Stefan Ishizaki

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Personal information
Stefan Ishizaki
Full name	Stefan Ishizaki
Date of birth	May 15, 1982 (age 24)
Place of birth	Stockholm, Sweden
Height	1.80 m
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	IF Elfsborg
Number	24
Youth clubs
	Rågsveds IF
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2004 2004 2004 2004-2005 2005-	AIK → Genoa 1893 (loan) AIK Vålerenga IF Elfsborg	88 (13) 4 (0) 15 (4) 15 (2) 25 (4)
National team²
2001-2004 2005-	Sweden U21 Sweden	21 (5) 10 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 January 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 22 January 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Stefan Ishizaki is a Swedish football player. His current club is Elfsborg, a Swedish team located in Borås.

His former clubs are Djurgårdens IF (youth), Rågsveds IF (youth) AIK (1999 - 2004), Genoa 1893 (2004) and Vålerenga (2004-2005). He is also capped, having played some games for the Swedish national team. Stefan's father is Japanese and mother is Swedish.

Stefan Ishizaki was signed after breaking in to the senior squad at lower league side Rågsveds IF as a 16 year-old, and was picked up by AIK from the southern suburbs club. After being coming on as a substitute and then taken off 20 minutes later, he started to make a claim for a first-team place in year 2000 and soon became a fan's favourite. Creative with good vision and always a danger at dead ball situations he established himself as one of the best young midfielders in the league.

After the club being relegated in 2004, Ishizaki left for Norway but didn't quite manage to secure a starting spot at Vålerenga and returned the year after, signing for IF Elfsborg. Although AIK was said to be interested in taking "Ishi" back he felt he needed to kick-start his carreer at the Borås-based club. In his first year he quickly became a key player for Magnus Haglund's side and was intrumental in their successfull title-winning bid.