Yuzo Kurihara

Yuzo Kurihara (栗原 勇蔵, Kurihara Yūzō, born 18 September 1983) is a Japanese former football player who last played for Yokohama F. Marinos.[1] He played for Japan national team.

Yuzo Kurihara
栗原 勇蔵
Personal information
Full name Yuzo Kurihara
Date of birth (1983-09-18) 18 September 1983
Place of birth Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Youth career
1996–2001 Yokohama F. Marinos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2019 Yokohama F. Marinos 316 (16)
National team
2003 Japan U-20 2 (0)
2006–2013 Japan 20 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of 2019 season

Club career

Kurihara was born in Yokohama on 18 September 1983. He joined J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos from youth team in 2002. Although he debuted as center back in 2003, he could not play many matches behind Japan national team player Naoki Matsuda and Yuji Nakazawa. In 2006, he became a regular player as stopper of three backs defense with Matsuda and Nakazawa. From 2007, he played many matches as center back with Nakazawa of four backs defense. After that, he played many matches as center back for a long time of four backs or three backs defense. In 2013, Marinos won the 2nd place in J1 League and the champions in Emperor's Cup. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2015. He retired from football at the end of the 2019 season.[2]

National team career

In November 2003, Kurihara was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2003 World Youth Championship. He played in 2 matches.

After 2006 World Cup, Ivica Osim became a new manager for Japan national team. His first match on August 9, Kurihara debuted for Japan against Trinidad and Tobago at the Tokyo National Stadium when he replaced Keisuke Tsuboi in the 60th minute.[3] However he could not play at all in the match after the debut. In April 2010, he played for Japan under manager Takeshi Okada against Serbia for the first time in 4 years.[3] Although he was not select Japan for 2010 World Cup, he played several matches as center back every year under Alberto Zaccheroni after 2010 World Cup. In 2013, he was selected for 2013 Confederations Cup and 2013 East Asian Cup. At East Asian Cup, he played all 3 matches and Japan won the champions. This tournament is his last game for Japan. He played 20 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 2013.[3]

Club statistics
As of end of 2018 season[4][5][6]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Other1 Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
2002Yokohama F. MarinosJ1000000--00
2003700020---90
20048020704231243
200513110214040242
20063013080--411
20072511080--340
20082404151--332
200926320100--383
20102820060--342
20113033021--354
20123103030--370
20133126160--433
201429320104010373
20151100020--130
20161212090--231
2017802060--160
2018301040--80
2019--
Career total 316163228131228144924

1Includes Japanese Super Cup and A3 Champions Cup.

J.League firsts

National team statistics

[3]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
200610
200700
200800
200900
201040
201130
201252
201371
Total203

International goals
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 June 2012Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan Jordan6–06–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.12 June 2012Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia Australia1–01–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.21 July 2013Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea China PR1–13–32013 EAFF East Asian Cup
As of 21 July 2013.[7]

Honours

Club
Yokohama F. Marinos

Japan
  • EAFF East Asian Cup: 2013

References
  1. Yuzo Kurihara at J.League (in Japanese)
  2. "元日本代表ＤＦ横浜栗原が引退「世界一の幸せ者」". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  3. Japan National Football Team Database
  4. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 58 out of 289)
  5. "Yuzo Kurihara Soccerway Player Statistics". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  6. "Yuzo Kurihara contract extension". Yokohama F. Marinos (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  7. https://int.soccerway.com/players/yuzo-kurihara/5388/matches/
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