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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.
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Tsuyoshi Kitazawa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 August 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Machida, Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Japan Futsal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1999 | Japan | 58 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Kitazawa was capped 58 times and scored 3 goals for the Japan national team between 1991 and 1999.[1] 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.
Kitazawa represented Japan national futsal team in the 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship finals hosted by the Netherlands.[2]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
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| 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 | ||
Japan national team
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