A classic goal-poacher, whose build-up work often leaves much to be desired, Oguro currently plays his club football in the French second division with Grenoble. That move had seemed likely to cost him his place on the plane to Germany, but coach Zico decided to stick by the former Gamba Osaka man. He impressed at last year's Confederations Cup tournament, finding the net against both Greece and Brazil just a matter of months after breaking into the national team set-up, but is set to start on the bench this summer.