Stefan Ishizaki

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Personal information
Stefan Ishizaki
Full name	Stefan Daisuke Ishizaki
Date of birth	May 15, 1982 (1982-05-15) (age 26)
Place of birth	Stockholm, Sweden
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	IF Elfsborg
Number	24
Youth clubs
	Djurgårdens IF Rågsveds IF
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2004 2004 2004 2004-2005 2005-	AIK → Genoa 1893 (loan) AIK Vålerenga IF Elfsborg	088 0(13) 004 00(0) 015 00(4) 015 00(2) 036 00(5)
National team²
2001-2004 2005-	Sweden U21 Sweden	021 00(5) 011 00(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 June 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 14 January 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Stefan Ishizaki is a Swedish football player. His current club is Elfsborg, a Swedish team located in Borås.

His former clubs are Djurgårdens IF (youth), Rågsveds IF (youth) AIK (1999-2004), Genoa 1893 (2004) and Vålerenga (2004-2005). He is also capped, having played some games for the Swedish national team. Stefan's father is Japanese and his mother is Swedish.

Ishizaki was signed by AIK after breaking into the senior squad at lower league side Rågsveds IF, a southern suburbs club, as a 16 year-old. He gradually made a claim for a first-team place in year 2000 and soon became a fan's favourite. Creative with good vision and always a danger at dead ball situations he established himself as one of the best young midfielders in the league.

After the club being relegated in 2004, Ishizaki left for Norway but didn't quite manage to secure a starting spot at Vålerenga and returned the year after, signing for IF Elfsborg. Although AIK was said to be interested in taking "Ishi" back he felt he needed to kick-start his career at the Borås-based club. In his first year he quickly became a key player for Magnus Haglund's side and was instrumental in their successful title-winning bid.

[edit] Honours

Vålerenga

2005 Tippeligaen Champion

IF Elfsborg

2006 Allsvenskan Champion

v • d • e IF Elfsborg – current squad

1 Hassan • 2 Florén • 3 Sjöberg • 4 J.Karlsson • 5 M.Andersson • 6 Daníelsson • 7 Ilola • 8 A. Svensson • 10 Avdić • 11 Mobaeck • 12 Falk-Olander • 15 Lučić • 17 Keene • 18 Berglund • 20 Bajrami • 22 Augustsson • 24 Ishizaki • 25 Kurbegović • 30 Wiland • Manager: Haglund