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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]
| 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 Fukagawa | ||
| 2012–2014 | Yamanashi Gakuin University HS | ||
| 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 | 27 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2021 | Japan U23 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019– | Japan | 3 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:25, 24 January 2024 (UTC) | |||
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]
| 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 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 10[b] | 1 | — | 25 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 130 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 10 | ||
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 | ||
| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 |
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