Grampus 2010: Gunning for the Title

Nagoya have announced their squad for this season. Below is an abbreviated table of the players that will hopefully be challenging for the title come the end of the season.

So what can we expect from this team? Well, they should certainly be stronger than last year. We may have lost a good young defender, Maya Yoshida, to VVV, and the inconsistent Milos Bajalica, but Tulio and Chiyotanda are more than adequate replacements. This leaves the defence stronger and much more experienced than last year.

However, it is in midfield that the biggest improvement has taken place. Last year, both Josh Kennedy and Keiji Tamada spent a lot of time dropping back into midfield. This was partly due to the fact that the midfield was too slow to get the ball forward. The addition of Danilson and Mu Kanazaki should alleviate this problem and allow the two forwards to concentrate on wreaking havoc in the opposition area.

Nagoya Grampus 2010


Italics denote new signings for 2010.

Pos.	Name	No.	H/W	Age
GK	Seigo Narazaki	1	187/80	33
GK	Koji Nishimura	21	186/78	25
GK	Toru Hasegawa	31	187/70	21
GK	Yoshinaari Takagi	50	187/86	30
DF	Akira Takeuchi	2	180/71	26
DF	Mitsuru Chiyotanda	3	183/80	29
DF	Tulio	4	185/82	28
DF	Takahiro Masukawa	5	191/93	30
DF	Shohei Abe	6	171/70	26
DF	Genta Matsuo	23	177/75	23
DF	Tatsuya Arai	26	188/80	22
DF	Hayuma Tanaka	32	174/64	27
MF	Naoshi Nakamura	7	176/72	31
MF	Magnum	8	174/72	27
MF	Igor Burzanovic	9	183/80	24
MF	Yoshizumi Ogawa	10	173/67	25
MF	Keiji Yoshimura	14	176/72	30
MF	Danilson	20	185/80	23
MF	Koji Hashimoto	22	177/70	23
MF	Shinta Fukushima	24	171/69	21
MF	Mu Kanazaki	25	180/70	20
MF	Sho Hanai	27	179/66	20
MF	Taishi Taguchi	28	174/65	18
MF	Ryota Isomura	33	181/70	18
MF	Alex Santos	38	178/69	32
FW	Keiji Tamada	11	173/67	29
FW	Josh Kennedy	16	194/84	27
FW	Yuki Maki	17	182/75	25
FW	Keita Sugimoto	19	173/70	27
FW	Hikaru Kuba	29	165/57	19