Azusa Iwashimizu

Azusa Iwashimizu
岩清水梓
Personal information
Full name	Azusa Iwashimizu
Date of birth	October 14, 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Takizawa, Iwate, Japan
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Nippon TV Beleza
Number	22
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–	Nippon TV Beleza
Total
International career
2006–2016	Japan
Medal record
Olympic Games
Women's World Cup
Asian Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 31, 2018

Azusa Iwashimizu (岩清水梓, Iwashimizu Azusa, born October 14, 1986) is a Japanese football player. She played for Nippon TV Beleza. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Iwashimizu was born in Takizawa on October 14, 1986. In 2003, she was promoted to Nippon TV Beleza from youth team. She played 260 matches in L.League until 2017. She was elected Best Eleven for 12 years in a row (2006-2017).

National team career

On February 18, 2006, when Iwashimizu was 19 years old, she debuted for Japan national team against Russia.^[1] She has played in the 2007, 2011 and 2015 World Cups, winning the 2011 World Cup and winning a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[2]^[3] In the final minute of extra time in the 2011 World Cup Final, she was sent off after receiving a red card for slide tackling an opponent. Japan would go on to win the match in the penalty shootout that followed.

Iwashimizu was instrumental in Japan's victory at the 2014 Asian Cup, scoring the winning goal in both the semifinal against China and the final against Australia.^[4] She played 122 games and scored 11 goals for Japan until 2016.

Club statistics

As of 11 November 2012

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nippon TV Beleza	2001	0	0			-
	2002	0	0			-
	2003	17	1	1	0	-		18	1
	2004	0	0			-
	2005	16	1	4	0	-		20	1
	2006	17	3	3	0	-		20	3
	2007	19	1	3	0	1	0	23	1
	2008	16	2	0	0	-		16	2
	2009	21	2	4	0	-		25	2
	2010	17	2	1	0	5	0	23	2
	2011	16	1	3	0	-		19	1
	2012	17	1			5	0
Career total		156	14			11	0

National team statistics

^[1]^[5]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2006	10	3
2007	13	2
2008	18	0
2009	3	0
2010	13	3
2011	17	0
2012	11	0
2013	10	0
2014	14	3
2015	10	0
2016	3	0
Total	122	11

International goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 May 2006	Kumamoto Athletics Stadium, Kumamoto Japan	United States	1–0	1–3	Friendly Match
2.	7 December 2006	Umm-Affai Stadium, Al-Rayyan Qatar	China	0–1	0–1	Football at the 2006 Asian Games
3.	10 December 2006	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Qatar	South Korea	1–0	3–1	Football at the 2006 Asian Games
4.	4 August 2007	Lạch Tray Stadium, Hai Phong, Vietnam	Vietnam	0–2	0–8	Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification
5.	2 September 2007	Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan	Brazil	1–1	2–1	Friendly Match
6.	15 January 2010	Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo Chile	Chile	1–1	1–1	2010 Bicennteniall Woman's Cup (es)
7.	20 May 2010	Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu China	Myanmar	1–0	8–0	2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
8.	22 November 2010	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou China	North Korea	0–1	0–1	Football at the 2010 Asian Games
9.	22 May 2014	Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam	China	2-1	2–1	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup
10.	25 May 2014	Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam	Australia	1-0	1-0	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup
11.	26 September 2014	Hwaseong Stadium, South Korea	Hong Kong	5-0	9-0	Football at the 2014 Asian Games