Takayuki Suzuki

Personal information
Full name	Takayuki Suzuki
Date of birth	June 5, 1976 (1976-06-05) (age 33)
Place of birth	Hitachi, Japan
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Forward/Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Portland Timbers
Number	30
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995–1996	Kashima Antlers	1	(0)
1997	CFZ	21	(7)
1998	Kashima Antlers	3	(1)
1998	JEF United Ichihara	7	(0)
1999	CFZ
1999	Kashima Antlers	1	(0)
2000	Kawasaki Frontale	11	(0)
2000–2002	Kashima Antlers	39	(8)
2002–2003	Racing Genk	19	(0)
2003	Kashima Antlers	4	(0)
2003–2004	Heusden-Zolder	30	(5)
2004–2005	Kashima Antlers	39	(8)
2005–2007	Red Star Belgrade	6	(0)
2007	Yokohama F. Marinos	3	(0)
2008–	Portland Timbers	53	(3)
National team‡
2001–2005	Japan	55	(11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 October, 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 May, 2009

Takayuki Suzuki (鈴木隆行 Suzuki Takayuki^?) (born June 5, 1976 in Hitachi) is a Japanese soccer player who currently plays for Portland Timbers in the USL First Division. Nicknamed Shishō.

[edit] Career

[edit] Club

Suzuki has spent the majority of his playing career with Kashima Antlers, playing six stints for the team over the course of ten years, in between short periods playing in Brazil and Belgium. Suzuki played 87 games in the J. League for Kashima, scoring 17 goals, and helping the team win the J-League Championship in 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2001.

On January 28, 2006, Suzuki signed with Red Star Belgrade during the 2005/06 season winter break.^[1] Takayuki Suzuki had not scored for 1790 minutes/46 games consecutive, until he scored a couple of goals in a 11/4/06 Serbian Cup game against Radnički Niš as Red Star rolled to an easy 5-0 road victory. However, Suzuki's time in Serbia was a disappointment and his move back to J-League to join Yokohama F. Marinos was announced on January 19, 2007.^[2]

On 28 March 2008 it was revealed that he signed a one-year contract with Portland Timbers of the USL First Division, joining on a free transfer.^[3]

[edit] International

Suzuki made his international debut for Japan in 2001, and scored his first international goal on June 2, 2001, in a 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup game against Cameroon.

He played all four of Japan's games at the 2002 World Cup, starting the first three and scoring in the 2-2 tie against Belgium.

He was also part of the Japanese team which won the 2004 AFC Asian Cup.

[edit] Playing Style

Suzuki is a no-nonsense physical player whose playing style is different compared to other forwards and strikers. He is well known for his defensive pressure on other defenders to force them to make mistakes. Suzuki was nicknamed the 'Japanese Blond Bomber' after his blond-dyed hair (the original blond bomber was legendary German striker Jürgen Klinsmann).

[edit] Honors

[edit] Japan

• Asian Cup Champions (1): 2004

[edit] Kashima Antlers

• J-League Champions (4): 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001

[edit] Portland Timbers

• USL First Division Commissioner's Cup (1): 2009

[edit] Red Star Belgrade

• Serbian Superliga Champions (2): 2005-06, 2006-07

[edit] Trivia

• Takayuki Suzuki is featured on the 2001 Playstation 2 game cover "Jikkyou J-League Perfect Striker 4" together with Shunsuke Nakamura and Atsuhiro Miura

[edit] Club Career Statistics

Last update: 31 Jan 2008

[edit] In Domestic Competitions

Season	Team	Country	Division	Apps	Goals	Assists	Team Record
1995	Kashima Antlers	Japan	1	0	0	0	7th place
1996	Kashima Antlers	Japan	1	1	0	?	Champions
1997	CFZ	Brazil	3	21	7	?	?
1998	Kashima Antlers	Japan	1	3	1	?	Champions
1998	JEF United Ichihara	Japan	1	7	0	?	16th place
1999	CFZ	Brazil	3	?	?	?	?
1999	Kashima Antlers	Japan	1	1	0	?	9th place
2000	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	1	11	0	?	16th place
2000	Kashima Antlers	Japan	1	5	2	?	Champions
2001	Kashima Antlers	Japan	1	26	6	?	Champions
2002	Kashima Antlers	Japan	1	8	0	?	4th place
2002-03	Racing Genk	Belgium	1	19	0	?	6th place
2003	Kashima Antlers	Japan	1	4	0	?	5th place
2003-04	Heusden-Zolder	Belgium	1	30	5	?	17th place
2004	Kashima Antlers	Japan	1	14	5	?	6th place
2005	Kashima Antlers	Japan	1	25	3	?	3rd place
2005-06	Red Star Belgrade	Serbia	1	6	0	?	Champions
2006-07	Red Star Belgrade	Serbia	1	0	0	0	Champions
2007	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	1	3	0	1	7th place
2008	Portland Timbers	United States	2	26	1	1	11th place
2009	Portland Timbers	United States

