Koki Mizuno
Koki Mizuno (水野 晃樹, Mizuno Kōki, born 6 September 1985) is a *anese football player who plays for SC Sagamihara in J3 League.
Mizuno began his professional career with JEF United Chiba, with whom he won the J.League Cup in 2005 and 2006; he was named most valuable player of the 2006 compe*ion. His other former clubs include Ventforet Kofu, Kashiwa Reysol, and Scottish side Celtic.
Mizuno has 4 caps for the *an national team, including two appearances as a subs*ute at the 2007 Asian Cup. As a youth, Mizuno also appeared in the 2005 World Youth Championship as a member of the *anese Under-20 team, scoring one goal.
He is the cousin of Keita Suzuki, also a footballer.
Contents
- 1 Club career
- 1.1 JEF United Chiba
- 1.2 Celtic
- 1.3 Kashiwa Reysol
- 2 International career
- 3 Club statistics
- 4 National team statistics
- 5 Honours
- 6 References
- 7 External links
Club career
JEF United Chiba
After graduating from Shimizu Commercial High School, Mizuno joined JEF United Ichihara (later JEF United Chiba) in 2004. He was the MVP of the 2006 J.League Cup compe*ion.
Celtic
Celtic's interest was confirmed by chief executive Peter Lawwell in January 2008 who explained that the club planned on signing Mizuno, if he was granted a work permit.
After initially being denied a permit, Gordon Strachan took part in an appeal hearing in which he described his other *anese import Shunsuke Nakamura as a "flawless performer" and "The best player I have ever worked with, and that includes Dalglish and McAllister", and claimed that Mizuno was a young player of immense talent and potential. The appeal was successful and Celtic completed the signing of Koki Mizuno on 29 January 2008. On 18 July 2008, Mizuno made his debut in a 2–0 pre-season friendly win over Southampton. On 8 November, he made his league debut for Celtic in a 2–0 victory over Motherwell, replacing Scott McDonald in the 88th minute and, on 21 December 2008, he made his first start in a game against Falkirk. He scored his first goal for Celtic in the 90th minute of the match, *isted by a p* from Shunsuke Nakamura. On 1 July 2010, Mizuno was released by Celtic.
Kashiwa Reysol
In the summer of 2010, Mizuno signed for J2 League side Kashiwa Reysol. In his first game for Kashiwa, he suffered a knee ligament injury which sidelined him for the rest of the 2010 season.
International career
Mizuno was a member of the *an team for 2005 World Youth Championship where he scored a goal against Benin. His first cap as a full international came when he subs*uted Naohiro Takahara on 24 March 2007 in a friendly against Peru. He was a member of the *an team for 2007 Asian Cup and played two games as a subs*ute.
Club statistics
Updated to 23 February 2017.
National team statistics
Honours
JEF United Chiba- J.League Cup Champions: 2005, 2006
- Scottish Premier League Runner-up: 2008–09, 2009–10
- J.League Cup MVP: 2006
References
External links
- Koki Mizuno – FIFA compe*ion record (archived)
- Koki Mizuno at National-Football-Teams.com
- *an National Football Team Database
- Koki Mizuno at J.League (in *anese)
- Koki Mizuno at Soccerway
- Koki Mizuno at Soccerbase