Azusa Iwashimizu
Azusa Iwashimizu
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| Personal information |
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| Date of birth |
(1986-10-14) 14 October 1986 |
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| Place of birth |
Takizawa, Japan |
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| Height |
163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1] |
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| Playing position |
Defender |
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| Club information |
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Current team |
NTV Beleza |
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| Number |
22 |
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| Senior career* |
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| Years |
Team |
Apps |
(Gls) |
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| 2001– |
NTV Beleza |
156 |
(14) |
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| National team‡ |
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| 2006– |
Japan |
111 |
(11) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 November 2012.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:08, 4 June 2015 (UTC) |
Azusa Iwashimizu (岩清水梓, Iwashimizu Azusa, born 14 October 1986) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for L. League club NTV Beleza. She has played in the 2007, 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cups, winning the 2011 World Cup and winning a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2][3] 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 an opponent. Japan would go on to win the match in the penalty shootout that followed.
Iwashimizu was instrumental in Japan's victory at the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, scoring the winning goal in both the semifinal against China and the final against Australia.[4]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 11 November 2012
International
- As of 20 July 2013
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Japan |
| 2006 | 10 | 3 |
| 2007 | 13 | 2 |
| 2008 | 18 | 0 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 |
| 2010 | 13 | 3 |
| 2011 | 17 | 0 |
| 2012 | 11 | 0 |
| 2013 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 92 | 8 |
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| International goals |
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 7 May 2006 | Kumamoto Athletics Stadium, Kumamoto Japan |  United States | 1–0 | 1–3 | Friendly Match |
| 2. | 7 December 2006 | Umm-Affai Stadium, Al-Rayyan Qatar |  China PR | 0–1 | 0–1 | Football at the 2006 Asian Games |
| 3. | 10 December 2006 | Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Qatar |  South Korea | 1–0 | 3–1 | Football at the 2006 Asian Games |
| 4. | 4 August 2007 | Lạch Tray Stadium, Hai Phong, Vietnam |  Vietnam | 0–2 | 0–8 | Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification |
| 5. | 2 September 2007 | Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan |  Brazil | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly Match |
| 6. | 15 January 2010 | Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo Chile |  Chile | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2010 Bicennteniall Woman's Cup (es) |
| 7. | 20 May 2010 | Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu China |  Myanmar | 1–0 | 8–0 | 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
| 8. | 22 November 2010 | Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou China |  North Korea | 0–1 | 0–1 | Football at the 2010 Asian Games |
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Honors and awards
Team
- Japan women's national football team
- Champion: 2011
- Champion: 2010
- Champions: 2008, 2010
- NTV Beleza
- Champions (7): 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
- Champions: 2004、2005、2007、2008、2009
- Champions: 2007, 2010, 2012
Individual
- Best Eleven (7): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
References
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