Toshinobu Katsuya

Toshinobu Katsuya
Personal information
Full nameToshinobu Katsuya
Date of birthSeptember 2, 1961
Place of birthNagasaki, Japan
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing positionDefender (retired)
Youth career
1977-1979Shimabara Commerce High School
1980-1983Osaka University of Commerce
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984-1991Honda140(6)
1991-1993Nissan Motors / Yokohama Marinos45(0)
1994-1997Júbilo Iwata99(2)
1998Cerezo Osaka14(0)
National team
1985-1993Japan27(0)
* 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) is a former Japanese football player. He was a defender.

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,[1] and was a member of the Japan team that won the 1992 AFC Asian Cup. He played 3 matches in the competition.

He also represented Japan in the 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship finals hosted by the Netherlands.

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.

Club career statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Total
1984HondaJSL Division 1161161
1985/86220220
1986/87191191
1987/88221221
1988/89180180
1989/9022221243
1990/9121140251
1991/92Nissan MotorsJSL Division 120030230
1992Yokohama MarinosJ. League 1-006060
19932501000260
1994Júbilo IwataJ. League 12211000231
199535100-351
199627010131410
19971502040210
1998Cerezo OsakaJ. League 11400000140
Country Japan 29885032233510
Total 29885032233510

National team statistics

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
198520
198640
198760
198800
198900
199000
199100
199290
199360
Total270

Honors and awards

Team Honors

References

  1. Mamrud, Roberto. "Japan - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-05-19.