Masahiro Fukasawa

Masahiro Fukasawa (深澤 仁博, Fukasawa Masahiro, born July 12, 1977) is a former Japanese football player.

Masahiro Fukasawa
深澤 仁博
Personal information
Full name Masahiro Fukasawa
Date of birth (1977-07-12) July 12, 1977
Place of birth Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1993–1995 Shizuoka Gakuen High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 Yokohama F. Marinos 13 (3)
2000–2004 Albirex Niigata 141 (7)
2005–2006 Montreal Impact 49 (1)
2007 Bangkok University 29 (4)
2008–2009 Singapore Armed Forces 57 (4)
2010 Bangkok United 30 (0)
2011 Fourway Rangers 1 (0)
2012–2013 Bontang 22 (3)
2013–2016 Nagaworld
2016–2018 Angkor Tiger 31 (0)
Total 373 (22)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 professional football.

Fukasawa (in Japan, his name is listed with Fukazawa on J.League officials) played 20 games in J1 League, Yokohama F. Marinos and 134 games in J2 League Albirex Niigata.[1]

In 1996, he played with River Plate in Argentina for a year on loan. In 1999, he went on loan again to play with CD Tenerife in Spain for 6 months. In 2005, he moved to Canada to play for Montreal Impact in the United Soccer League and was named the club's newcomer of the year in his first season .[2]

In 2007, he joined Bangkok University FC in Thailand and became the first Japanese footballer to play for a non-Japanese club in AFC Champions League. In 2008, he moved to Singapore's S.League side Singapore Armed Forces FC.

Presently he decided to come back to Thailand again and join with his former club Bangkok United FC (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.[3]

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, Home United and Super Reds. In early of 2012 he joined Bontang FC.

In 2013 he joined Nagaworld FC in the Cambodian League, where he served as captain. He stayed with the club for 3 years until moving to Angkor Tiger FC (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

[4]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1996Yokohama MarinosJ1 League00000000
199700000000
199871001081
1999Yokohama F. MarinosJ1 League62000062
200000000000
2000Albirex NiigataJ2 League1312000151
20014114020471
200239331-424
200341140-451
2004J1 League71001081
United States League Open Cup League Cup Total
2005Montreal ImpactUSL First Division281281
2006210210
Thailand League Queen's Cup League Cup Total
2007Bangkok UnitedPremier League294294
Singapore League Singapore Cup League Cup Total
2008Singapore Armed ForcesS.League273273
2009301301
2010Bangkok UnitedPremier League
CountryJapan 154101314017111
United States 491491
Thailand 294294
Singapore 574574
Total 289191314030620

Honours

Albirex Niigata

Singapore Armed Forces

Individual

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

References

  1. Masahiro Fukasawa at J.League (in Japanese)
  2. (in English)  Mauro Biello Awarded Giuseppe-Saputo Trophy Archived 2007-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. safwarriors.com.sg: Warriors Nite 2008 Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-02-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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