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Tsuyoshi Kitazawa
北澤 豪
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Personal information
Full name Tsuyoshi Kitazawa
Date of birth (1968-08-10) 10 August 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Machida, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.70 m
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1984–1986 Shutoku High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1991 Honda 51 (14)
1991–2002 Tokyo Verdy 265 (41)
Total 316 (55)
National team
1989 Japan Futsal
1991–1999 Japan 58 (3)
Honours
Tokyo Verdy
Winner Japan Soccer League 1991/92
Winner J1 League 1993
Winner J1 League 1994
Runner-up J1 League 1995
Winner JSL Cup 1991
Winner J.League Cup 1992
Winner J.League Cup 1993
Winner J.League Cup 1994
Runner-up J.League Cup 1996
Winner Emperor's Cup 1996
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1991
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1992
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Gold 1992 Japan
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (北澤 豪, Kitazawa Tsuyoshi, born 10 August 1968) is a former Japanese footballer who played for the Japan national team. He currently works on television as a football commentator.

Club career

When Kitazawa was a junior high student, he played for Yomiuri Junior Youth. After being rejected by the club to advance to the club's Youth team, he entered Shutoku High School and played for the school club. After graduating, he joined Japan Soccer League side Honda in 1987. He was the top scorer of the league in the 1990–91 season.

He moved to Yomiuri (later Verdy Kawasaki, now Tokyo Verdy) in 1991. Kitazawa, together with his teammates Kazuyoshi Miura, Ruy Ramos, Nobuhiro Takeda, Tetsuji Hashiratani and Bismarck made in the early 1990s the golden era of Verdy who won the J1 League championship (1993 and 1994) and J.League Cup (1992, 1993, and 1994). He finished his playing career as a Verdy player in 2002.

National team career

Kitazawa was capped 58 times and scored 3 goals for the Japan national team between 1991 and 1999. He made his international debut on 2 June 1991 in a friendly against Thailand in Yamagata Park Stadium, under national coach Kenzo Yokoyama. He was a member of the Japan team for the 1992 Asian Cup that Japan won. He scored his first international goal on 6 November 1992 in the semifinal against China at Hiroshima Stadium.

He took part in Japan's unsuccessful campaign to qualify for the 1994 World Cup. He was a member of the Asian final qualification stage that was held centrally in Qatar and played two games. He was on the bench when the Iraqi's injury-time equaliser dashed Japan's qualification hope in the last qualifier, in the match that the Japanese fans now remember as the Agony of Doha.

Kitazawa was short-listed for the 1998 World Cup, but national coach Takeshi Okada dropped him along with Kazuyoshi Miura and Daisuke Ichikawa at the final training camp in Nyon, Switzerland.

Futsal career

Kitazawa represented Japan national futsal team in the 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship finals hosted by the Netherlands.

Career statistics

Club

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1987/88 Honda JSL Division 1 0 0 0 0
1988/89 7 0 7 0
1989/90 22 4 0 0 22 4
1990/91 22 10 1 0 23 10
1991/92 Yomiuri JSL Division 1 20 2 5 0 4 1 29 3
1992 Verdy Kawasaki J1 League - 2 2 11 1 13 3
1993 35 6 3 2 1 1 39 9
1994 40 9 2 1 3 1 45 11
1995 40 11 3 0 - 43 11
1996 28 4 5 2 15 5 48 11
1997 29 1 2 0 0 0 31 1
1998 34 5 3 0 0 0 37 5
1999 28 4 3 2 3 1 34 7
2000 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
2001 Tokyo Verdy J1 League 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
2002 4 1 0 0 2 0 6 1
Total 336 57 28 9 41 10 405 76

National team

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
1991 2 0
1992 11 1
1993 4 0
1994 7 1
1995 14 1
1996 5 0
1997 11 0
1998 3 0
1999 1 0
Total 58 3

Honours

Japan national team

See also

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