Atsushi Yanagisawa

Atsushi Yanagisawa

Personal information
Full name	Atsushi Yanagisawa
Date of birth	(1977-05-27) May 27, 1977
Place of birth	Kosugi, Toyama, Japan
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1993–1995	Toyama Daiichi High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2005	Kashima Antlers	178	(71)
2003–2004	→ Sampdoria (loan)	15	(0)
2004–2005	→ Messina (loan)	22	(0)
2005–2006	Messina	7	(0)
2006–2007	Kashima Antlers	42	(9)
2008–2010	Kyoto Sanga	85	(21)
2011–2014	Vegalta Sendai	54	(6)
Total		415	(108)
International career‡
1997	Japan U20	5	(4)
1998–2006	Japan	58	(17)
2000	Japan Olympic	4	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:27, 3 April 2014 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 January 2011

Atsushi Yanagisawa (柳沢 敦, Yanagisawa Atsushi, born May 27, 1977 in Kosugi, Toyama) is a retired Japanese football player who played as a striker. He is best known for playing the majority of his career at Kashima Antlers as well as spells with Italian side Sampdoria and Messina.

Yanagisawa earned 58 caps for the Japan national team, and represented them at two World Cups, the 2000 Olympics and the 2000 Asian Cup.

He married Yukari Obata, a Japanese fashion model, in December 2003.

Honors and awards

Individual

• J. League Rookie of the Year: 1997
• J. League Best Eleven: 1998, 2001, 2008
• Japanese Footballer of the Year: 2001

Team

• AFC Asian Cup: 2000
• J. League Division 1: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001

Career statistics

The following table is up to date as of 23 June 2006.

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	1998	2	0
	1999	4	0
	2000	10	4
	2001	6	5
	2002	9	0
	2003	5	2
	2004	8	2
	2005	10	4
	2006	4	0
Total		58	17

International goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	June 6, 2000	Rabat, Morocco	Jamaica	4-0	Won	Hassan II International Cup
2.	June 18, 2000	Yokohama, Japan	Bolivia	2-0	Won	Kirin Cup 2000
3.	June 18, 2000	Yokohama, Japan	Bolivia	2-0	Won	Kirin Cup 2000
4.	October 14, 2000	Sidon, Lebanon	Saudi Arabia	4-1	Won	Asian Cup 2000
5.	August 15, 2001	Fukuroi, Shizuoka, Japan	Australia	3-0	Won	Friendly
6.	July 1, 2001	Sapporo, Japan	Paraguay	2-0	Won	Kirin Cup 2001
7.	July 1, 2001	Sapporo, Japan	Paraguay	2-0	Won	Kirin Cup 2001
8.	October 7, 2001	Southampton, England	Nigeria	2-2	Draw	Friendly
9.	November 7, 2001	Saitama, Japan	Italy	1-1	Draw	Friendly
10.	October 8, 2003	Tunis, Tunisia	Tunisia	1-0	Won	Friendly
11.	October 11, 2003	Bucharest, Romania	Romania	1-1	Draw	Friendly
12.	February 12, 2004	Fukuroi, Shizuoka, Japan	Iraq	2-0	Won	Friendly
13.	July 9, 2004	Ōita, Japan	Slovakia	3-1	Won	Kirin Cup 2004
14.	June 8, 2005	Bangkok, Thailand	North Korea	2-0	Won	WC 2006 Qual
15.	June 16, 2005	Hanover, Germany	Mexico	1-2	Lost	Confederations Cup 2005
16.	September 7, 2005	Rifu, Miyagi, Japan	Honduras	5-4	Won	Friendly
17.	September 7, 2005	Rifu, Miyagi, Japan	Honduras	5-4	Won	Friendly

External links

• Atsushi Yanagisawa at National-Football-Teams.com
• Atsushi Yanagisawa at footballdatabase.eu