Takuya Nozawa (野沢 拓也, Nozawa Takuya, born August 12, 1981) is a Japanese former football player.

Takuya Nozawa
野沢 拓也
Personal information
Full name Takuya Nozawa
Date of birth (1981-08-12) August 12, 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1999 Kashima Antlers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2011 Kashima Antlers 254 (50)
1999CFZ (loan)
2012 Vissel Kobe 33 (5)
2013–2014 Kashima Antlers 31 (5)
2014–2017 Vegalta Sendai 66 (10)
2018 Wollongong Wolves 19 (1)
2019–2020 FC Tiamo Hirakata 21 (16)
Total 417 (85)
Medal record
Kashima Antlers
Winner J1 League 2000
Winner J1 League 2001
Winner J1 League 2007
Winner J1 League 2008
Winner J1 League 2009
Winner J.League Cup 2000
Winner J.League Cup 2002
Winner J.League Cup 2011
Runner-up J.League Cup 1999
Runner-up J.League Cup 2003
Runner-up J.League Cup 2006
Winner Emperor's Cup 2000
Winner Emperor's Cup 2007
Winner Emperor's Cup 2010
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2002
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 January 2021

Playing career

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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][2] 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.[3] He retired at the end of the 2020 season.[4]

Club statistics

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Updated to 1 January 2020.[5][6]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AFC Total
1999 Kashima Antlers J1 League 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0
2000 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 0
2001 5 0 2 1 0 0 - 7 1
2002 13 0 3 0 6 2 - 22 2
2003 5 0 4 2 1 0 2 1 12 3
2004 16 2 3 1 7 3 - 26 6
2005 28 10 3 1 2 0 - 33 11
2006 29 9 1 0 11 1 - 41 10
2007 29 5 5 0 6 1 - 40 6
2008 27 3 2 0 2 0 6 4 37 7
2009 33 7 4 2 2 0 7 2 46 11
2010 34 8 5 2 2 0 7 1 48 11
2011 34 6 2 1 3 0 7 2 46 9
2012 Vissel Kobe 33 5 1 0 4 0 - 38 5
2013 Kashima Antlers 23 4 2 1 8 0 - 33 5
2014 8 1 0 0 4 1 - 13 2
Vegalta Sendai 16 2 0 0 0 0 - 16 2
2015 29 4 3 1 3 0 - 35 5
2016 18 3 1 0 4 0 - 23 3
2017 3 1 0 0 8 0 - 11 1
2018 Wollongong Wolves NPL 19 1 0 0 0 0 - 19 1
2019 FC Tiamo Hirakata JRL (Kansai) 14 14 - - - 14 14
Career total 417 85 41 12 74 8 29 10 561 115

Team honors

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References

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  1. ^ Takuya Nozawa at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
  2. ^ J.League
  3. ^ FC Tiamo Hirakata(in Japanese)
  4. ^ "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 (in Japanese). 30 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  5. ^ 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, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 114 out of 289)
  6. ^ Vegalta Sendai(in Japanese)
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