Yuichi Mizutani (水谷 雄一, Mizutani Yuichi, born May 26, 1980) is a former Japanese football player.

Yuichi Mizutani
水谷 雄一
Personal information
Full name Yuichi Mizutani
Date of birth (1980-05-26) May 26, 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1996–1998 Shimizu Commercial High School
1999 Kanto Gakuin University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Shonan Bellmare 22 (0)
2001–2006 Avispa Fukuoka 144 (0)
2002Cerezo Osaka (loan) 0 (0)
2007 Kashiwa Reysol 1 (0)
2008–2012 Kyoto Sanga FC 157 (0)
2013 Avispa Fukuoka 13 (0)
2014 Kataller Toyama 12 (0)
Total 349 (0)
Medal record
Kyoto Sanga FC
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2011
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Mizutani was born in Tokyo on May 26, 1980. After dropped out from Kanto Gakuin University, he joined J1 League club Bellmare Hiratsuka (later Shonan Bellmare) in August 1999. Although he debuted in October 1999, the club was relegated to J2 League from 2000. In 2000, he battles with new member Yuji Ito for regular goalkeeper and he played many matches. In 2001, he moved to Avispa Fukuoka. However he could not play at all in the match and the club was relegated to J2 from 2002. In 2002, he moved to J2 club Cerezo Osaka on loan. However he could not play at all in the match. In 2003, he returned to Avispa Fukuoka. In 2003, he battles with Hideki Tsukamoto for the position and played many matches. From 2004, he completely became a regular goalkeeper and the club was promoted to J1 from 2006. In 2007, he moved to Kashiwa Reysol. However he could hardly play in the match behind Yuta Minami. In 2008, he moved to Kyoto Sanga FC. He played many matches as regular goalkeeper. In late 2010, he could not play at all in the match behind Tatsuya Morita and the club was relegated to J2 from 2011. From 2011, he became a regular goalkeeper again. In 2013, he moved to J2 club Avispa Fukuoka for the first time in 7 years. Although he played as regular goalkeeper, he got hurt in June and could hardly play in the match after that. In 2014, he moved to J2 club Kataller Toyama. Although he played as regular goalkeeper in early, he could not play at all in the match behind Tatsumi Iida and Ryotaro Hironaga from June and he retired end of 2014 season.

Club statistics

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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
1999 Bellmare Hiratsuka J1 League 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2000 Shonan Bellmare J2 League 19 0 0 0 2 0 21 0
2001 Avispa Fukuoka J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 Cerezo Osaka J2 League 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
2003 Avispa Fukuoka J2 League 24 0 3 0 - 27 0
2004 43 0 1 0 - 44 0
2005 44 0 0 0 - 44 0
2006 J1 League 33 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
2007 Kashiwa Reysol J1 League 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
2008 Kyoto Sanga FC J1 League 26 0 2 0 3 0 31 0
2009 34 0 2 0 6 0 42 0
2010 17 0 1 0 1 0 19 0
2011 J2 League 38 0 6 0 - 44 0
2012 42 0 2 0 - 44 0
2013 Avispa Fukuoka J2 League 13 0 0 0 - 13 0
2014 Kataller Toyama J2 League 12 0 0 0 - 12 0
Career total 349 0 18 0 13 0 380 0

References

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  1. ^ Kataller Toyama(in Japanese)
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