SOCCER PLAYER

Naoki Matsuda

1977 - 2011

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Naoki Matsuda (松田 直樹, Matsuda Naoki; 14 March 1977 – 4 August 2011) was a Japanese professional footballer who played as a central defender for the Japan national team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia. Naoki Matsuda is the 5,965th most popular soccer player (down from 5,921st in 2024), the 1,952nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,748th in 2019) and the 593rd most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Naoki Matsuda ranks 5,963 out of 21,273. Before him are Satoshi Sato, Borivoje Đorđević, Julio César Uribe, and Rodrigo Tabata. After him are Néjib Ghommidh, Cristian Tello, Manuel Locatelli, Raphael Tracey, Viktor Shustikov, Peter Stöger, Fabio Pecchia, and Julien Escudé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Naoki Matsuda ranks 272. Before him are Dominic Howard, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Brian Tee, Vincenzo Italiano, Owusu Benson, and Tugan Sokhiev. After him are Ramil Safarov, Kosuke Harada, Andrejs Prohorenkovs, Park Yong-ha, Manolo Cardona, and Paul Pierce. Among people deceased in 2011, Naoki Matsuda ranks 445. Before him are Ryan Dunn, Vittorio Arrigoni, Pauline Betz, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Peter Schamoni, and Clement Arrindell. After him are Frank Kameny, Brian Jacques, Pavle Jurina, Rob Schroeder, Dolores Fuller, and H. R. F. Keating.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Naoki Matsuda ranks 1,952 out of 6,245. Before him are Seigo Narazaki (1976), Jun Fukuyama (1978), Aya Miyama (1985), Hikaru Hironiwa (1985), Satoshi Sato (1979), and Yusaku Maezawa (1975). After him are Kosuke Harada (1977), Kumiko Okae (1956), Koichi Ae (1976), Yoko Takahashi (1966), Takuya Takagi (1967), and Hiroshi Mikitani (1965).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Naoki Matsuda ranks 593. Before him are Takashi Sambonsuge (1978), Yuji Oe (1986), Seigo Narazaki (1976), Aya Miyama (1985), Hikaru Hironiwa (1985), and Satoshi Sato (1979). After him are Kosuke Harada (1977), Koichi Ae (1976), Takuya Takagi (1967), Jong Tae-se (1984), Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (1968), and Satoshi Yoshioka (1987).

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