Azusa Iwashimizu

Azusa Iwashimizu
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-10-14) 14 October 1986
Place of birth Takizawa, Japan
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
NTV Beleza
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001– NTV Beleza 156 (14)
National team
2006– Japan 111 (11)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 November 2012.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:08, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Azusa Iwashimizu (岩清水梓 Iwashimizu Azusa, born 14 October 1986) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for L. League club NTV Beleza. She has played in the 2007 and 2011 FIFA Women's World Cups.[2] In the final minute of extra time in the 2011 World Cup Final, she was sent off after receiving a red card for slide tackling an opponent. Japan would go on to win the match in the penalty shootout that followed.

Iwashimizu was instrumental in Japan's victory at the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, scoring the winning goal in both the semifinal against China and the final against Australia.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 November 2012
Club Season League Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
NTV Beleza 2001 00-
2002 00-
2003 17110-181
2004 00-
2005 16140-201
2006 17330-203
2007 1913010231
2008 16200-162
2009 21240-252
2010 1721050232
2011 16130-191
2012 17150
Career total 15614110

International

As of 20 July 2013

National teamYearAppsGoals
Japan
2006103
2007132
2008180
200930
2010133
2011170
2012110
201370
Total928

International goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 7 May 2006 Kumamoto Athletics Stadium, Kumamoto Japan  United States 1–0 1–3 Friendly Match
2. 7 December 2006 Umm-Affai Stadium, Al-Rayyan Qatar  China PR 0–1 0–1 Football at the 2006 Asian Games
3. 10 December 2006 Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Qatar  South Korea 1–0 3–1 Football at the 2006 Asian Games
4. 4 August 2007 Lạch Tray Stadium, Hai Phong, Vietnam  Vietnam 0–2 0–8 Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification
5. 2 September 2007 Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan  Brazil 1–1 2–1 Friendly Match
6. 15 January 2010 Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo Chile  Chile 1–1 1–1 2010 Bicennteniall Woman's Cup (es)
7. 20 May 2010 Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu China  Myanmar 1–0 8–0 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
8. 22 November 2010 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou China  North Korea 0–1 0–1 Football at the 2010 Asian Games

Honors and awards

Team

Japan women's national football team
Champion: 2011
Champion: 2010
Champions: 2008, 2010
NTV Beleza
Champions (7): 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
Champions: 2004、2005、2007、2008、2009
Champions: 2007, 2010, 2012

Individual

Best Eleven (7): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

References

  1. 2015 World Cup
  2. Azusa Iwashimizu FIFA
  3. "Japan Wins Women’s Asian Cup". Wall Street Journal. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
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