Takuya Nozawa Explained

Takuya Nozawa
野沢 拓也
Fullname:Takuya Nozawa
Birth Date:12 August 1981
Birth Place:Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan
Position:Midfielder
Youthyears1:1994–1999
Youthclubs1:Kashima Antlers
Years1:1999–2011
Clubs1:Kashima Antlers
Caps1:254
Goals1:50
Years2:1999
Clubs2:CFZ (loan)
Years3:2012
Clubs3:Vissel Kobe
Caps3:33
Goals3:5
Years4:2013–2014
Clubs4:Kashima Antlers
Caps4:31
Goals4:5
Years5:2014–2017
Clubs5:Vegalta Sendai
Caps5:66
Goals5:10
Years6:2018
Clubs6:Wollongong Wolves
Caps6:19
Goals6:1
Years7:2019–2020
Clubs7:FC Tiamo Hirakata
Caps7:21
Goals7:16
Totalcaps:417
Totalgoals:85
Club-Update:4 January 2021

is a Japanese former football player.

Playing career

Nozawa was born in Kasama on August 12, 1981. He joined J1 League club Kashima Antlers in 1999. On April 10, when he was 17 years old, he debuted against Kyoto Purple Sanga.[1] In early 2000s, he could not play many matches behind Mitsuo Ogasawara, Masashi Motoyama so on. From 2005, he played many matches and he completely became a regular as offensive midfielder after Ogasawara moved to Italy in September 2006. The club also won the champions for 3 years in a row (2007-2009). In 2012, he moved to Vissel Kobe. Although he played as regular player, the club was relegated to J2 League end of 2012 season. In 2013, he returned to Kashima Antlers. Although he played as regular player in early 2013, his opportunity to play decreased from late 2013.

In August 2014, he moved to Vegalta Sendai. He played as regular player until 2015. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2016. In 2018, he moved to Australian club Wollongong Wolves. In 2019, he returned to Japan and joined Regional Leagues club FC Tiamo Hirakata.[2] He retired at the end of the 2020 season.[3]

Club statistics

Updated to 1 January 2020.[4] [5]

Club performanceLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotal
Season Club LeagueApps GoalsApps GoalsApps GoalsApps GoalsApps Goals
JapanLeagueEmperor's CupJ.League CupAFCTotal
1999Kashima AntlersJ1 League100000colspan="2"-10
2000000010colspan="2"-10
2001502100colspan="2"-71
20021303062colspan="2"-222
200350421021123
20041623173colspan="2"-266
200528103120colspan="2"-3311
200629910111colspan="2"-4110
20072955061colspan="2"-406
2008273202064377
20093374220724611
20103485220714811
2011346213072469
2012Vissel Kobe3351040colspan="2"-385
2013Kashima Antlers2342180colspan="2"-335
2014810041colspan="2"-132
Vegalta Sendai1620000colspan="2"-162
20152943130colspan="2"-355
20161831040colspan="2"-233
2017310080colspan="2"-111
2018Wollongong WolvesNPL1910000colspan="2"-191
2019FC Tiamo HirakataJRL (Kansai)1414colspan="2"-colspan="2"-colspan="2"-1414
Career total4178541127482910561115

Team honors

Notes and References

  1. https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=4555 J.League
  2. https://www.fctiamo.net/%e3%80%90%e9%81%b8%e6%89%8b%e6%83%85%e5%a0%b1%e3%80%91%e3%80%802019%e3%82%b7%e3%83%bc%e3%82%ba%e3%83%b3%e3%80%80%e9%87%8e%e6%b2%a2-%e6%8b%93%e4%b9%9f%e9%81%b8%e6%89%8b%e5%8a%a0%e5%85%a5/ FC Tiamo Hirakata
  3. Web site: 元鹿島のMF野沢拓也が現役引退を発表「自分の心がここで終わりだと…」. soccer-king.jp . 4 January 2021 . Japanese.
  4. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, (p. 114 out of 289)
  5. http://www.vegalta.co.jp/news/press_release/2018/01/post-5555.html Vegalta Sendai