[edit] In Major International Competitions

Season	Team	Country	Competition	Apps	Goals	Assists	Team Record
2002-03	Racing Genk	Belgium	UEFA Champions League	4	0	1	Round 1

[edit] National Team Career Statistics

[edit] Appearances in major competitions

Team	Competition	Category	Appearances		Goals	Team Record
			Start	Sub
Japan	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup	Senior	3	0	2	Runners-up
Japan	2002 FIFA World Cup	Senior	3	1	1	Round of 16
Japan	2004 AFC Asian Cup	Senior	6	0	1	Champions
Japan	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup	Senior	0	1	0	Round 1
Japan	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Senior	5	4	3	Qualified

[edit] Goals for Senior National Team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	June 2, 2001	Niigata, Japan	Cameroon	2-0	Won	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Group stage
2.	June 2, 2001	Niigata, Japan	Cameroon	2-0	Won	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Group stage
3.	October 7, 2001	Southampton, UK	Nigeria	2-2	Draw	Friendly
4.	June 4, 2002	Saitama, Japan	Belgium	2-2	Draw	2002 FIFA World Cup Group stage
5.	June 9, 2004	Saitama, Japan	India	7-0	Won	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.	July 9, 2004	Hiroshima, Japan	Slovakia	3-1	Won	Friendly
7.	July 31, 2004	Chongqing, China	Jordan	1-1	Draw*	2004 AFC Asian Cup Quarter-finals
8.	August 18, 2004	Shizuoka, Japan	Argentina	1-2	Lost	Friendly
9.	September 8, 2004	Kolkata, India	India	4-0	Won	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.	October 13, 2004	Muscat, Oman	Oman	1-0	Won	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.	February 2, 2005	Saitama, Japan	Syria	3-0	Won	Friendly

• Japan advanced to semi-final by penalty shootout

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Portland Timbers bio
• National Football Teams stats
• Suzuki's USL Goal of the Week from 4/26/08

Japan Squad v • d • e Japan squad – 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-Up 1 Kawaguchi • 2 Uemura • 3 Matsuda • 4 Morioka • 5 Inamoto • 6 Hattori • 7 H. Nakata • 8 Morishima • 9 Nishizawa • 10 Miura • 11 Nakayama • 12 Narazaki • 13 Yamashita • 14 Ito • 15 Fujita • 16 K. Nakata • 17 Myojin • 18 Toda • 19 Kubo • 20 Hato • 21 Ono • 22 Suzuki • 23 Tsuzuki • Coach: Troussier v • d • e Japan squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Kawaguchi • 2 Akita • 3 Matsuda • 4 Morioka • 5 Inamoto • 6 Hattori • 7 H. Nakata • 8 Morishima • 9 Nishizawa • 10 Nakayama • 11 Suzuki • 12 Narazaki • 13 Yanagisawa • 14 Alex • 15 Fukunishi • 16 K. Nakata • 17 Miyamoto • 18 Ono • 19 Ogasawara • 20 Myojin • 21 Toda • 22 Ichikawa • 23 Sogahata • Coach: Troussier v • d • e Japan squad – 2004 AFC Asian Cup Champions (3rd Title) 1 Narazaki • 3 Tanaka • 4 Endō • 5 Miyamoto • 6 Nakata • 8 Ogasawara • 10 Nakamura • 11 Suzuki • 12 Doi • 14 Alex • 15 Fukunishi • 16 Fujita • 17 Miura • 18 Matsuda • 19 Motoyama • 20 Tamada • 21 Kaji • 22 Nakazawa • 23 Kawaguchi • 24 Nishi • 25 Chano • 26 Yamada • Coach: Zico v • d • e Japan squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Narazaki • 2 Tanaka • 3 Chano • 4 Endō • 5 Miyamoto • 6 K. Nakata • 7 H. Nakata • 8 Ogasawara • 9 Tamada • 10 Nakamura • 11 Suzuki • 12 Doi • 13 Yanagisawa • 14 Alex • 15 Fukunishi • 16 Oguro • 17 Miura • 18 Inamoto • 19 Motoyama • 20 Tsuboi • 21 Kaji • 22 Moniwa • 23 Kawaguchi • Coach: Zico