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Tsuyoshi Watanabe

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Tsuyoshi Watanabe
渡辺 剛
Personal information
Full name Tsuyoshi Watanabe
Date of birth (1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Saitama, Japan
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Gent
Number 4
Youth career
2009–2011 FC Tokyo
2012–2014 Yamanashi Gakuin Univ. High School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Chuo University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 FC Tokyo U-23 6 (0)
2019–2021 FC Tokyo 75 (5)
2022–2023 Kortrijk 41 (1)
2023– Gent 54 (3)
International career
2019–2021 Japan U23 4 (0)
2019– Japan 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:25, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Tsuyoshi Watanabe (渡辺 剛, Watanabe Tsuyoshi, born 5 February 1997) is a Japanese football player who plays as a defender for Belgian First Division A club Gent.[1]

Club career

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Watanabe joined J1 League club FC Tokyo in 2018.

On 28 December 2021, Watanabe signed a 3.5-year contract with Kortrijk in Belgium.[2]

Career statistics

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As of match played 19 December 2024[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Tokyo 2019 J1 League 20 2 2 0 9 1 31 2
2020 J1 League 28 2 0 0 3 0 7[a] 0 38 2
2021 J1 League 27 1 0 0 7 1 34 2
Total 75 5 1 0 19 2 7 0 0 0 103 7
Kortrijk 2021–22 Jupiler Pro League 7 0 2 0 9 0
2022–23 Jupiler Pro League 34 1 0 0 34 1
Total 41 1 2 0 43 1
Gent 2023–24 Jupiler Pro League 36 2 2 0 14[b] 1 52 3
2024–25 Jupiler Pro League 18 1 2 0 11[b] 1 31 2
Total 54 3 4 0 25 2 83 5
Career total 170 9 8 0 19 2 32 2 0 0 229 13
  1. ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Reserves performance

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Last Updated: 4 January 2022

Club performance League Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Total
2018 FC Tokyo U-23 J3 3 0 3 0
2019 3 0 3 0
Career total 6 0 6 0

National team statistics

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Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
2019 1 0
2023 1 0
Total 2 0

Honours

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FC Tokyo

References

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  1. ^ Tsuyoshi Watanabe at J.League (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "EERSTE JAPANNER BIJ KV KORTRIJK" (Press release) (in Dutch). Kortrijk. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  3. ^ Tsuyoshi Watanabe at Soccerway
  4. ^ Tsuyoshi Watanabe at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata
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