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Full name
  
Akinori Nishizawa

Name
  
Akinori Nishizawa

Place of birth
  
Shizuoka, Japan

Role
  
Footballer


Years
  
Team

Height
  
1.80 m

1995–2000
  
Cerezo Osaka

Playing position
  
Forward

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Date of birth
  
(1976-06-18) 18 June 1976 (age 39)

1992–1994
  
Shimizu Higashi High School

Akinori Nishizawa First Goal Tournoi Hassan II de football 2000 Japan vs France


Akinori Nishizawa (西澤 明訓, Nishizawa Akinori, born June 18, 1976) is a former Japanese football player.

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He was capped 29 times and scored 10 goals for the Japanese national team between 1997 and 2002. He played one game at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

During his brief spell playing in England for Bolton Wanderers, he is best remembered for scoring a dramatic late equaliser against Walsall in the League Cup.

Individual honours

  • J1 League Best Eleven: 2000
  • Team Honours

  • FIFA Confederations Cup Runner-up: 2001
  • Asian Cup Champions: 2000
  • References

    Akinori Nishizawa Wikipedia