Brazil Internationals in Japan since 2000

Players with 5+ appearances for the Brazilian National Team that have played in the J-League at some point since 2000.

Brazil Caps	Player	J-League Team(s)	Seasons
75	Bebeto	Kashima Antlers	2000
47	César Sampaio	Kashiwa Reysol, Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2002-2004
39	Edmundo	Tokyo Verdy, Urawa Red Diamonds	2001-2003
21	Edílson	Kashiwa Reysol	2002-2003
18	Hulk	Kawasaki Frontale, Consadole Sapporo, Tokyo Verdy	2005-2008
17	João Paulo	Mito Hollyhock	2000
13	Beto	Consadole Sapporo, Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2003-2006
13	Bismarck	Kashima Antlers, Vissel Kobe	2000-2003
12	Luizão	Nagoya Grampus	2005
11	Christian	Omiya Ardija	2005
11	Dudu	Kashiwa Reysol	2004
11	Marques	Nagoya Grampus, Yokohama F Marinos	2003-2007
10	João Carlos	Cerezo Osaka	2002-2003
9	Washington	Tokyo Verdy, Urawa Red Diamonds	2005-2007
8	França	Kashiwa Reysol, Yokohama	2005-2011
7	Thiago Neves	Vegalta Sendai	2006
6	Donizete	Urawa Red Diamonds	2001
6	Euller	Kashima Antlers	2002-2003
5	Dodô	Oita Trinita	2005
5	Jamelli	Shimizu S-Pulse	2004
5	Ramon	Tokyo Verdy	2003
5	Roni	Yokohama F Marinos, Gamba Osaka	2008

Videos: J-League Best Goals - May to August 2011

Videos of the best goals from Japan's J-League from May to August 2011.

Videos: J-League Commercial Collection

Watching Rules & Manners of J-League


J-League Curry


J-League Furikake


"Let's go to the J League"


SEGA J-League


Bellmare Hurricane


Circle K


Dragan Stojković - Nagoya City Transportation Bureau


"Miracles happen in the stadium!"

Inaugural Game Videos: MLS and J-League

Video from the inaugural games of Major League Soccer (1996) and Japan's J-League (1993)

MLS


J-League

Supporter Videos: Vegalta Sendai and Urawa Reds (Japan)

Videos of the excellent supporters from J-League (Japan) clubs Vegalta Sendai and Urawa Red Diamonds.

VEGALTA SENDAI








URAWA REDS

Videos: Nagoya Grampus - J-League Champions 2010

A collection of videos profiling the 2010 J-League champions, Nagoya Grampus (名古屋グランパス, Nagoya Guranpasu) (formerly Nagoya Grampus Eight)

2010 J-League Champions - Celebrations and Highlights 1


2010 J-League Champions - Celebrations and Highlights 2


1993-2010 Nagoya Grampus - Highlights from Club History


THK Coverage of J-League Champs


Feature on Australian Forward Josh Kennedy


Chant for Josh Kennedy
'He is the Jesus Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
Go Joshua Kennedy Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh'


Former Manager Arsene Wenger's Farewell Speech


Former Player Gary Lineker in a Japanese Drink Commercial

Videos: J-League 2010

A variety of entertaining videos from Japan's J-League.  

J-League 2010 Commercial

Intense Player Introductions

Behind the Scenes at a Kashima Antlers Match

Food and Drink Booths outside a Match

I'm not sure....Grampus-kun, the Nagoya Grampus mascot 

Highly Entertaining Long Highlights of a Nagoya Grampus v Shimizu S-Pulse Match from September 25 (6 total goals)

Video: Asian Champions League Overhead Goal

Unfortunately, the Asian club team I support (Japan's Nagoya Grampus) crashed out in the semi-finals of the Asian Champions League against Al-Ittihad of Saudi Arabia this morning (they didn't stand a chance anyways after losing the first leg 6-2 a few days ago). Nagoya striker, Keita Sugimoto, did pull off this excellent overhead goal for the home fans though. Congrats to Al-Ittihad, good luck in the final. As for Nagoya, maybe next year...

Video: J-League Goals of the Month - June and July 2009

I actually had a different post planned for today but for some reason blogger picture uploads haven't been working today. So......Here is a replacement post with videos of the best goals in Japan's J-League for June and July 2009. These entertaining J-league videos can be found at siohoko's channel on youtube.

Videos: Best J-League Goals of 2008 and 2009

I've mentioned before that I'm a big fan of the J-League in Japan. The crowd support is great and the attacking "Brazilian/Japanese" style of play is fun to watch. Having attended a couple of Japanese league games in person, I can say that the atmosphere is outstanding as well. These videos show some truly world class goals and attacking play (and some poor defending and goalkeeping errors, but these are goal highlights after all).

Here are the goals of the season from 2008 and the best goals so far in the 2009 season from Youtube channel/user Siohoko.

