Yuji Nakazawa

Yuji Nakazawa
中澤 佑二
Nakazawa playing for Japan in 2008
Personal information
Full name Yuji Nakazawa[1]
Date of birth (1978-02-25) 25 February 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Yoshikawa, Saitama, Japan
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1990–1992 Yoshikawa Higashi Junior High School
1993–1995 Misato Kogyo High School
1996–1997 América Mineiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Tokyo Verdy 83 (5)
2002–2018 Yokohama F. Marinos 510 (31)
Total 593 (36)
International career
1999–2000 Japan U-23 12 (0)
1999–2010 Japan 110 (17)
Medal record
Yokohama F. Marinos
Winner J1 League 2003
Winner J1 League 2004
Runner-up J1 League 2002
Runner-up J1 League 2013
Runner-up J.League Cup 2018
Winner Emperor's Cup 2013
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2017
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2000 Lebanon
Gold medal – first place 2004 China
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yuji Nakazawa (中澤 佑二, Nakazawa Yūji, born 25 February 1978) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a centre back for J1 League side Tokyo Verdy and Yokohama F. Marinos.[2] He was the formerly the captain of the Japan national team. His nickname is "Bomber" because of his distinctive hairstyle.

Nakazawa is one of only seven Japanese players to reach 100 caps for his national team and he is the third highest number of J.League all-time appearances in history with 593 appearances. Nakazawa also played for 178 consecutive matches for Yokohama F. Marinos from July 2013 to August 2018

  1. ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. ^ Yuji Nakazawa at J.League (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata