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Japan 5-3 Uruguay - August 25, 1996 / Friendlies 1996

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Friendlies 1996 - Intercontinental

Osaka Nagai Stadium - Osaka - Japan

August 25, 1996

40 876

5 - 3

Uruguay

Masakiyo Maezono

15'

Kazuyoshi Miura

26'

Takuya Takagi

42'

Kazuyoshi Miura

68'

Masayuki Okano

84'

23'

Alvaro Recoba

73'

Sebastián Abreu

77'

Alvaro Recoba

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15' - Goal Masakiyo Maezono15

23' - Goal Alvaro Recoba

26' - Goal Kazuyoshi Miura26

42' - Goal Takuya Takagi42

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46' - Substitution Takuya Takagiis substituted by Hisashi Kurosaki46

46' - Substitution Jorge Goncalvesis substituted by Nelson Artigas Olveira photo Rodrigo Lemos

46' - Substitution Javier Delgadois substituted by Rodrigo Lemos photo Sebastián Abreu

46' - Substitution Luis Jonneis substituted by Sebastián Abreu

61' - Substitution Norio Omurais substituted by Toshihide Saito61

68' - Goal Kazuyoshi Miura68

73' - Substitution Motohiro Yamaguchiis substituted by Yasuto Honda photo Masayuki Okano

73' - Substitution Kazuyoshi Miurais substituted by Masayuki Okano73

73' - Goal Sebastián Abreu

74' - Substitution Tabaréis substituted by Marco Vanzini

77' - Goal Alvaro Recoba

84' - Goal Masayuki Okano84

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Japan

5 - 3

Uruguay

Japan Uruguay

Team line-ups

Japan

Maekawa

Kazuya Maekawa

Japan

B.date22/03/1968

Age28 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

Omura61

Norio Omura

Japan

B.date06/09/1969

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Yanagimoto

Hiroshige Yanagimoto

Japan

B.date15/10/1972

Age23 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Ihara

Masami Ihara

Japan

B.date18/09/1967

Age28 years

H1m82

positionDefender

Soma

Naoki Soma

Japan

B.date19/07/1971

Age25 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Yamaguchi73

Motohiro Yamaguchi

Japan

B.date29/01/1969

Age27 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

Nanami

Hiroshi Nanami

Japan

B.date28/11/1972

Age23 years

H1m77

positionLeft central midfielder

Maezono15

Masakiyo Maezono

Japan

B.date29/10/1973

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Morishima

Hiraoki Morishima

Japan

B.date30/04/1972

Age24 years

H1m68

positionOffensive Midfielder

Miura682673

Kazuyoshi Miura

Japan

B.date26/02/1967

Age29 years

H1m77

positionForward

Takagi4246

Takuya Takagi

Japan

B.date12/11/1967

Age28 years

H1m88

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kazuya Maekawa		28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Norio Omura	61	26	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hiroshige Yanagimoto		23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Masami Ihara		28	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Naoki Soma		25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Motohiro Yamaguchi	73	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hiroshi Nanami		23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Masakiyo Maezono	15	22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hiraoki Morishima		24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kazuyoshi Miura	682673	29	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Takuya Takagi	4246	28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Uruguay

Siboldi

Robert Siboldi

Uruguay

B.date24/09/1965

Age30 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Tabaré74

Tabaré

Uruguay

B.date30/08/1974

Age21 years

H1m76

positionLeft central defender

Goncalves46

Jorge Goncalves

Uruguay

B.date02/03/1967

Age29 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Hernández

Pablo Hernández

Uruguay

B.date02/05/1975

Age21 years

H1m79

positionCentral defender

Picún

Fernando Picún

Uruguay

B.date14/02/1972

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Delgado46

Javier Delgado

Uruguay

B.date08/07/1975

Age21 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

Jonne46

Luis Jonne

Uruguay

B.date18/07/1975

Age21 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

De los Santos

Gonzalo De los Santos

Uruguay

B.date19/07/1976

Age20 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

Romero

Marcelo Romero

Uruguay

B.date04/07/1976

Age20 years

H1m73

positionDefensive Midfielder

González

Juanchi González

Uruguay

B.date27/05/1972

Age24 years

H1m78

positionForward

Recoba7723

Alvaro Recoba

Uruguay

B.date17/03/1976

Age20 years

H1m79

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Robert Siboldi		30	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tabaré	74	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jorge Goncalves	46	29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pablo Hernández		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fernando Picún		24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Delgado	46	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Jonne	46	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gonzalo De los Santos		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marcelo Romero		20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Juanchi González		24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alvaro Recoba	7723	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Toshihide Saito	61	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yasuto Honda	73	27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hisashi Kurosaki	46	28	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Masayuki Okano	8473	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Nelson Artigas Olveira	46	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marco Vanzini	74	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rodrigo Lemos	46	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Sebastián Abreu	7346	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kazuya Maekawa

