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{{short description|Japanese footballer}}
{{Distinguish|Naoki Matsudo}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Naoki Matsuda<br/>松田 直樹
| image = Naoki Matsuda.jpg
| upright = 1.1
| caption = Matsuda with [[Japan national football team|Japan]] in 2002
| birth_date = {{birth date|1977|3|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kiryu, Gunma|Kiryu]], [[Gunma Prefecture|Gunma]], Japan
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|8|4|1977|3|14|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Matsumoto, Nagano|Matsumoto]], [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]], Japan
| height = 1.83 m
| position = [[Centre-back]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 1992–1994
| youthclubs1 = Maebashi Ikuei High School
| years1 = 1995–2010
| clubs1 = [[Yokohama F. Marinos]]
| caps1 = 385
| goals1 = 17
| years2 = 2011
| clubs2 = [[Matsumoto Yamaga FC]]
| caps2 = 15
| goals2 = 1
| totalcaps = 400
| totalgoals = 18
| nationalyears1 = 1993
| nationalteam1 = [[Japan national under-17 football team|Japan U-17]]
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 1995
| nationalteam2 = [[Japan national under-20 football team|Japan U-20]]
| nationalcaps2 = 4
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1996–2000
| nationalteam3 = [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U-23]]
| nationalcaps3 = 5
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2000–2005
| nationalteam4 = [[Japan national football team|Japan]]
| nationalcaps4 = 40
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{Fb|JPN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000 Lebanon]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004 China]]|}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup|2001 Korea/Japan]]|}}
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Naoki Matsuda'''|松田 直樹|Matsuda Naoki|14 March 1977 – 4 August 2011}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Naoki Matsuda Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/naoki-matsuda-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417210757/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/naoki-matsuda-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=7 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> was a Japanese professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[central defender]] for the [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]].

==Club career==
Matsuda was born in [[Kiryu, Gunma|Kiryu]] on 14 March 1977. After graduating from high school, he joined [[Yokohama F. Marinos|Yokohama Marinos]] (later ''Yokohama F. Marinos'') in 1995. From first season, he became a regular player and played as right back of three defence with [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]] players [[Masami Ihara]] and [[Norio Omura]]. The club won the champions in [[1995 J.League|1995 J1 League]]. In 2000s, he mainly played as centre back with [[Yuji Nakazawa]] or [[Yuzo Kurihara]], also played defensive midfielder. The club won the champions [[2001 J.League Cup]], [[2003 J.League Division 1|2003]] and [[2004 J.League Division 1|2004 J1 League]]. Although he played as central player of Marinos in 16 seasons, he was sacked end of 2010 season.

Matsuda moved to [[Japan Football League]] club [[Matsumoto Yamaga FC]] in 2011. Although he played for qualify for promote to [[J2 League]], in 2 August, he collapsed for [[myocardial infarction]] during training. On 4 August, he died at the age of 34. His last match against [[Honda FC|Honda]] on 23 July was his 400th game in the league. At the end of the season, the club won promotion to the J2 League.

==International career==
In August 1993, Matsuda was selected [[Japan national under-17 football team|Japan U-17 national team]] for [[1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1993 U-17 World Championship]]. He played full-time in all 4 matches and scored 1 goal. In April 1995, he was also selected [[Japan national under-20 football team|Japan U-20 national team]] for [[1995 FIFA World Youth Championship|1995 World Youth Championship]] and he played full-time in all 4 matches.

In July 1996, Matsuda was selected [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U-23 national team]] for [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1996 Summer Olympics]] and he played full-time in all 3 matches. Although Japan won 2 matches, Japan lost at First round. At this time, Japan won [[Brazil national under-23 football team|Brazil]] in first game. It was known as "Miracle of Miami" ([[:ja:マイアミの奇跡|マイアミの奇跡]]) in Japan.

On 5 February 2000, Matsuda debuted for [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]] against [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]. After the debut, he played many matches as one of three backs defense. In September, he was selected U-23 Japan for [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2000 Summer Olympics]] 2nd time. However he played only 2 matches instead [[Koji Nakata]] got injured in the third game.

In October 2000, Matsuda was selected Japan for [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000 Asian Cup]]. He played 3 matches and Japan won the champions. In 2001, he was also selected Japan for [[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup|2001 Confederations Cup]]. He played 4 matches and Japan won the 2nd place. At [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]], he played full-time in all 4 matches. After 2002 World Cup, he did not play in many matches. He was selected Japan for [[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004 Asian Cup]]. Although Japan won the champions, he played only 5 minutes. On 29 January 2005, he played and scored a goal against [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]]. Although this goal is his first goal for Japan, this game became his last game for Japan. He played 40 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 2005.<ref name="JNFTD">[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/matsuda_naoki.html Japan National Football Team Database]</ref>

==Death==
On 2 August 2011, Matsuda collapsed during training with [[Matsumoto Yamaga FC]] due to a [[cardiac arrest]] after finishing a 15-minute warmup run, and doctors diagnosed his condition as "extremely severe".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/soccer/story/Former-Japan-defender-Naoki-Matsuda-collapses-31119364#ixzz1TscF6Qb4|title=Matsuda still in danger a day after cardiac arrest|publisher=Fox Soccer|date=3 August 2011|access-date=3 August 2011}}</ref> Two days later, he died at the age of 34.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/sports/2011/08/04/former-japan-international-matsuda-dies-kyodo/|title=Former Japan international Naoki Matsuda dies|publisher=Fox News Latino|date=4 August 2011|access-date=4 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328212624/http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/sports/2011/08/04/former-japan-international-matsuda-dies-kyodo/|archive-date=28 March 2012}}</ref>

Despite having released him in 2010, his former club, [[Yokohama F. Marinos]], retired his uniform number 3 after his death, as an indication of his contribution not only to F. Marinos but to Japan football's development, both at league and international levels.

