is a Japanese former

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who played as a

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. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Nishizawa was born in

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on 18 June 1976. After graduating from

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, he joined

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in 1995. He moved to Spanish club

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in December 2000. In July 2001, he moved to English club

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. During his brief spell playing Bolton Wanderers, he is best remembered for scoring a dramatic late equaliser against

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in the League Cup. In 2002, he returned to Cerezo Osaka was relegated to

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from 2002. The club won the 2nd place in 2002 and was promoted to

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. In 2006, the club was relegated to

. He moved to his local club

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in 2007. He returned to Cerezo Osaka in 2009 and he retired end of 2009 season.

International career

On 21 May 1997, Nishizawa debuted for Japan national team against

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. Although he played four games and scored two goals at 1998 World Cup qualification in 1997, he was not selected Japan for 1998 World Cup. In 2000, he played for Japan for the first time in three years. At

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in October, he played all six games and scored five goals. Japan won the champions. At 2001 Confederations Cup, he also played four games and scored one goal. Japan achieved second place. He was selected Japan for

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and played one game. This match was his last game for Japan. He played 29 games and scored 10 goals for Japan until 2002.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nishizawa goal.''

Honours

Japan *

FIFA Confederations Cup The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international association football tournament for men's national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It was contested by the holders of each of the six continental championships ( AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, ...

runner-up:

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Individual *

Best Eleven: 2000

References

External links

* * *
Japan National Football Team Database
* 1976 births Living people Association football people from Shizuoka Prefecture Japanese footballers Japan international footballers Japanese expatriate footballers Japanese expatriate sportspeople in England Japanese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in England J1 League players J2 League players La Liga players Cerezo Osaka players FC Volendam players RCD Espanyol footballers Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Shimizu S-Pulse players 2000 AFC Asian Cup players 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2002 FIFA World Cup players AFC Asian Cup-winning players Association football forwards {{Japan-footy-forward-1970s-stub