Akinori Nishizawa

Akinori Nishizawa
Personal information
Full name Akinori Nishizawa
Date of birth (1976-06-18) June 18, 1976
Place of birth Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Forward
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)
2000–2001 Espanyol 6 (0)
2001 Cerezo Osaka 0 (0)
2001–2002 Bolton Wanderers 0 (0)
2002–2006 Cerezo Osaka 148 (41)
2007–2008 Shimizu S-Pulse 43 (5)
2009 Cerezo Osaka 18 (1)
Total 339 (90)
National team
1997–2002 Japan 29 (10)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Akinori Nishizawa (西澤 明訓 Nishizawa Akinori, born June 18, 1976) is a former Japanese football player.

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]

Club 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
1995Cerezo OsakaJ1 League0000-00
Netherlands League KNVB Cup League Cup Total
1995–96VolendamEredivisie00-
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1996Cerezo OsakaJ1 League14320115278
199719721222310
19983271041378
1999301124323517
20002915-323217
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Total
2000–01EspanyolLa Liga6020-80
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
2001Cerezo OsakaJ1 League00000000
England League FA Cup League Cup Total
2001–02Bolton WanderersPremier League00003131
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
2002Cerezo OsakaJ2 League34810-358
2003J1 League2475141339
20042981051359
2005281020843814
200633810644012
2007Shimizu S-Pulse2203261313
20082150082297
2009Cerezo OsakaJ2 League18100-181
Country Japan 333902086025413123
Netherlands 00-
Spain 6020-80
England 00003131
Total 339906326

National team statistics

[2]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
199752
199800
199900
2000116
200181
200251
Total2910

National team

Appearances in major competitions

Year Competition Category Appearances Goals Team Record
Start Sub
20002000 Asian CupSenior425Champions
20012001 Confederations CupSenior4012nd place
20022002 FIFA World CupSenior210Round 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

Honours and awards

Individual honours

Team Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Bolton 4–3 Walsall (aet)". BBC. 11 September 2001. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  2. ↑ Japan National Football Team Database

External links

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