- Keita Suzuki
Football player infobox| playername= Keita Suzuki
fullname = Keita Suzuki
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|7|8
cityofbirth = Shizuoka
countryofbirth =Japan
height = height|ft=5|in=10
currentclub = flagicon|JapanUrawa Red Diamonds
clubnumber = 13
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2000-
clubs = flagicon|JapanUrawa Red Diamonds
caps(goals) = 188 (5)
nationalyears = 2002-2004
2006-
nationalteam = flagicon|Japan Japan U-23
flagicon|Japan Japan
nationalcaps(goals) = 013 00(2)
028 00(0)
pcupdate =25 February 2008
ntupdate =21 July 2008 Keita Suzuki (born
July 8 ,1981 in Shizuoka,Shizuoka Prefecture ,Japan ) is a Japanese football (soccer) player. He is a defensive midfielder and currently plays forUrawa Red Diamonds .He is a cousin of
Koki Mizuno ofCeltic F.C. Career
After graduating from Tōkai University Fuzoku Shōyō High School, he joined
J. League sideUrawa Red Diamonds in 2000. His first professional appearance came in anEmperor's Cup match againstHonda Lock S.C. on December 3, 2000. He broke into Urawa's first team in 2001 and became a mainstay in the midfield. He contributed to the club winning the J. League championship in 2006 and was chosen as one of the J. League Best Eleven 2006.He was a captain for the Japan's Olympic team through the final qualifying stage to Athne 2004. However, he was not included in the final squad for the Olympic as coach Masakuni Yamamoto favoured overage player
Shinji Ono .Japan's former national coach
Ivica Osim rated Suzuki highly and handed him his first senior cap on August 9, 2006, in a friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago. He is the only player who started all of the 20 matches under Osim's reign. Osim once referred to him as the Japanese answer toClaude Makélélé . [http://www.jsgoal.jp/news/jsgoal/00037680.html]Honors and awards
Individual
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J. League Best Eleven: 2006Team
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AFC Champions League Champions: 2007
*J. League Champions: 2006
*Emperor's Cup Champions: 2005, 2006
*J. League Cup Champions: 2003
*Japanese Super Cup Champions: 2006National Team Career Stats
Appearances in major competitions
External links
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/php/spieler.php?id=16553 Career History]
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