12 Facts About Tsuyoshi Kitazawa

Tsuyoshi Kitazawa is a Japanese former football player who played for the Japan national team.

When Kitazawa was a junior high student, he played for Yomiuri Junior Youth.

Tsuyoshi Kitazawa finished his playing career as a Verdy player in 2002.

Tsuyoshi Kitazawa was capped 58 times and scored 3 goals for the Japan national team between 1991 and 1999.

Tsuyoshi Kitazawa made his international debut on 2 June 1991 in a friendly against Thailand in Yamagata Park Stadium, under national coach Kenzo Yokoyama.

Tsuyoshi Kitazawa was a member of the Japan team for the 1992 Asian Cup that Japan won.

Tsuyoshi Kitazawa scored his first international goal on 6 November 1992 in the semifinal against China at Hiroshima Stadium.

Tsuyoshi Kitazawa took part in Japan's unsuccessful campaign to qualify for the 1994 World Cup.

Tsuyoshi Kitazawa was a member of the Asian final qualification stage that was held centrally in Qatar and played two games.

Tsuyoshi Kitazawa was on the bench when the Iraqi's injury-time equaliser dashed Japan's qualification hope in the last qualifier, in the match that the Japanese fans now remember as the Agony of Doha.

Tsuyoshi Kitazawa was short-listed for the 1998 World Cup, but national coach Takeshi Okada dropped him along with Kazuyoshi Miura and Daisuke Ichikawa at the final training camp in Nyon, Switzerland.

Tsuyoshi Kitazawa represented Japan national futsal team in the 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship finals hosted by the Netherlands.