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Azusa Iwashimizu
岩清水 梓
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Personal information
Full name Azusa Iwashimizu
Date of birth (1986-10-14) 14 October 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Takizawa, Iwate, Japan
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Number 33
Youth career
1999–2002 Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003– Tokyo Verdy Beleza 278 (21)
Total 278 (21)
National team
2006–2016 Japan 122 (11)
Honours
Nippon TV Beleza
Winner Nadeshiko League 2005
Winner Nadeshiko League 2006
Winner Nadeshiko League 2007
Winner Nadeshiko League 2008
Winner Nadeshiko League 2010
Winner Nadeshiko League 2015
Winner Nadeshiko League 2016
Winner Nadeshiko League 2017
Winner Nadeshiko League 2018
Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2003
Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2004
Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2009
Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2011
Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2012
Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2013
Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2014
Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2007
Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2010
Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2012
Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2016
Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2018
Winner Empress's Cup 2004
Winner Empress's Cup 2005
Winner Empress's Cup 2007
Winner Empress's Cup 2008
Winner Empress's Cup 2009
Winner Empress's Cup 2014
Winner Empress's Cup 2017
Winner Empress's Cup 2018
Runner-up Empress's Cup 2003
Representing Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Olympic Games
Silver 2012 London Team
FIFA Women's World Cup
Gold 2011 Germany
Silver 2015 Canada
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Gold 2014 Vietnam
Bronze 2008 Vietnam
Bronze 2010 China
Asian Games
Gold 2010 Guangzhou Team
Silver 2006 Doha Team
Silver 2014 Incheon Team
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2018.
† Appearances (Goals).

Azusa Iwashimizu (岩清水 梓, Iwashimizu Azusa, born 14 October 1986) is a Japanese football player. She played for Tokyo Verdy Beleza in the WE League. She also played for the Japan national team between 2006 and 2016.

Club career

Iwashimizu was born in Takizawa on 14 October 1986. In 2003, she was promoted to Nippon TV Beleza after developing in their youth team. She played 260 matches in the L.League until 2017. She was elected to the league's Best XI for 12 years in a row (2006-2017).

National team career

On 18 February 2006, when Iwashimizu was 19 years old, she debuted for Japan national team against Russia. She has played in the 2007, 2011 and 2015 World Cups, winning the 2011 World Cup and winning a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In the final minute of extra time in the 2011 World Cup Final, she was sent off after receiving a red card for slide tackling Alex Morgan. Japan would go on to win the match in the penalty shootout that followed.

Iwashimizu was instrumental in Japan's victory at the 2014 Asian Cup, scoring the winning goal in both the semifinal against China and the final against Australia. She played 122 games and scored 11 goals for Japan until 2016.

Club statistics

Club Season League Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nippon TV Beleza 2003 17 1 1 0 - 18 1
2004 0 0 -
2005 16 1 4 0 - 20 1
2006 17 3 3 0 - 20 3
2007 19 1 3 0 1 0 23 1
2008 16 2 0 0 - 16 2
2009 21 2 4 0 - 25 2
2010 17 2 1 0 5 0 23 2
2011 16 1 3 0 - 19 1
2012 17 1 5 0
Career total 156 14 11 0

National team statistics

Honors and awards

Team

Japan women's national football team
Champion: 2011
  • East Asian Football Championship
Champion: 2010
  • East Asian Football Championship
Champions: 2008, 2010
Nippon TV Beleza
  • L.League
Champions (11): 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Empress's Cup :
Champions: 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2017, 2018
  • Nadeshiko League Cup :
Champions: 2007, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018

Individual

  • L.League
Best Eleven (13): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

See also

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