Takayuki Suzuki

For others, see Takayuki Suzuki (disambiguation).

Takayuki Suzuki
鈴木 隆行
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-06-05) 5 June 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1992–1994 Hitachi Kogyo High School
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)
International career
2001–2005 Japan 55 (11)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Japan
AFC Asian Cup
Winner 2004 China
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up 2001 Korea-Japan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career

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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.

Takayuki Suzuki had not scored for 1790 minutes/46 games consecutive, until he scored a goal against RSC Anderlecht in September 2003.

On 28 January 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] However, Suzuki's time in Serbia was a disappointment and his move back to J1 League to join Yokohama F. Marinos was announced on 19 January 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 the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, he promised to play for free in the 2011 season.[4]

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

International career

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Suzuki made his international debut for Japan national team in 2001, and scored his first international goal on 2 June 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]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kashima Antlers 1995 J1 League 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
1996 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 0
1997 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
1998 3 1 0 0 1 0 – 4 1
1999 1 0 0 0 3 0 – 4 0
2000 5 2 5 2 5 3 – 15 7
2001 26 6 3 4 6 1 – 35 11
2002 8 0 0 0 0 0 – 8 0
2003 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2004 14 5 3 0 0 0 – 17 5
2005 25 3 3 0 0 0 – 28 3
Total 87 17 14 6 15 4 0 0 116 27
Centro Futebol Zico (loan) 1997 Campeonato Carioca 3° 21 7 – – – 21 7
JEF United Ichihara (loan) 1998 J1 League 7 0 1 0 0 0 – 8 0
Centro Futebol Zico (loan) 1999 Campeonato Carioca 2° 5 0 – – – 5 0
Kawasaki Frontale (loan) 2000 J1 League 11 0 0 0 2 0 – 13 0
Genk (loan) 2002–03 Belgian First Division 19 0 2 0 – 6 0 27 0
Heusden-Zolder (loan) 2003–04 Belgian First Division 30 5 4 2 – – 34 7
Red Star Belgrade 2005–06 Serbian SuperLiga 6 0 1 2 – – 7 2
2006–07 0 0 2 0 – – 2 0
Total 6 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 9 2
Yokohama F. Marinos 2007 J1 League 3 0 0 0 1 0 – 4 0
Portland Timbers 2008 USL First Division 26 1 1 0 – – 27 1
2009 27 2 2 0 – – 29 2
2010 D2 Pro League 24 1 2 1 – – 26 2
Total 77 4 5 1 – – 82 5
Mito HollyHock 2011 J2 League 20 5 3 1 – – 23 6
2012 36 4 2 0 – – 38 4
2013 37 12 1 0 – – 38 12
2014 33 3 2 0 – – 35 3
Total 126 24 8 1 0 0 0 0 134 25
JEF United Chiba 2015 J2 League 2 0 0 0 – – 2 0
Career total 394 57 37 12 18 4 6 0 455 73

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2001 10 3
2002 13 1
2003 4 0
2004 18 6
2005 10 1
Total 55 11

Honours

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Kashima Antlers

Genk

Red Star Belgrade

Portland Timbers

Japan

Individual

Trivia

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References

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  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 6 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Former Japan striker Suzuki to play for free". Daily Times. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  5. ^ "J2千葉、元日本代表Fw鈴木隆行の現役引退を発表。今季出場は2試合のみ". 2 December 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d Japan National Football Team Database
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