Azusa Iwashimizu

Azusa Iwashimizu
岩清水 梓

Personal information
Full name	Azusa Iwashimizu
Date of birth	(1986-10-14) October 14, 1986
Place of birth	Takizawa, Iwate, Japan
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Nippon TV Beleza
Number	22
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–	Nippon TV Beleza	260	(21)
Total		260	(21)
National team
2006–2016	Japan	122	(11)
Honours Olympic Games 2012 London Team Women's World Cup 2011 Germany Team 2015 Canada Team Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 31, 2017

Azusa Iwashimizu (岩清水 梓, Iwashimizu Azusa, born October 14, 1986) is a Japanese football player. She played for Nippon TV Beleza. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Iwashimizu was born in Takizawa on October 14, 1986. In 2003, she was promoted to Nippon TV Beleza from youth team. She played 260 matches in L.League until 2017. She was elected Best Eleven for 12 years in a row (2006-2017).

National team career

On February 18, 2006, when Iwashimizu was 19 years old, she debuted for Japan national team against Russia.^[1] She has played in the 2007, 2011 and 2015 World Cups, winning the 2011 World Cup and winning a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[2][3] In the final minute of extra time in the 2011 World Cup Final, she was sent off after receiving a red card for slide tackling an opponent. Japan would go on to win the match in the penalty shootout that followed.

Iwashimizu was instrumental in Japan's victory at the 2014 Asian Cup, scoring the winning goal in both the semifinal against China and the final against Australia.^[4] She played 122 games and scored 11 goals for Japan until 2016.

Club statistics

As of 11 November 2012

National team statistics

^[1][5]

Japan national team Year Apps Goals 2006 10 3 2007 13 2 2008 18 0 2009 3 0 2010 13 3 2011 17 0 2012 11 0 2013 10 0 2014 14 0 2015 10 0 2016 3 0 Total 122 11

International goals # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 7 May 2006 Kumamoto Athletics Stadium, Kumamoto Japan  United States 1–0 1–3 Friendly Match 2. 7 December 2006 Umm-Affai Stadium, Al-Rayyan Qatar  China PR 0–1 0–1 Football at the 2006 Asian Games 3. 10 December 2006 Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Qatar  South Korea 1–0 3–1 Football at the 2006 Asian Games 4. 4 August 2007 Lạch Tray Stadium, Hai Phong, Vietnam  Vietnam 0–2 0–8 Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification 5. 2 September 2007 Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan  Brazil 1–1 2–1 Friendly Match 6. 15 January 2010 Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo Chile  Chile 1–1 1–1 2010 Bicennteniall Woman's Cup (es) 7. 20 May 2010 Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu China  Myanmar 1–0 8–0 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup 8. 22 November 2010 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou China  North Korea 0–1 0–1 Football at the 2010 Asian Games

Honors and awards

References

External links

• Azusa Iwashimizu – FIFA competition record (archive)