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*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Keita Suzuki (鈴木 啓太, Suzuki Keita, born 8 July 1981) is a former *anese football player. He played for the *an national team.

He is a cousin of Koki Mizuno. His wife is *anese actress Hiroko Hatano.

Contents

• 1 Club career
• 2 National team career
• 3 Club statistics
• 4 National team statistics
  • 4.1 Appearances in major compe*ions
  • 4.2 International goals
    • 4.2.1 Under-23
• 5 Honours
  • 5.1 *an
  • 5.2 Club
  • 5.3 Individual
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Club career

After graduating from Tokai University Shoyo High School, he joined J2 League side Urawa Reds in 2000. His first professional appearance came in an Emperor's Cup match against Honda Lock SC on 3 December 2000. He broke into Urawa's first team in 2001 and became a mainstay in midfielder. He contributed to the club winning the J1 League championship in 2006 and was chosen as one of the 2006 J.League Best XI. In 2007, the club won the champions AFC Champions League and the 3rd place Club World Cup. He was also elected *anese Footballer of the Year award. Although he played many matches every seasons, he lost opportunity to play in 2015. In October, he announced that he would be leaving his only club at the end of that season. After the last game of 2015 regular season in November, he announced his retirement from football.

National team career

Suzuki was captain for *an U-23 national team throughout the 2004 Summer Olympics Qualifiers. However, he was not included in the final squad for the 2004 Summer Olympics as manager Masakuni Yamamoto favoured overage player Shinji Ono.

*an national team manager Ivica Osim rated Suzuki highly and handed him his first senior cap on 9 August 2006, in a friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago. He was the only player who started all 20 matches under Osim's reign. Osim once referred to him as the *anese answer to Claude Makélélé. He played 28 games for *an until 2008.

Club statistics

1Includes J.League Championship, *anese Super Cup, A3 Champions Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

National team statistics

Appearances in major compe*ions

International goals

Scores and results list *an's goal tally first.

Under-23

Honours

*an

• Afro-Asian Cup of Nations: 1

2007

Club

Urawa Red Diamonds

• J1 League: 1

2006

• J1 League First Stage: 1

2015

• Emperor's Cup: 2

2005, 2006

• J.League Cup: 1

2003

• AFC Champions League: 1

2007

• *anese Super Cup: 1

2006

Individual

• *anese Footballer of the Year: 1

2007

• J.League Best XI: 2

2006, 2007

References

External links

• Keita Suzuki – FIFA compe*ion record (archived)
• Keita Suzuki at National-Football-Teams.com
• *an National Football Team Database
• Keita Suzuki at J.League (in *anese)
• Keita Suzuki at Soccerway
• Official website (in *anese)