CONCACAF players in the J-League

This is a list of full international players from CONCACAF that have spent time in Japan's J-League. Ｊリーグ公式サイト


Canada
Issey Nakajima - Albirex Niigata (2003)

Costa Rica
Paulo Wanchope - FC Tokyo (2007)

El Salvador
Jaime Rodriguez - Yokohama Flugels (1992-1993)

Honduras
Saul Martinez - Omiya Ardija (2006)

Panama
Jorge Dely Valdes - Cerezo Osaka (1995), Consadole Sapporo (1997-1998), Omiya Ardija (2001-2002), Kawasaki Frontale (2003)

Trinidad and Tobago
Silvio Spann - Yokohama FC (2005)

USA
Dan Calichman - Sanfrecce Hiroshima (1992-1993)



MLS connections
Paulo Wanchope - Chicago Fire (2007)
Saul Martinez - Miami Fusion (1999)
Jorge Dely Valdes - Colorado Rapids (1999-2000)
Dan Calichman - Los Angeles Galaxy (1996-1998), New England Revolution (1999-2000), San Jose Earthquakes (2000)

Where are they now?
Issey Nakajima - FC Nordsjælland (Denmark)
Paulo Wanchope - Manager of CS Herediano in Costa Rica
Jaime Rodriguez - Coordinator and Assistant coach of El Salvador national team
Saul Martinez - CD Marathón (Honduras)
Jorge Dely Valdes - Manager of the Panama U-20's
Silvio Spann - Wrexham in England's Conference National
Dan Calichman - LAFC director of player development

Brazil and Japan J-League Link

These are all the transfers between the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Brazil) and the J-League (Japan) that have taken place between the leagues in the last year or so. Lately there have been many players returning to Brazil after a stint in Japan (with former Tokyo Verdy and Urawa Reds player Washington playing a major role in Fluminense's Copa Libertadores runner-up finish last season).

Every club in the J-League has at least 1 Brazilian and half the clubs in the league have at least 3 Brazilians on there roster.





From Japan to Brazil
Evaldo - FC Tokyo to Santos
Márcio Araújo - Kashiwa Reysol to Atlético-MG
Marques - Yokohama Marinos to Atlético-MG
Gilmar - Yokohama Marinos to Náutico
Ze Carlos - Cerezo Osaka to Botafogo
Fabrício - Jubilo Iwata to Cruzeiro
Washington - Urawa Reds to Fluminense
Jonlison - Vegalta Sendai to Vasco
Thiago Prado - Kyoto Sanga to Figueirense
Silvinho - Albirex Niigata to Vitória
Alceu - Consadole Sapporo to Náutico
Basilio - Tokyo Verdy to Ipatinga

From Brazil to Japan
Marcos Aurélio - Santos to Shimizu S-Pulse
Marcinho - Curzeiro to Kashima Antlers (Loan)
Kaio - Atlético-PR to Cerezo Osaka (Loan)

Current Number of Brazilians on J-League Clubs
4 - Consadole Sapporo
4 - Kyoto Sanga
3 - Albirex Niigata
3 - FC Tokyo
3 - Gamba Osaka
3 - Kashima Antlers
3 - Kashiwa Reysol
3 - Kawasaki Frontale
3 - Oita Trinita
2 - JEF United
2 - Jubilo Iwata
2 - Omiya Ardija
2 - Shimizu S-Pulse
2 - Tokyo Verdy
2 - Urawa Red Diamonds
2 - Vissel Kobe
1 - Nagoya Grampus
1 - Yokohama Marinos

World Soccer League Schedule Chart

A chart showing the times of the year that various world soccer leagues take place.


Click to Enlarge

I'm glad MLS takes place through the summer, although from reading message forums many MLS fans seem to disagree. It allows for a year round club soccer fix, and in the US it doesn't compete with as many sports as it would in the Fall and Winter. I just wish they'd take a couple of weeks off during the big international tournaments in mid-summer.


I had to throw in the old school video game reference when I saw what the chart looked like. What was the name of that game again?

J-League 2008

I had the pleasure of visiting Japan a few years back and when I was there I managed to talk my wife into riding a subway for an hour to attend a J-League match between Nagoya Grampus Eight and FC Tokyo in Nagoya.

Once we finally figured out where the stadium was and deciphered the Japanese only tickets to find our seats, we settled in to enjoy the game. The match had a fantastic atmosphere and entertaining style of play and I've done my best to follow the league ever since then. (Nagoya won 1-0 in case you were wondering)

The 2008 J-League season just started a couple of weeks ago and I thought I'd list a few of the sites I use to keep track of the league here:



Gambare! J-League Highlights Fridays at 5:30 p.m. EST on Fox Soccer Channel

The Rising Sun News

Official English Language J-League Site

Official Weekly Schedule and Scores

Official League Table

Official J-League Club Profiles

The Japan Times

Bigsoccer Japan Forums

I occasionally catch a live streaming game from myp2p, but they usually start between midnight and 4 AM Eastern Time.

2008 J-League Previews

Soccerphile.com Preview
Goal.com Preview

2008 J-League Kits

A post from football-chat.com that shows the 2008 uniforms.