	0	1	0	–		–		18	0
Career total			355	35	29	3	48	1	6	1	438	40

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[1]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	1995	2	2
	1996	13	1
	1997	21	3
	1998	11	0
	1999	6	0
	2000	12	3
	2001	2	0
Total		67	9

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nanami goal.

List of international goals scored by Hiroshi Nanami^[4]^[5]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 August 1995	Kyoto, Japan	Costa Rica	1–0	3–0	Friendly
2	24 October 1995	Tokyo, Japan	Saudi Arabia	1–0	2–1	Friendly
3	9 December 1996	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates	Uzbekistan	1–0	4–0	1996 AFC Asian Cup
4	25 March 1997	Muscat, Oman	Macau	5–0	10–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	22 June 1997	Tokyo, Japan	Macau	5–0	10–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	1 November 1997	Seoul, South Korea	South Korea	1–0	2–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	14 October 2000	Sidon, Lebanon	Saudi Arabia	3–0	4–1	2000 AFC Asian Cup
8	24 October 2000	Beirut, Lebanon	Iraq	1–1	4–1	2000 AFC Asian Cup
9	24 October 2000	Beirut, Lebanon	Iraq	3–1	4–1	2000 AFC Asian Cup

Managerial statistics

As of end 2022 season.^[6]

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Júbilo Iwata	2014	2019	170	63	53	54	037.06
Matsumoto Yamaga	2021	2022	76	27	19	30	035.53
Total			246	90	72	84	036.59

Honours

Júbilo Iwata

Asian Club Championship: 1999^[7]
J1 League: 1997, 1999, 2002
Emperor's Cup: 2003^[8]
J.League Cup: 1998^[9]
Japanese Super Cup: 2003,^[10] 2004^[11]

Japan

AFC Asian Cup: 2000

Individual

AFC Asian Cup Most Valuable Player: 2000
AFC Asian Cup Best Eleven: 1996, 2000
J.League Best Eleven: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002
J.League 20th Anniversary Team
J.League Cup New Hero Award: 1996
Selected to AFC All Star Team: 1998, 2000

References

^ ^a ^b Japan National Football Team Database
^ Júbilo Iwata (in Japanese)
^ Single source here, if player is inactive. If player has not retired, move source next to "Updated" template.
^ NANAMI Hiroshi Archived 2013-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
^ "名波浩". Jnft Database. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
^ "Jリーグ伝説の5チーム。強力な布陣、憎らしいほどに強い…歴史に残る最強のクラブは？【再掲】". Football Channel. 10 April 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
^ "第83回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会決勝:セレッソ大阪 vs ジュビロ磐田". Júbilo Iwata. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
^ "1998 ナビスコカップ決勝:ジュビロ磐田 vs ジェフユナイテッド市原". Júbilo Iwata. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
^ "ゼロックススーパーカップ:ジュビロ磐田 vs 京都パープルサンガ". Júbilo Iwata. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
^ "2004ゼロックススーパーカップ:横浜Ｆ・マリノス vs ジュビロ磐田". Júbilo Iwata. Retrieved July 17, 2020.

External links

Hiroshi Nanami – FIFA competition record (archived)
Hiroshi Nanami at National-Football-Teams.com
Japan National Football Team Database
Player statistics at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Manager statistics manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

[JNFTD-1] Japan National Football Team Database

[2] Júbilo Iwata (in Japanese)

[3] Single source here, if player is inactive. If player has not retired, move source next to "Updated" template.

[4] NANAMI Hiroshi Archived 2013-09-22 at the Wayback Machine

[5] "名波浩". Jnft Database. Retrieved July 17, 2020.

[6] J.League Data Site(in Japanese)

[7] "Jリーグ伝説の5チーム。強力な布陣、憎らしいほどに強い…歴史に残る最強のクラブは？【再掲】". Football Channel. 10 April 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.

[8] "第83回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会決勝:セレッソ大阪 vs ジュビロ磐田". Júbilo Iwata. Retrieved July 17, 2020.

[9] "1998 ナビスコカップ決勝:ジュビロ磐田 vs ジェフユナイテッド市原". Júbilo Iwata. Retrieved July 17, 2020.

[10] "ゼロックススーパーカップ:ジュビロ磐田 vs 京都パープルサンガ". Júbilo Iwata. Retrieved July 17, 2020.

[11] "2004ゼロックススーパーカップ:横浜Ｆ・マリノス vs ジュビロ磐田". Júbilo Iwata. Retrieved July 17, 2020.

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