Yūichi Komano

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Yūichi Komano
Full name	Yūichi Komano
Date of birth	July 25, 1981 (1981-07-25) (age 26)
Place of birth	Wakayama, Japan
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	Júbilo Iwata
Youth clubs
1997-99	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-2007 2008-	Sanfrecce Hiroshima Júbilo Iwata	191 00(9) 013 00(1)
National team²
2005-	Japan	033 00(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 May 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 19 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Yūichi Komano (駒野友一, Komano Yūichi^?, born June 25, 1981 in Kainan, Wakayama) is a Japanese football player. He plays for J.League division 1 side Júbilo Iwata. He is right-footed and mainly plays right full back for the club but he is often employed in the left for Japan national football team.

1 Playing career
2 External links
3 National team Career Stats
- 3.1 Appearances in Major Competitions
4 References

[edit] Playing career

Komano played for his local junior high school team. He was invited for trials from several clubs including Gamba Osaka, JEF United Ichihara, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and local high school powerhouse Hatsushiba Hashimoto. He decided to join Sanfrecce Hiroshima and entered Yoshida High School in Hiroshima.

he has been the first-choice right back for the club since 2001 when he is available. He suffered from several serious injuries and illnesses. He damaged the cruciate ligaments of his left knee in the match against Yokohama FC on August 16, 2003. While he was in hospital, he suffered from a venous thrombosis. Because of these, he was sidelined until April 2004. He broke his left collar bone in an Olympic game against Ghana in August 2004. In September of the same year, he also suffered from a uveitis problem that might have caused blindness.

Komano represented Japan at the 2004 Olympics. He made his full international debut for Japan on August 3, 2005 in an East Asian Cup match against China. He was a member of the Japan team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals as a back up for first-choice Akira Kaji.^[1] Because of Kaji's injury, Komano played in Japan's opening game against Australia. He was also a member for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals. He played all the Japan games except one for which he wasn't eligible due to suspension.

Komano moved to Júbilo Iwata for the 2008 season after Hiroshima was relegated to J. League division 2.

[edit] External links

National Football Teams

[edit] National team Career Stats

[edit] Appearances in Major Competitions

Year	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
Year	Competition	Category	Start	Sub	Goals	Team Record
2001	2001 FIFA World Youth Championship	U-20	3	0	0	Round 1
2004	2004 Olympics	U-23	2	0	0	Round 1
2006	2006 FIFA World Cup	Senior	1	0	0	Round 1
2006	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Senior	4	0	0	Qualified

[edit] References

^ FIFA.com

v • d • e

Júbilo Iwata – current squad

1 Kawaguchi • 2 Suzuki • 3 Chano • 4 Ohi • 5 Tanaka • 6 Kawamura • 7 Ohta • 8 Gilsinho • 9 Nakayama • 10 Naruoka • 11 Nishi • 13 Morishita • 14 Murai • 15 Kaga • 16 Nanami • 17 Inuzuka • 18 Maeda • 19 Okada • 20 Nakajima • 21 Matsui • 22 Cullen • 23 K. Yamamoto • 24 Matsuura • 25 Komano • 26 Morino • 27 Ueda • 28 Funatani • 29 Yamazaki • 30 Fujii • 31 Hatta • 32 Bandai • 33 Suzaki • 34 Oshitani • 36 Sato • Manager: Uchiyama

v • d • e Japan squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Narazaki • 2 Moniwa • 3 Komano • 4 Endō • 5 Miyamoto • 6 K. Nakata • 7 H. Nakata • 8 Ogasawara • 9 Takahara • 10 Nakamura • 11 Maki • 12 Doi • 13 Yanagisawa • 14 Alex • 15 Fukunishi • 16 Oguro • 17 Inamoto • 18 Ono • 19 Tsuboi • 20 Tamada • 21 Kaji • 22 Nakazawa • 23 Kawaguchi • Coach: Zico