is a Japanese

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player who plays for Fujieda MYFC.

Playing career

Yazawa was born in Yaizu on October 3, 1984. After graduating from Shizuoka Gakuen High School, he joined

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club

Kashiwa Reysol is a Japanese professional football club based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadiu ...

in 2003. He played many matches as substitute offensive midfielder from first season. Although Reysol was relegated to

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end of 2005 season, he became a regular player from 2006 and Reysol was returned to J1 in a year. In 2008, he moved to

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's cross town rivals,

JEF United Chiba , full name and also known as , is a Japanese professional football club that plays in the J2 League. On 1 February 2005, the club changed its name from ''JEF United Ichihara'' to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as ...

. Although he became a regular player soon, the club results were sluggish and was relegated to J2 end of 2009 season. In 2011, he moved to newly was relegated to

club,

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. FC Tokyo won the champions in 2011 season and was returned to J1 in a year. FC Tokyo also won the champions in

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. In August 2012, he re-joined

. He became a regular player soon and played many matches every season. In 2016, he moved to newly was promoted to

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 played many matches in 2 seasons. In 2018, he moved to

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club

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. In 2019, he moved to J3 club Fujieda MYFC.

National team career

In November 2003, Yazawa was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2003 World Youth Championship. At this tournament, he played all 5 matches.

Club statistics

Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社
"2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑"
10 February 2016, Japan, (p. 243 out of 289)

¹Includes Japanese Super Cup, J1/J2 Relegation Playoffs and Promotion Playoffs to J1.

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* * 1984 births Living people Association football people from Shizuoka Prefecture Japanese footballers Japan men's youth international footballers J1 League players J2 League players J3 League players Kashiwa Reysol players JEF United Chiba players FC Tokyo players FC Machida Zelvia players SC Sagamihara players category:Fujieda MYFC players Men's association football midfielders {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub