Akinori Nishizawa

Akinori Nishizawa
Personal information
Full name	Akinori Nishizawa
Date of birth	(1976-06-18) 18 June 1976
Place of birth	Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker (retired)
Youth career
1992–1994	Shimizu Higashi High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1995–2000	Cerezo Osaka	124	(43)
1995–1996	→Volendam (loan)	0	(0)
2001	Espanyol	6	(0)
2001	Bolton Wanderers	0	(0)
2002–2006	Cerezo Osaka	148	(41)
2007–2008	Shimizu S-Pulse	43	(5)
2009–2010	Cerezo Osaka	18	(1)
National team
1997–2002	Japan	29	(10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Akinori Nishizawa (西澤明訓, Nishizawa Akinori, born 18 June 1976 in Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese former footballer.

He was capped 29 times and scored 10 goals for the Japanese national team between 1997 and 2002. He played one game at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

During his brief spell playing in England for Bolton Wanderers, he is best remembered for scoring a dramatic late equaliser against Walsall in the League Cup.^[1]

Honours and awards

Individual honours

J. League Division 1 Best Eleven: 2000

Team Honours

FIFA Confederations Cup Runner-up: 2001
Asian Cup Champions: 2000

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
1995	Cerezo Osaka	J. League 1	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
Netherlands			League		KNVB Cup		League Cup		Total
1995–96	Volendam	Eredivisie	0	0			-
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Total
1996	Cerezo Osaka	J. League 1	14	3	2	0	11	5	27	8
1997			19	7	2	1	2	2	23	10
1998			32	7	1	0	4	1	37	8
1999			30	11	2	4	3	2	35	17
2000			29	15	-		3	2	32	17
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Copa de la Liga		Total
2000–01	Espanyol	La Liga	6	0	2	0	-		8	0
England			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
2001–02	Bolton Wanderers	Premier League	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Total
2002	Cerezo Osaka	J. League 2	34	8	1	0	-		35	8
2003		J. League 1	24	7	5	1	4	1	33	9
2004			29	8	1	0	5	1	35	9
2005			28	10	2	0	8	4	38	14
2006			33	8	1	0	6	4	40	12
2007	Shimizu S-Pulse		22	0	3	2	6	1	31	3
2008	Shimizu S-Pulse		21	5	0	0	8	2	29	7
2009	Cerezo Osaka	J. League 2	18	1	0	0	-		18	1
Country	Japan		333	90	20	8	60	25	413	123
	Netherlands		0	0			-
	Spain		6	0	2	0	-		8	0
	England		0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1
Total			339	90			63	26

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1997	5	2
1998	0	0
1999	0	0
2000	11	6
2001	8	1
2002	5	1
Total	29	10

National team

Appearances in major competitions

Year	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
Year	Competition	Category	Start	Sub	Goals	Team Record
2000	2000 Asian Cup	Senior	4	2	5	Champions
2001	2001 Confederations Cup	Senior	4	0	1	2nd place
2002	2002 FIFA World Cup	Senior	2	1	0	Round of 16

International Goal

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	1997			–
2.	1997			–
3.	5 June 2000	Casablanca, Morocco	France	2–2	Draw	Friendly
4.	17 October 2000	Sidon, Lebanon	Uzbekistan	8–1	Won	2000 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage
5.	17 October 2000	Sidon, Lebanon	Uzbekistan	8–1	Won	2000 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage
6.	17 October 2000	Sidon, Lebanon	Uzbekistan	8–1	Won	2000 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage
7.	20 October 2000	Beirut, Lebanon	Qatar	1–1	Draw	2000 AFC Asian Cup Group Stage
8.	26 October 2000	Beirut, Lebanon	China PR	3–2	Won	2000 AFC Asian Cup Semifinal
9.	22 June 2006	Niigata, Japan	Canada	3–0	Won	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Group Stage
10.	29 April 2002	Tokyo, Japan	Slovakia	1–0	Won	Kirin Cup 2002

References

↑ "Bolton 4–3 Walsall (aet)". BBC. 11 September 2001. Retrieved 3 November 2009.

External links

Akinori Nishizawa at National-Football-Teams.com

2000 J.League Team of the Year

GK: Daijiro Takakuwa DF: Naoki Matsuda DF: Yutaka Akita DF: Hong Myung-bo MF: Tomokazu Myojin MF: Shunsuke Nakamura MF: Junichi Inamoto MF: Hiroaki Morishima FW: Tuto FW: Masashi Nakayama FW: Akinori Nishizawa

Japan squad – 2000 AFC Asian Cup Winners (2nd Title)

1 Kawaguchi 3 Matsuda 4 Morioka 6 Hattori 8 Mochizuki 9 Nishizawa 10 Nanami 11 Miura 12 Morishima 13 Yanagisawa 14 Nakamura 15 Oku 17 Inamoto 19 Kubo 20 Takakuwa 21 Shimoda 22 Nakazawa 24 Myojin 26 Kaimoto 27 Kitajima 29 Takahara 30 Ono Coach: Troussier

Japan squad – 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-Up

1 Kawaguchi 2 Uemura 3 Matsuda 4 Morioka (c) 5 Inamoto 6 Hattori 7 H. Nakata 8 Morishima 9 Nishizawa 10 Miura 11 Nakayama 12 Narazaki 13 Yamashita 14 Ito 15 Fujita 16 K. Nakata 17 Myojin 18 Toda 19 Kubo 20 Hato 21 Ono 22 Suzuki 23 Tsuzuki Coach: Troussier

Japan squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Kawaguchi 2 Akita 3 Matsuda 4 Morioka 5 Inamoto 6 Hattori 7 H. Nakata 8 Morishima 9 Nishizawa 10 Nakayama 11 Suzuki 12 Narazaki 13 Yanagisawa 14 Alex 15 Fukunishi 16 K. Nakata 17 Miyamoto (c) 18 Ono 19 Ogasawara 20 Myojin 21 Toda 22 Ichikawa 23 Sogahata Coach: Troussier

Cerezo Osaka – current squad

1 Takeda
2 Ogihara
3 Someya
4 Fujimoto
5 Tanaka
6 Yamaguchi
7 Pablo
9 Nagai
10 Edmílson
11 Kusukami
14 Maruhashi
15 Yoshino
17 Sakemoto
18 Magno
19 Tashiro
20 Tamada
21 Kim Jin-hyeon
22 Nakazawa
23 Yamashita
24 Okada
25 Kogure
26 Akiyama
27 Tanno
28 Nukui
29 Maekawa
30 Mukuhara
31 Hashimoto
32 Sekiguchi
33 Moniwa
34 Sakamoto
35 Okino
36 Yonezawa
37 Ikeda
38 Nishimoto
Manager: Okuma

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