NEWS

 

Japan coach Takeshi Okada on Monday called up Kawasaki Frontale defender Shuhei Terada to the squad to play the United Arab Emirates in a Kirin Challenge Cup friendly on October 9 and Uzbekistan in a final-round qualifier for the 2010 FIFA World Cup on October 15.

The 27 Japan squad members will start preparing for the games from Tuesday in Niigata.
The Japan-UAE match is to kick off at 7:20 p.m. at Niigata Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium. The Japan-Uzbekistan qualifier will take place at Saitama Stadium, kicking off at 7:30 p.m.

Squad (revised):
Goalkeepers—Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata), Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus), Eiji Kawashima (Kawasaki Frontale)
Defenders—Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F. Marinos), Kazumichi Takagi (Shimizu S-Pulse), Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Urawa Reds), Yuichi Komano (Jubilo Iwata), Yuki Abe (Urawa Reds), Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo), Masato Morishige (Oita Trinita), Atsuto Uchida (Kashima Antlers), Shuhei Terada (Kawasaki Frontale)
Midfielders—Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic), Junichi Inamoto (Eintracht Frankfurt), Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale), Takeshi Aoki (Kashima Antlers), Yasuhiko Konno (FC Tokyo), Makoto Hasebe (VfL Wolfsburg), Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka)
Forwards—Keiji Tamada (Nagoya Grampus), Seiichiro Maki (JEF United Chiba), Hisato Sato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Yoshito Okubo (Vissel Kobe), Shinji Okazaki (Shimizu S-Pulse), Shinzo Koroki (Kashima Antlers), Yasuhito Morishima (Oita Trinita)
Coach—Takeshi Okada