is a former

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

ese

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player.

Club career

Shirasawa was born in

Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...

on December 13, 1964. After graduating from high school, he joined

Yanmar Diesel is a Japanese diesel engine, heavy machinery and agricultural machinery manufacturer founded in Osaka, Japan in 1912. Yanmar manufactures and sells engines used in a wide range of applications, including seagoing vessels, pleasure boats, constru ...

in 1983. He played 93 games until 1992. In 1993, he moved to

Kyoto Purple Sanga is a Japanese professional association football, football club based in Kyoto. "Sanga" comes from the Sanskrit word ''sangha'', a term meaning "group" or "club" and often used to denote the Buddhist priesthood, associating the club with Kyoto ...

and retired end of the season.

National team career

In 1988, Shirasawa was selected Japan national "B team" for 1988 Asian Cup. At this competition, he played 3 games. However,

Japan Football Association The Japan Football Association (JFA, ) is the governing body responsible for the administration of football, futsal, beach soccer and efootball in Japan. It is responsible for the national team, as well as club competitions. History The organisat ...

don't count as Japan national team match because this Japan team was "B team" not "top team"

References

External links

* 1964 births Living people Association football people from Hyōgo Prefecture Japanese men's footballers Japan Soccer League players Japan Football League (1992–1998) players Cerezo Osaka players Kyoto Sanga FC players 1988 AFC Asian Cup players Men's association football midfielders {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub