Who are Japan's top ten best football players?
i can't exactly make a ranking including the players who retired
or passed the prime.. so i will mention only current stars
but in my opinion.. it will be..
Current top 10:
1. Keisuke Honda - MF, CSKA Moscow(phisically strong, wide view,
calm mind. very high soccer IQ. skilled as well, stable. he makes
the game of current team japan)
2. Yuto Nagatomo - DF Internazionale Milan(fast, good cross
ball, incredible stamina. best asian SB i think)
3. Shinji Kagawa - MF Borussia Dortmund(quick, and skilled. he
can also pass well. great off-ball movement. and the stamina)
4. Yasuhito Endo - MF Gamba Osaka(takes great part in game
making. wide view. has very high soccer IQ. one of the best
defensive MF in japan ever)
5. Makoto Hasebe - MF Wolvesburg(captain. calm. stable player.
good at marking the opponent)
6. Eiji Kawashima - GK Lierse(well, i think he defended team
japan's goal well since the 2010 WC)
7. Atsuto Uchida - DF Schalke(he is not stable sometimes, but if
you have seen him playing in last CL, he was very agile and running
around whole game like nagatomo. well, nagatomo is Left SB and this
guy is the Ritht SB. that makes team japan complete)
8. Shinji Okazaki - FW Stuttgart(he has most goals made in
current team japan squad)
9. Tulio Tanaka - DF Nagoya Grampus Eight(this guy wasn't called
to NT anymore after 2010 WC. but this guy was one of the reason
japan passed the group stage. physically very strong. ideal center
back still)
10. Yuji Nakazawa - DF Yokohama F Marinos(he defended japan's
goal at 2010 WC. along with tulio, he was best center back in
japan. although haven't be called to NT after WC but i think they
haven't found yet the good enough replacement for this guy end
tulio at CB)
well..notable players in past:
Hidetoshi Nakata, Shunsuke Nakamura, Junichi Inamoto, Shinji
Ono, Naohito Takahara etc...