Kenichi Shimokawa

OUT

Masakiyo Maezono

Yasuto Honda

OUT

Takuya Takagi

Yoshiyuki Hasegawa

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jorge Goncalves

Diego López

OUT

Luis Jonne

Ruben Pereira

OUT

Robert Siboldi

Leonardo Romay

OUT

Gonzalo De los Santos

Rodrigo Lemos

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Shu Kamo

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Kamo vs Uruguay

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 25, 1996

Kamo vs Nuñez

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 25, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Hector Nuñez

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Nuñez vs Japan

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 25, 1996

Nuñez vs Kamo

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 25, 1996

Referee

Russamee Jindamai

1 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Japan3 matches	General total	Uruguay1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Japan1 match	Season total	Uruguay1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 24, 1998					Latest figure on August 25, 1996

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Key figures

It's the first time in his career that Alvaro Recoba scores at least 2 goals during the same game in his professional career with Japan

Uruguay keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a win in Friendlies running (since 28/06/1995). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 18/01/1995-31/03/1995 time period (6 matches).

Uruguay keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded in Friendlies running (since 28/06/1995). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 20/03/1990-05/05/1991 time period (5 matches).

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LJapan 1-5 Brazil09/08/1995

LJapan 1-2 Paraguay20/09/1995

VJapan 2-1 Saudi Arabia24/10/1995

VJapan 2-1 Saudi Arabia28/10/1995

VJapan 1-0 Serbia and Montenegro26/05/1996

VJapan 3-2 Mexico29/05/1996

Overall

VAustralia 1-4 Japan10/02/1996

LAustralia 3-0 Japan14/02/1996

VJapan 5-0 Poland19/02/1996

DJapan 1-1 Sweden22/02/1996

VJapan 1-0 Serbia and Montenegro26/05/1996

VJapan 3-2 Mexico29/05/1996

Current form

Away

LSerbia and Montenegro 1-0 Uruguay31/03/1995

LIsrael 3-1 Uruguay20/09/1995

LBrazil 2-0 Uruguay11/10/1995

VVenezuela 0-2 Uruguay24/04/1996

LColombia 3-1 Uruguay07/07/1996

DChina 1-1 Uruguay17/07/1996

Overall

LIsrael 3-1 Uruguay20/09/1995

LBrazil 2-0 Uruguay11/10/1995

VVenezuela 0-2 Uruguay24/04/1996

LUruguay 0-2 Paraguay02/06/1996

LColombia 3-1 Uruguay07/07/1996

DChina 1-1 Uruguay17/07/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	2
Unbeaten streak	4	4
Drawless streak	8	2
Scoring streak	8	4
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	3	2
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	1
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
3	Victories (Competition total)	0
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
1-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (1 times)

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Kazuyoshi Miura	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Alvaro Recoba
Kazuyoshi Miura	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Alvaro Recoba
Kazuyoshi Miura	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Alvaro Recoba

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

4 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	May 26, 1985
Away	4 - 1	May 26, 1985

Latest head to head

May 26, 1985 - Rencontres amicales 1985

Japan

1 - 4

Uruguay

Best historical scorers against Uruguay

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/05/1985. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Japan

	Jorge da Silva	2 goals	1985 - 1985
	Carlos Alberto Aguilera	2 goals	1985 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/05/1985. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Uruguay

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/05/1985. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Japan

José Luis Russo	1 match	1985 - 1985
Alfonso Dario Pereyra	1 match	1985 - 1985
Jorge Walter Barrios	1 match	1985 - 1985
Jorge da Silva	1 match	1985 - 1985
Julio César Ribas	1 match	1985 - 1985
Juan Ramón Carrasco	1 match	1985 - 1985