Atsushi Yanagisawa

Atsushi Yanagisawa
柳沢 敦
Personal information
Full name Atsushi Yanagisawa[1]
Date of birth (1977-05-27) May 27, 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Imizu, Toyama, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1993–1995 Toyama Daiichi High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2003 Kashima Antlers 178 (71)
2003–2004 Sampdoria 15 (0)
2004–2006 Messina 29 (0)
2006–2007 Kashima Antlers 42 (9)
2008–2010 Kyoto Sanga FC 85 (21)
2011–2014 Vegalta Sendai 66 (7)
Total 415 (108)
International career
1997 Japan U-20 5 (4)
2000 Japan U-23 4 (1)
1998–2006 Japan 58 (17)
Medal record
Kashima Antlers
Winner J1 League 1996
Winner J1 League 1998
Winner J1 League 2000
Winner J1 League 2001
Winner J1 League 2007
Runner-up J1 League 1997
Winner J.League Cup 1997
Winner J.League Cup 2000
Winner J.League Cup 2002
Runner-up J.League Cup 1999
Runner-up J.League Cup 2003
Runner-up J.League Cup 2006
Winner Emperor's Cup 1997
Winner Emperor's Cup 2000
Winner Emperor's Cup 2007
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2002
Vegalta Sendai
Runner-up J1 League 2012
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2000 Lebanon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Atsushi Yanagisawa (柳沢 敦, Yanagisawa Atsushi, born May 27, 1977) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for Japan national team.

He is best known for playing the majority of his career at Kashima Antlers, in addition to his spells with Italian sides Sampdoria and Messina.

Yanagisawa earned 58 caps for the Japan national team, and represented them at two World Cups, the 2000 Olympics and the 2000 Asian Cup.[2]

  1. ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. March 21, 2014. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2019.
  2. ^ Atsushi YanagisawaFIFA competition record (archived)