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Naoki Matsuda, Japanese footballer, died from a suspected heart attack he was , 34.

Naoki Matsuda  was a Japanese footballer who played as a central defender.

(14 March 1977 – 4 August 2011)






Football career

Born in Kiryū, Gunma, Matsuda represented the Yokohama F. Marinos for the vast majority of his career, being promoted to the first team in 1995, at the age of 18. He scored his first goal for the club on September 30 of that year, at Mitsuzawa Stadium, and went on to appear in more than 500 official games for the Yokohama side, helping it to three J. League Division 1 titles.
Internationally, he represented Japan at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2002 FIFA World Cup, both played on home soil, and also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]

Death

In 2011, Matsuda signed with Matsumoto Yamaga FC, in the Japan Football League.
On 2 August, he collapsed during training due to a cardiac arrest after finishing a 15-minute warmup run, and doctors diagnosed his condition as "extremely severe".[2] Two days later, he died at the age of 34.[3]

Statistics

Club

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Asia Total
1995 Yokohama Marinos/
Yokohama F. Marinos
J. League 1 33 1 1 0 - - 34 1
1996 16 0 1 0 11 2 - 28 2
1997 31 2 2 0 6 0 - 39 2
1998 12 0 1 0 4 1 - 17 1
1999 27 0 3 0 2 0 - 32 0
2000 24 2 2 1 3 0 - 29 3
2001 29 0 1 0 9 0 - 39 0
2002 25 2 1 0 0 0 - 26 2
2003 20 0 0 0 5 0 - 25 0
2004 24 1 1 0 4 0 4 0 33 1
2005 27 1 1 0 4 1 4 0 36 2
2006 29 4 0 0 9 3 - 38 7
2007 8 1 2 0 5 0 - 15 1
2008 30 1 3 0 7 0 - 40 1
2009 31 1 3 0 10 2 - 44 3
2010 19 1 2 0 3 0 - 24 1
2011 Matsumoto Yamaga JFL 15 1 - - - 15 1
Country Japan 400 18 24 1 82 9 8 0 506 28
Total 400 18 24 1 82 9 8 0 506 28

National team

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2000 14 0
2001 10 0
2002 12 0
2003 0 0
2004 3 0
2005 1 1
Total 40 1

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 January 2005 Yokohama, Japan  Kazakhstan 4–0 Win Friendly

Honors

Club

Country

Individual

 

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