Kazuo Ozaki
Kazuo Ozaki (尾崎 加寿夫, Ozaki Kazuo, born March 7, 1960) is a *anese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He made 17 appearances for the *an national team scoring three goals.
Contents
- 1 Club career
- 2 International career
- 3 Career statistics
- 3.1 Club
- 3.2 International
- 4 References
- 5 External links
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 *le in *an; *an Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup. The club also won 1980 Emperor's Cup, 1981 JSL Cup and 1982 *an Soccer League. He was also selected *anese Footballer of the Year awards in 1982.
In July 1983, Ozaki moved to Germany and joined Arminia Bielefeld. He was the second *anese 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 *an 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 *an U-20 national team for 1979 World Youth Championship. He played in three matches as captain. On February 8, 1981, he debuted for *an national team against Malaysia. He played at 1982 Asian Games. He played 17 games and scored 3 goals for *an until 1983. After he moved to Germany in 1983, he was not selected *an.
Career statistics
Club
International
References
External links
- Kazuo Ozaki – FIFA compe*ion record (archived)
- Kazuo Ozaki at National-Football-Teams.com
- *an National Football Team Database
- Kazuo Ozaki at J.League (in *anese)
- worldfootball.net
- Kazuo Ozaki at fussballdaten.de (in German)