Yuichi Mizutani
| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Yuichi Mizutani | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | May 26, 1980 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 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) | ||||||||
| 2002 | →Cerezo 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
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||
Yuichi Mizutani (水谷 雄一, Mizutani Yuichi; born May 26, 1980) is a former Japanese football player.
Playing career
Mizutani was born in Tokyo on May 26, 1980.
After dropping 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 battled with new member Yuji Ito to be regular goalkeeper and he played many matches. In 2001, he moved to Avispa Fukuoka. However, he could not play at all, and the club was relegated to J2 from 2002. In 2002, he moved to J2 club Cerezo Osaka on loan, and again could not play at all. In 2003, he returned to Avispa Fukuoka. In 2003, he battled with Hideki Tsukamoto for the position and played many matches. From 2004, he 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 matches 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 matches at all 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 after that. In 2014, he moved to J2 club Kataller Toyama. Although he played as regular goalkeeper initially, he could not play at all behind Tatsumi Iida and Ryotaro Hironaga from June and he retired at the end of the 2014 season.
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 | ||||||
| 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
- ^ Kataller Toyama(in Japanese)
External links
- Yuichi Mizutani at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Yuichi Mizutani at Soccerway