Yūzō Tashiro

Football player infobox
playername = Yūzō Tashiro


fullname = Yūzō Tashiro
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|7|22
cityofbirth = Fukuoka
countryofbirth = Japan
height = height|m=1.81
currentclub = Kashima Antlers
youthyears = 2001-2004
youthclubs = Fukuoka University
position = Forward
years = 2005-present
clubs = Kashima Antlers
caps(goals) = 49 (0)
nationalyears = 2008-
nationalteam = Japan
nationalcaps(goals) = 03 0(0)
pcupdate = 1 January 2008
ntupdate = 22 July 2008nihongo|Yūzō Tashiro|田代 有三|Tashiro Yūzō|extra=born July 22, 1982 in Fukuoka Prefecture is a Japanese football player who plays for Kashima Antlers. [cite web | url = http://www.so-net.ne.jp/antlers/english/profile.html | title = Kashima Antlers Official Web site | accessdate = 2008-04-07 | publisher = Kashima Antlers] He is a right footed forward.

Playing career

He was educated at and played for Fukuoka University Ōhori High School and Fukuoka University. When he was at the university, he was a member of the Japan team that won the 22nd Universiade football competition hosted by Daegu, South Korea.

He was chosen as one of the Designated Players for Development by J. League and JFA in 2003 and 2004. Because of this status, he was able to register as an Oita Trinita player (2003) and a Sagan Tosu player (2004) while he was still eligible to play for his university club. He played one game for Oita and 10 games for Tosu.

After the graduation in 2005, he joined Kasima Antlers. He became a regular in the 2006 season for the club. He earned his first international cap on February 17, 2008 against in an East Asian Cup match against China.

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