is a former
Japan
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ese
football
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player.
Playing career
Masuda was born in
Saitama Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...
on April 30, 1976. After graduating from high school, he played for Bolivian and Brazilian club. In 1998, he returned to Japan and joined
J1 League
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club
Verdy Kawasaki. However he could hardly play in the match. In 1999, he moved to new club
Yokohama FC in
Japan Football League
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. He played many matches as offensive midfielder. The club also won the champions in
1999
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and
2000
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and was promoted to
J2 League
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from 2001. He played for the club until 2004. In 2005, he played for
Regional Leagues
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club
Sun Miyazaki and
Prefectural Leagues club
FC Machida Zelvia
is a Japanese People, Japanese football (soccer), football club based in Machida, Tokyo, Machida, Tokyo.
History
Machida is known as "Brazil of Tokyo" due to the popularity of football in the city; it has, in fact, produced the second-largest n ...
. He retired end of 2005 season.
Club statistics
References
External links
*
yfc.unofficial.jp
1976 births
Living people
Association football people from Saitama Prefecture
Japanese men's footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
Japan Football League players
Tokyo Verdy players
Yokohama FC players
Estrela Miyazaki players
FC Machida Zelvia players
Men's association football midfielders
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