 Watanabe playing for FC Tokyo in 2013 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kazuma Watanabe | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 August 1986 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nagasaki,[1] Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Matsumoto Yamaga FC | |||||||||||||
| Number | 49 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Kunimi High School | |||||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Waseda University | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 88 | (28) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | FC Tokyo | 86 | (26) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Vissel Kobe | 114 | (34) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Gamba Osaka | 63 | (11) | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Yokohama FC | 53 | (7) | |||||||||||
| 2023– | Matsumoto Yamaga FC | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Japan | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 January 2010 | ||||||||||||||
Kazuma Watanabe (渡邉 千真, Watanabe Kazuma, born 10 August 1986) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Matsumoto Yamaga FC in the J3 League. He plays as a centre-forward and has previously had spells with Yokohama F. Marinos, FC Tokyo, Vissel Kobe and Gamba Osaka.[2][3]
His older brother Daigo Watanabe was also a professional soccer player with Kyoto Sanga FC, Omiya Ardija, Busan IPark and Kamatamare Sanuki.[4]
- ^ Kazuma Watanabe at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- ^ "Kazuma Watanabe Soccerway Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ "Kazuma Watanabe Gamba Osaka Player Profile". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ McKirdy, Andrew (9 August 2013). "FC Tokyo's Watanabe embracing challenges he faces". Japan Times. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
