Yuji Unozawa

Yuji Unozawa (宇野沢 祐次, Unozawa Yuji, born 3 May 1983) is a former Japanese football player who last played for Nagano Parceiro.[1]

Yuji Unozawa
宇野沢 祐次
Personal information
Full name Yuji Unozawa
Date of birth (1983-05-03) 3 May 1983
Place of birth Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
1999–2001 Kashiwa Reysol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Kashiwa Reysol 68 (4)
2007 Avispa Fukuoka 10 (0)
2008–2009 Japan Soccer College 22 (14)
2010–2019 Nagano Parceiro 213 (81)
Total 313 (99)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 April 2020

Club career

Unozawa was born in Matsudo on 3 May 1983. He joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol from youth team in 2002. He played many matches as forward from first season. However he could not score many goals and Reysol was relegated to J2 League end of 2005 season. Reysol won the 2nd place in 2006 season and was returned to J1 in a year. However he left Reysol end of 2006 season without playing J1 and moved to J2 club Avispa Fukuoka in 2007. However he could not play many matches in Avispa. In 2008, he moved to Regional Leagues club Japan Soccer College. He played many matches and scored many goals in 2 seasons.

In 2010, he moved to Regional Leagues club Nagano Parceiro. Parceiro was promoted to Japan Football League from 2011. He scored many goals every season and became a top scorer in 2013 season. Parceiro also won the champions in 2013 season and was promoted to new league J3 League. He has been a key-symbol for the club, opting to retire at the end of the 2019 season, after playing just four games in that year.[2]

National team career

In November 2003, Unozawa was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2003 World Youth Championship. But he did not play in the match.

Club statistics
As of 2 April 2020.[3][4]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
2002Kashiwa ReysolJ1 League1331030173
20031501021181
20041111042163
20051302141192
2006J2 League16051-211
2007Avispa Fukuoka10000-100
2008Japan Soccer CollegeJRL
(Hokushinetsu)		118--118
200911622-138
2010Nagano Parceiro147--147
2011JFL3315--3315
2012321720-3417
2013342041-3821
2014J3 League331620-3516
201525110-261
20166020-80
201713410-144
201819100-191
20194010-50
Career total 31399255134351108

References
  1. Yuji Unozawa at J.League (in Japanese)
  2. https://parceiro.co.jp/info/detail/VCaKFCe6zx8gXTFJEEFEOGNzSTFUaWdEN1c1SUk5dmFZbWQwcnlOaW5lX05WcXN2N2Rwd2VqM05DMUE
  3. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 255 out of 289)
  4. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 255 out of 289)


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