is a former

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ese

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player.

Playing career

Mizutani was born in

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on May 26, 1980. After dropped out from

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, he joined

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club

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(later ''Shonan Bellmare'') in August 1999. Although he debuted in October 1999, the club was relegated to

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from 2000. In 2000, he battles with new member Yuji Ito for regular goalkeeper and he played many matches. In 2001, he moved to

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. However he could not play at all in the match and the club was relegated to J2 from 2002. In 2002, he moved to J2 club

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on loan. However he could not play at all in the match. In 2003, he returned to Avispa Fukuoka. In 2003, he battles with Hideki Tsukamoto for the position and played many matches. From 2004, he completely became a regular goalkeeper and the club was promoted to J1 from 2006. In 2007, he moved to

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. However he could hardly play in the match behind Yuta Minami. In 2008, he moved to

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. He played many matches as regular goalkeeper. In late 2010, he could not play at all in the match behind Tatsuya Morita and the club was relegated to J2 from 2011. From 2011, he became a regular goalkeeper again. In 2013, he moved to J2 club

for the first time in 7 years. Although he played as regular goalkeeper, he got hurt in June and could hardly play in the match after that. In 2014, he moved to J2 club

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. Although he played as regular goalkeeper in early, he could not play at all in the match behind Tatsumi Iida and

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from June and he retired end of 2014 season.

Club statistics

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* * 1980 births Living people Kanto Gakuin University alumni Association football people from Tokyo Japanese footballers J1 League players J2 League players Shonan Bellmare players Avispa Fukuoka players Cerezo Osaka players Kashiwa Reysol players Kyoto Sanga FC players Kataller Toyama players Association football goalkeepers {{Japan-footy-goalkeeper-stub