Yuichi Mizutani
水谷 雄一
Personal information
Full name Yuichi Mizutani
Date of birth (1980-05-26) May 26, 1980
Place of birth Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 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)
2002Cerezo 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
Kyoto Sanga FC
Runner-upEmperor's Cup2011
*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 dropped 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 battles with new member Yuji Ito for regular goalkeeper and he played many matches. In 2001, he moved to Avispa Fukuoka. However he could not play at all in the match and the club was relegated to J2 from 2002. In 2002, he moved to J2 club Cerezo Osaka on loan. However he could not play at all in the match. In 2003, he returned to Avispa Fukuoka. In 2003, he battles with Hideki Tsukamoto for the position and played many matches. From 2004, he completely 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 in the match 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 at all in the match 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 in the match after that. In 2014, he moved to J2 club Kataller Toyama. Although he played as regular goalkeeper in early, he could not play at all in the match behind Tatsumi Iida and Ryotaro Hironaga from June and he retired end of 2014 season.

Club statistics

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Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1999Bellmare HiratsukaJ1 League30000030
2000Shonan BellmareJ2 League1900020210
2001Avispa FukuokaJ1 League00000000
2002Cerezo OsakaJ2 League0000-00
2003Avispa FukuokaJ2 League24030-270
200443010-440
200544000-440
2006J1 League3300000330
2007Kashiwa ReysolJ1 League10101030
2008Kyoto Sanga FCJ1 League2602030310
20093402060420
20101701010190
2011J2 League38060-440
201242020-440
2013Avispa FukuokaJ2 League13000-130
2014Kataller ToyamaJ2 League12000-120
Career total 34901801303800

References

  1. Kataller Toyama(in Japanese)
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