Takayuki Suzuki

Takayuki Suzuki
鈴木 隆行
Personal information
Full name Takayuki Suzuki
Date of birth (1976-06-05) June 5, 1976
Place of birth Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2005 Kashima Antlers 87 (17)
1997 → CFZ (loan) 21 (7)
1998 → JEF United Ichihara (loan) 7 (0)
1999 → CFZ (loan) 5 (0)
2000 → Kawasaki Frontale (loan) 11 (0)
2002–2003 → Genk (loan) 19 (0)
2003–2004 → Heusden-Zolder (loan) 30 (5)
2006 Red Star Belgrade 6 (0)
2007 Yokohama F. Marinos 3 (0)
2008–2010 Portland Timbers 77 (4)
2011–2014 Mito HollyHock 126 (24)
2015 JEF United Chiba 2 (0)
Total 394 (57)
National team
2001–2005 Japan 55 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Takayuki Suzuki (鈴木 隆行, Suzuki Takayuki, born June 5, 1976) is a former Japanese football player. He made over 50 appearances for the Japanese national team and he played professionally for two decades in Japan, Brazil, Belgium, Serbia and the United States.

Club career

Suzuki has spent the majority of his playing career with Kashima Antlers, playing six stints for the team over the course of ten years, in between short periods playing in Brazil and Belgium. Suzuki played 87 games in the J1 League for Kashima, scoring 17 goals, and helping the team win the J1 Championship in 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2001.

On January 28, 2006, Suzuki signed with Red Star Belgrade during the 2005/06 season winter break at the period Toyota was the main sponsor of the club.[1] Takayuki Suzuki had not scored for 1790 minutes/46 games consecutive, until he scored a couple of goals in an 11/4/06 Serbian Cup game against Radnički Niš as Red Star rolled to an easy 5-0 road victory. However, Suzuki's time in Serbia was a disappointment and his move back to J1 League to join Yokohama F. Marinos was announced on January 19, 2007.[2]

On 28 March 2008 it was revealed that he signed a one-year contract with Portland Timbers of the USL First Division, joining on a free transfer.[3]

On 8 June 2011 Suzuki agreed to join J2 League side Mito HollyHock. With the club and city in financial difficult following a massive earthquake, he promised to play for free in the 2011 season.[4]

After only one season with JEF United Chiba, he announces his retirement from football at the age of 39.[5]

National team career

Suzuki made his international debut for Japan national team in 2001, and scored his first international goal on June 2, 2001, in a 2001 Confederations Cup game against Cameroon.[6]

He played all four of Japan's games at the 2002 World Cup on home soil, starting the first three and scoring in the 2–2 tie against Belgium; Japan were eliminated in the round of 16 following a 1–0 defeat to Turkey.[6]

He was also part of the Japanese team which won the 2004 Asian Cup. He played 55 games and scored 11 goals for Japan until 2005.[6]

Playing style

Suzuki is a no-nonsense physical player whose playing style is different compared to other forwards and strikers. He is well known for his defensive pressure on other defenders to force them to make mistakes. Suzuki was nicknamed the "Japanese Blond Bomber" because of his blond-dyed hair (the original blond bomber was legendary German striker Jürgen Klinsmann). As the result of world record about consecutive no goals, Japanese call Suzuki as 'Master No Goal'.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
1995Kashima AntlersJ1 League0000--00
1996100000-10
1997000000-00
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Total
1997Centro Futebol ZicoCampeonato Carioca 3°217---217
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
1998Kashima AntlersJ1 League310010-41
1998JEF United IchiharaJ1 League701000-80
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Total
1999Centro Futebol ZicoCampeonato Carioca 2°50---50
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
1999Kashima AntlersJ1 League100030-40
2000Kawasaki FrontaleJ1 League1100020-130
2000Kashima AntlersJ1 League525253-157
20012663461-3511
2002800000-80
Belgium League Belgian Cup League Cup Europe Total
2002/03GenkFirst Division19020-60270
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
2003Kashima AntlersJ1 League4000000040
Belgium League Belgian Cup League Cup Europe Total
2003/04Heusden-ZolderFirst Division30542--347
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
2004Kashima AntlersJ1 League1453000-175
20052533000-283
Serbia League Serbian Cup League Cup Europe Total
2005/06Red Star BelgradeSuperLiga6012--72
2006/070020--20
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
2007Yokohama F. MarinosJ1 League300010-40
United States League Open Cup League Cup North America Total
2008Portland TimbersUSL First Division26110--271
200927220--292
2010D2 Pro League24121--262
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
2011Mito HollyHockJ2 League20531--236
201236420--384
2013371210--3812
201433320--353
2015JEF United ChibaJ2 League2000--20
CountryJapan 236412371840027752
Brazil 267---267
Belgium 49562-60617
Serbia 6032--92
United States 77451--825
Total 3945737121846045573

National team statistics

[6]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
2001103
2002131
200340
2004186
2005101
Total5511

Appearances in major competitions

Team Competition Category Appearances Goals Team Record
Start Sub
 Japan2001 FIFA Confederations CupSenior302Runners-up
 Japan2002 FIFA World CupSenior311Round of 16
 Japan2004 AFC Asian CupSenior601Champions
 Japan2005 FIFA Confederations CupSenior010Round 1
 Japan2006 FIFA World Cup qualificationSenior543Qualified

National team goals

[6]

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.June 2, 2001Niigata, Japan Cameroon2-0Won2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Group stage
2.June 2, 2001Niigata, Japan Cameroon2-0Won2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Group stage
3.October 7, 2001Southampton, UK Nigeria2-2DrawFriendly
4.June 4, 2002Saitama, Japan Belgium2-2Draw2002 FIFA World Cup Group stage
5.June 9, 2004Saitama, Japan India7-0Won2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.July 9, 2004Hiroshima, Japan Slovakia3-1WonFriendly
7.July 31, 2004Chongqing, China Jordan1-1Draw*2004 AFC Asian Cup Quarter-finals
8.August 18, 2004Shizuoka, Japan Argentina1-2LostFriendly
9.September 8, 2004Kolkata, India India4-0Won2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.October 13, 2004Muscat, Oman Oman1-0Won2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.February 2, 2005Saitama, Japan Syria3-0WonFriendly
  • Japan advanced to semi-final by penalty shootout

Honors

Club

Kashima Antlers
K.R.C. Genk
Red Star Belgrade
Portland Timbers

International

Japan

Trivia

References

  1. ↑ Suzuki na Tojoti, B92, January 28, 2006
  2. ↑ ESPNsoccernet - Global - Ex-Japan striker leaves Red Star for Marinos
  3. ↑ portlandtimbers.com: Press Releases Archived 2008-04-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "Former Japan striker Suzuki to play for free". Daily Times. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  5. ↑ http://www.footballchannel.jp/2015/12/02/post123935/
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Japan National Football Team Database
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