Toshinobu Katsuya

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Toshinobu Katsuya
Date of birth	September 2, 1961 (1961-09-02) (age 46)
Place of birth	Japan
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Defender
Youth clubs
1977-1980 1980-1984	Shimabara Commerce High School Osaka University of Commerce
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1984-1991 1991-1993 1994-1997 1998	Honda Motor Nissan Motors/Yokohama Marinos Jubilo Iwata Cerezo Osaka	140 00(6) 045 00(0) 099 00(2) 014 00(0)
National team
1985-1993	Japan	027 00(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Toshinobu Katsuya (勝矢寿延, Katsuya Toshinobu ^?, born September 2, 1961 in Nagasaki Prefecture) is a former Japanese football (soccer) player. He was a defender.

1 Career
2 Clubs
3 Honors and awards
- 3.1 Team Honors

[edit] Career

He was educated at and played for Shimabara Commerce High School and Osaka University of Commerce. After graduating in 1984, he joined Japan Soccer League side Honda Motor F.C. but moved to fellow JSL side Nissan Motor F.C. (current Yokohama F. Marinos) in 1991. He was transferred to Jubilo Iwata in 1994, then to Cerezo Osaka in 1998, and retired from the game at the end of the 1998 season.

Katsuya was capped 27 times for the Japanese national team between 1985 and 1993, and was a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 AFC Asian Cup. He played 3 matches in the competition.

He filled in for injured left back Satoshi Tsunami in the final qualifying stage of the AFC for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He was on the pitch when Japan's hope to play in the finals was dashed by an injury-time Iraqi equaliser in the last qualifier, the match that the Japanese fans now refer to as the Agony of Doha.

Katsuya works at Cerezo Osaka as a coach.