Yuji Unozawa

Summary

Yuji Unozawa (宇野沢 祐次, Unozawa Yuji, born 3 May 1983) is a former Japanese football player who last played for Nagano Parceiro.[1]

Yuji Unozawa
宇野沢 祐次
Personal information
Full name Yuji Unozawa
Date of birth (1983-05-03) 3 May 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1999–2001 Kashiwa Reysol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Kashiwa Reysol 68 (4)
2007 Avispa Fukuoka 10 (0)
2008–2009 Japan Soccer College 22 (14)
2010–2019 Nagano Parceiro 213 (81)
Total 313 (99)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 April 2020

Club career edit

Unozawa was born in Matsudo on 3 May 1983. He joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol from youth team in 2002. He played many matches as forward from first season. However he could not score many goals and Reysol was relegated to J2 League end of 2005 season. Reysol won the 2nd place in 2006 season and was returned to J1 in a year. However he left Reysol end of 2006 season without playing J1 and moved to J2 club Avispa Fukuoka in 2007. However he could not play many matches in Avispa. In 2008, he moved to Regional Leagues club Japan Soccer College. He played many matches and scored many goals in 2 seasons.[citation needed]

In 2010, he moved to Regional Leagues club Nagano Parceiro. Parceiro was promoted to Japan Football League from 2011. He scored many goals every season and became a top scorer in 2013 season. Parceiro also won the champions in 2013 season and was promoted to new league J3 League. He has been a key-symbol for the club, opting to retire at the end of the 2019 season, after playing just four games in that year.[2]

National team career edit

In November 2003, Unozawa was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2003 World Youth Championship. But he did not play in the match.[citation needed]

Club statistics edit

As of 2 April 2020.[3][4]
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
2002 Kashiwa Reysol J1 League 13 3 1 0 3 0 17 3
2003 15 0 1 0 2 1 18 1
2004 11 1 1 0 4 2 16 3
2005 13 0 2 1 4 1 19 2
2006 J2 League 16 0 5 1 - 21 1
2007 Avispa Fukuoka 10 0 0 0 - 10 0
2008 Japan Soccer College JRL
(Hokushinetsu)
11 8 - - 11 8
2009 11 6 2 2 - 13 8
2010 Nagano Parceiro 14 7 - - 14 7
2011 JFL 33 15 - - 33 15
2012 32 17 2 0 - 34 17
2013 34 20 4 1 - 38 21
2014 J3 League 33 16 2 0 - 35 16
2015 25 1 1 0 - 26 1
2016 6 0 2 0 - 8 0
2017 13 4 1 0 - 14 4
2018 19 1 0 0 - 19 1
2019 4 0 1 0 - 5 0
Career total 313 99 25 5 13 4 351 108

References edit

  1. ^ Yuji Unozawa at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)  
  2. ^ "宇野沢祐次選手 現役引退およびアカデミースタッフ就任のお知らせ|インフォメーション|Ac長野パルセイロ".
  3. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 255 out of 289)
  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, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 255 out of 289)

External links edit

  • Yuji Unozawa – FIFA competition record (archived)
  • Yuji Unozawa at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)