Tsuyoshi Watanabe
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tsuyoshi Watanabe | ||
Date of birth | 5 February 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Saitama, Japan | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Gent | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2011 | FC Tokyo | ||
2012–2014 | Yamanashi Gakuin Univ. High School | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2018 | Chuo University | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | FC Tokyo U-23 | 6 | (0) |
2019–2021 | FC Tokyo | 75 | (5) |
2022–2023 | Kortrijk | 41 | (1) |
2023– | Gent | 52 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2019–2021 | Japan U23 | 4 | (0) |
2019– | Japan | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:25, 24 January 2024 (UTC) |
Tsuyoshi Watanabe (渡辺 剛, Watanabe Tsuyoshi, born 5 February 1997) is a Japanese football player who plays as a defender for Belgian First Division A club Gent.[1]
Club career
[edit]Watanabe joined J1 League club FC Tokyo in 2018.
On 28 December 2021, Watanabe signed a 3.5-year contract with Kortrijk in Belgium.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 1 December 2024[3]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FC Tokyo | 2019 | J1 League | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | — | 31 | 2 | ||
2020 | J1 League | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7[a] | 0 | — | 38 | 2 | ||
2021 | J1 League | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 34 | 2 | |||
Total | 75 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 7 | ||
Kortrijk | 2021–22 | Jupiler Pro League | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | Jupiler Pro League | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 34 | 1 | ||||
Total | 41 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 43 | 1 | |||||
Gent | 2023–24 | Jupiler Pro League | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 14[b] | 1 | — | 52 | 3 | ||
2024–25 | Jupiler Pro League | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 9[b] | 1 | — | 26 | 2 | |||
Total | 52 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 23 | 2 | — | 78 | 5 | ||||
Career total | 168 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 13 |
- ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
Reserves performance
[edit]Last Updated: 4 January 2022
Club performance | League | Total | ||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Japan | League | Total | ||||
2018 | FC Tokyo U-23 | J3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Career total | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
National team statistics
[edit]Japan national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2019 | 1 | 0 |
2023 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]FC Tokyo
References
[edit]- ^ Tsuyoshi Watanabe at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- ^ "EERSTE JAPANNER BIJ KV KORTRIJK" (Press release) (in Dutch). Kortrijk. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ Tsuyoshi Watanabe at Soccerway
- ^ Tsuyoshi Watanabe at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
[edit]- Tsuyoshi Watanabe at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Categories:
- 1997 births
- Association football people from Saitama Prefecture
- Living people
- Japanese men's footballers
- Japan men's international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Chuo University alumni
- FC Tokyo players
- FC Tokyo U-23 players
- K.V. Kortrijk players
- K.A.A. Gent players
- J1 League players
- J3 League players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Japanese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- 2023 AFC Asian Cup players
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen
- Japanese football defender, 1990s birth stubs