is a former

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ese

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player.

Playing career

Fukasawa was educated at and played for

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, where he led the varsity soccer team to the national championship in 1995. After graduating from high school, he entered professional football. Fukasawa (in Japan, his name is listed with ''Fukazawa'' on J.League officials) played 20 games in

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and 134 games in

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. In 1996, he played with River Plate in

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for a year on loan. In 1999, he went on loan again to play with

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for 6 months. In 2005, he moved to

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to play for Montreal Impact in the

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and was named the club's newcomer of the year in his first season . In 2007, he joined

Bangkok University FC True Bangkok United Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลทรู แบงค็อก ยูไนเต็ด) is a Thai professional football club based in Pathum Thani province. Formerly known as Bangkok University Foot ...

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and became the first Japanese footballer to play for a non-Japanese club in

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. In 2008, he moved to

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side

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. Presently he decided to come back to Thailand again and join with his former club

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(formerly name Bangkok University FC)" Masahiro Fukasawa won the accolade as SAFFC’s Player of the Year at the Warriors Nite 2008, the Club’s annual Appreciation Dinner, held on 19 Nov 08 at the Civil Club @ Bukit Batok. The Award marked a personal milestone for the Japanese who joined the Warriors only this year and capped it with a consistent and solid performance on the flanks and in central midfield. The versatile Japanese has been highly influential and effective, particularly in the final rundown to the Championship against title contenders,

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and

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. In early of 2012 he joined

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. In 2013 he joined

Nagaworld FC NagaWorld Football Club ( km, ក្លឹបបាល់ទាត់ណាហ្គាវើលដ៍, founded in 2001 as NagaCorp FC) is a Cambodian professional Association football, football club based in Kampong Speu province. NagaWorld cli ...

in the

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, where he served as captain. He stayed with the club for 3 years until moving to

Angkor Tiger FC Angkor Tiger Football Club ( km, ក្លឹបបាល់ទាត់អង្គរថាយហ្គឺរ, ) is a Cambodian professional football club based in Siem Reap province. It plays in the Cambodian Premier League, a top tier league ...

(then called "Cambodian Tiger FC") at the end of the 2016 season, where he was also given the captain's armband, succeeding fellow Japanese midfielder Masakazu Kihara. He is one of the few Japanese players to play in 4 out of 6 Confederations.

Playing style

Small in size but speedy on and off the ball, originally debuted as a skillful shadow striker in J.League. He was converted into an attacking midfield while at Montreal and had sharp one-on-ones. In Singapore, with his ball skills, he was brought into the middle of the field as a holding midfield, and that is where he plays now in Cambodia.

Club statistics

Honours

Club

Albirex Niigata

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Singapore Armed Forces

: 2008, 2009 *

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: 2008

Individual

*Montreal Impact's Newcomer of the Year: 2005 *SAFFC's Player of the Year: 2008 *Bangkok united football club : 2010

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fukazawa, Masahiro 1977 births Living people Albirex Niigata players Association football midfielders Association football people from Shizuoka Prefecture

Masahiro Fukasawa is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Fukasawa was educated at and played for Shizuoka Gakuen High School, where he led the varsity soccer team to the national championship in 1995. After graduating from high school, he entered pr ...

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USL First Division players Warriors FC players Yokohama F. Marinos players Nagaworld FC players