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| | CNNSI.com - Soccer - Nakamura named Japan's Player of the Year - Tuesday December 12, 2000 09:22 AM |
 | | Posted: Tuesday December 12, 2000 9:22 AM TOKYO (Reuters) -- Yokohama F Marinos midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura has been named Japan's Player of the Year, gaining some consolation after his team was beaten to the J-League championship at the weekend. |
 | | The 22-year-old playmaker, who was a key member of Japan's Asian Cup-winning squad in Lebanon in October, received the award on Monday night at a ceremony in Yokohama, where the 2002 World Cup final will be held. |
 | | The League XI was: Daijiro Takakuwa (Kashima Antlers); Yutaka Akita (Kashima Antlers), Hong Myung Bo (Kashiwa Reysol), Naoki Matsuda (Yokohama F Marinos); Tomokazu Myojin (Kashiwa Reysol), Shunsuke Nakamura (Yokohama F Marinos), Junichi Inamoto (Gamba Osaka), Hiroaki Morishima (Cerezo Osaka); Tuto (FC Tokyo), Masashi Nakayama (Jubilo Iwata), Akinori Nishizawa (Cerezo Osaka, now Espanyol, Spain). |
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