The funeral was held on 9 August 2011 and attendees included players who once played for Japan and Yokohama F. Marinos.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/soccer/etc/news/20110809-OHT1T00194.htm |title=松田さんに最後の別れ ファンからナオキコール：その他：サッカー：スポーツ報知 |access-date=31 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818054007/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/soccer/etc/news/20110809-OHT1T00194.htm |archive-date=18 August 2011}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>Single source here, if player is inactive. If player has not retired, move source next to "Updated" template.</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[Emperor's Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[J.League Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="16"|[[Yokohama F. Marinos]]{{efn|"Yokohama Marinos" until 1999}}
|[[1995 Yokohama Marinos season|1995]]
|rowspan="16"|[[J1 League]]
|33||1||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||34||1
|-
|[[1996 Yokohama Marinos season|1996]]
|16||0||1||0||11||2||colspan="2"|–||28||2
|-
|[[1997 Yokohama Marinos season|1997]]
|31||2||2||0||6||0||colspan="2"|–||39||2
|-
|[[1998 Yokohama Marinos season|1998]]
|12||0||1||0||4||1||colspan="2"|–||17||1
|-
|[[1999 Yokohama F. Marinos season|1999]]
|27||0||3||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||32||0
|-
|[[2000 Yokohama F. Marinos season|2000]]
|24||2||2||1||3||0||colspan="2"|–||29||3
|-
|[[2001 Yokohama F. Marinos season|2001]]
|29||0||1||0||9||0||colspan="2"|–||39||0
|-
|[[2002 Yokohama F. Marinos season|2002]]
|25||2||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||26||2
|-
|[[2003 Yokohama F. Marinos season|2003]]
|20||0||0||0||5||0||colspan="2"|–||25||0
|-
|[[2004 Yokohama F. Marinos season|2004]]
|24||1||1||0||4||0||4||0||33||1
|-
|[[2005 Yokohama F. Marinos season|2005]]
|27||1||1||0||4||1||4||0||36||2
|-
|[[2006 Yokohama F. Marinos season|2006]]
|29||4||0||0||9||3||colspan="2"|–||38||7
|-
|[[2007 Yokohama F. Marinos season|2007]]
|8||1||2||0||5||0||colspan="2"|–||15||1
|-
|[[2008 Yokohama F. Marinos season|2008]]
|30||1||3||0||7||0||colspan="2"|–||40||1
|-
|[[2009 Yokohama F. Marinos season|2009]]
|31||1||3||0||10||2||colspan="2"|–||44||3
|-
|[[2010 Yokohama F. Marinos season|2010]]
|19||1||2||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||24||1
|-
|[[Matsumoto Yamaga FC]]
|[[2011 Japan Football League|2011]]
|[[Japan Football League]]
|15||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||15||1
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!400!!18!!24!!1!!82!!9!!8!!0!!506!!28
|}

{{notelist}}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="JNFTD"/>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Japan national football team|Japan]]
|[[2000 Japan national football team|2000]]||14||0
|-
|[[2001 Japan national football team|2001]]||10||0
|-
|[[2002 Japan national football team|2002]]||12||0
|-
|[[2003 Japan national football team|2003]]||0||0
|-
|[[2004 Japan national football team|2004]]||3||0
|-
|[[2005 Japan national football team|2005]]||1||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!40!!1
|}

:''Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Matsuda goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Naoki Matsuda
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 29 January 2005 || [[Yokohama]], Japan || {{fb|KAZ}} || || align="center"|4–0 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Yokohama F. Marinos'''
*[[J1 League]]: [[1995 J.League|1995]], [[2003 J.League Division 1|2003]], [[2004 J.League Division 1|2004]]
*[[J.League Cup]]: [[2001 J.League Cup|2001]]

'''Japan'''
*[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]: Runner-up [[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup|2001]]
*[[AFC Asian Cup]]: [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]], [[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]]

'''Individual'''
*[[J.League Best XI]]: [[2000 J.League Division 1|2000]], [[2002 J.League Division 1|2002]]
*[[J.League Best XI#J.League 20th Anniversary Team|J.League 20th Anniversary Team]]
*J.League 30th Anniversary Team<ref>{{cite web|url= https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230515/p2g/00m/0sp/051000c|title= Yasuhito Endo named J-League 30-year MVP, Kazuyoshi Miura, Shunsuke Nakamura in best XI|access-date= May 17, 2023|work= Mainichi Shimbun|archive-date= 15 May 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230515140016/https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230515/p2g/00m/0sp/051000c|url-status= dead}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FIFA player|177805}}
* {{NFT player|3465}}
* [http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/matsuda_naoki.html Japan National Football Team Database]
* {{J.League player|1864}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090925114157/http://www.f-marinos.com/topteam/2009_df03.html Yokohama F. Marinos profile] {{in lang|ja}}

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