Yuji Nakazawa

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Personal information
Yuji Nakazawa
Full name	Yuji Nakazawa
Date of birth	February 25, 1978 (age 29)
Place of birth	Yoshikawa, Saitama, Japan
Height	187cm
Nickname	Bomberhead
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	Yokohama F Marinos
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-98 1999-01 2002-	América (Brazil) Tokyo Verdy (Japan) Yokohama F Marinos (Japan)	83 (5) 133 (10)
National team²
1999-	Japan	54 (9)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 February 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Yuji Nakazawa (中澤佑二, Nakazawa Yūji^?, born February 25, 1978) is a Japanese football player who currently plays for the J-league team Yokohama F. Marinos. In 2004 Nakazawa was voted the J League's most valuable player after leading Yokohama to the J League title. He also played a key role in Japan's Asian Cup 2004 success. He played in all of Japan's World Cup 2006 group games. He retired from international play after the World Cup, believing "[he] felt [he] was done wearing the national team shirt," but has since been recalled to the national side.[1]. Also, there were many rumors that he might leave the F-Marinos, possibly to go to Nagoya Grampus Eight, but these were quashed when he signed a contract extension. Nakazawa's nickname is "Bomberhead" due to his his distinctive hair style.

1 National team
2 Honors and awards
- 2.1 Individual Honors
- 2.2 Team Honors
3 External link

[edit] National team

[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Individual Honors

Asian Cup Best Eleven: 2004
J-League MVP: 2004
J-League Young Player of the Year: 1999
J-League Best Eleven: 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005

[edit] Team Honors

Asian Cup Champions: 2000, 2004
J-League Champions: 2003, 2004

[edit] External link

National Football Teams

Preceded by Emerson	J-League Player of the Year 2004	Succeeded by Araújo
Preceded by Shinji Ono	J-League Young Player of the Year 1999	Succeeded by Kazuyuki Morisaki

	Japan squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Narazaki \| 2 Moniwa \| 3 Komano \| 4 Endo \| 5 Miyamoto \| 6 K. Nakata \| 7 H. Nakata \| 8 Ogasawara \| 9 Takahara \| 10 Nakamura \| 11 Maki \| 12 Doi \| 13 Yanagisawa \| 14 Santos \| 15 Fukunishi \| 16 Oguro \| 17 Inamoto \| 18 Ono \| 19 Tsuboi \| 20 Tamada \| 21 Kaji \| 22 Nakazawa \| 23 Kawaguchi \| Coach: Zico