Kazuo Ozaki

Kazuo Ozaki
尾崎加寿夫
Personal information
Full name	Kazuo Ozaki
Date of birth	March 7, 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1975–1977	Nihon University High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978–1983	Mitsubishi Motors
1983–1988	Arminia Bielefeld
1988–1989	FC St. Pauli
1989–1990	TuRU Düsseldorf
1990–1992	Urawa Reds
1993–1994	Verdy Kawasaki
International career
1979	Japan U-20
1981–1983	Japan
Medal record
Urawa Reds
Verdy Kawasaki
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kazuo Ozaki (尾崎加寿夫, Ozaki Kazuo, born March 7, 1960) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He made 17 appearances for the Japan national team scoring three goals.

Club career

Ozaki was born in Tokyo on March 7, 1960. After graduating from high school, he joined Mitsubishi Motors in 1978. In 1978, the club won all three major title in Japan; Japan Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup. The club also won 1980 Emperor's Cup, 1981 JSL Cup and 1982 Japan Soccer League. He was also selected Japanese Footballer of the Year awards in 1982.

In July 1983, Ozaki moved to Germany and joined Arminia Bielefeld. He was the second Japanese to play in the Bundesliga after Yasuhiko Okudera. In 1985, Arminia Bielefeld was relegated to 2. Bundesliga. From 1988, he played at FC St. Pauli (1988–89) and TuRU Düsseldorf (1989–90).

In 1990, Ozaki returned to Japan and joined Mitsubishi Motors (later Urawa Reds). He moved to Verdy Kawasaki in 1993. He retired in 1994.

International career

In August 1979, Ozaki was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1979 World Youth Championship. He played in three matches as captain. On February 8, 1981, he debuted for Japan national team against Malaysia. He played at 1982 Asian Games. He played 17 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 1983.^[1] After he moved to Germany in 1983, he was not selected Japan.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Mitsubishi Motors	1978	JSL Division 1	1	0
	1979		13	1
	1980		11	1
	1981		10	5	1	1	5	4	16	10
	1982		18	8	2	2	2	3	22	13
	1983		10	4	0	0	0	0	10	4
	Total		63	19	3	3	8	7	74	29
Arminia Bielefeld	1983–84	Bundesliga	33	5	2	1			35	6
	1984–85	Bundesliga	23	4	1	1			24	5
	1985–86	2. Bundesliga	28	3	1	0			29	3
	1986–87		13	3	1	0			14	3
	1987–88		16	3	1	0			17	3
	Total		113	18	6	2			119	20
FC St. Pauli	1988–89	Bundesliga	6	0	0	0			6	0
TuRU 1880 Düsseldorf	1989–90
Mitsubishi Motors	1990–91	JSL Division 1	6	1	2	3	0	0	8	4
	1991–92	JSL Division 1	9	1			1	0	10	1
	Total		15	2	2	3	1	0	18	5
Urawa Reds	1992	J1 League	-		2	0	4	1	6	1
Verdy Kawasaki	1993	J1 League	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	1994	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Career total			262	57	13	8	13	8	288	73

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[1]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	1981	9	2
	1982	7	1
	1983	1	0
Total		17	3

References

^ ^a ^b Japan National Football Team Database

External links

Kazuo Ozaki – FIFA competition record (archived)
Kazuo Ozaki at National-Football-Teams.com
Japan National Football Team Database
Kazuo Ozaki at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Kazuo Ozaki at WorldFootball.net
Kazuo Ozaki at fussballdaten.de (in German)

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