Taishi Brandon Nozawa
{{Short description|Japanese association football player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Taishi Brandon Nozawa
{{nobold|野澤 大志 ブランドン}}
| image = Japan-vs-Thailand-Football-International-Friendly-Match--2024-01-01 0022 (cropped).jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|12|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Okinawa, Japan
| height = 1.93 m
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = FC Tokyo
| clubnumber = 41
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Nagata Dragon FC
| youthyears2 = 2014–2017
| youthclubs2 = FC Ryukyu
| youthyears3 = 2018–2019
| youthclubs3 = FC Tokyo
| years1 = 2018–2019
| clubs1 = FC Tokyo U-23
| caps1 = 5
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2020–
| clubs2 = FC Tokyo
| caps2 = 10
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2021–2022
| clubs3 = → Iwate Grulla Morioka (loan)
| caps3 = 36
| goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2017
| nationalteam1 = Japan U15
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2018
| nationalteam2 = Japan U16
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2019
| nationalteam3 = Japan U17
| nationalcaps3 = 4
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2019
| nationalteam4 = Japan U18
| nationalcaps4 = 2
| nationalgoals4 = 0
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| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{Fb|JPN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|AFC U-23 Asian Cup}}
{{Medal|G|2024 Qatar|}}
{{Medal|Competition|AFC U-16 Championship}}
{{Medal|G|2018|}}
| club-update = 15:42, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 15:42, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
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{{nihongo|Taishi Brandon Nozawa|野澤 大志 ブランドン|Nozawa Taishi Burandon|born 25 December 2002}} is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for {{Japanese football updater|FCTokyo}} club FC Tokyo.{{cite web |title=野澤 大志ブランドン：ＦＣ東京：Ｊリーグ.jp |url=https://www.jleague.jp/player/1621203/#gk |website=Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ） |access-date=18 February 2023 |language=ja}}
International career
Nozawa has been representing Japan since 2017, playing for each youth team. Particularly, in 2018, he contributed to the victory of 2018 AFC U-16 Championship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jfa.jp/eng/national_team/u16_2018/afc_u16_championship_2018/news/00019039/|publisher=JFA|title=U-16 Japan National Team takes home Asian title for the first time in 12 years at the AFC U-16 Championship Malaysia 2018|date=2018-10-08|access-date=2023-12-11}}
In December 2023, he was first called up to Japan for the game against Thailand, that was held on New Year’s Day 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20231207/amp/k10014281231000.html|publisher=NHK|title=サッカー日本代表 元日の強化試合メンバー 上田綺世ら23人選出|trans-title=Japan national football team: Twenty three players, including Ayase Ueda, are called up for the warm-up match on New Year's Day|date=2023-12-07|access-date=2023-12-11|language=ja}}
On 4 April 2024, Nozawa was called up to the Japan U23 squad for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.{{cite web|url=https://jfa.jp/news/00033820/|title=U-23日本代表 メンバー・スケジュール（4.6-5.4 カタール／ドーハ）AFC U23アジアカップ カタール2024|trans-title=U-23 Japan National Team Squad List (4.6-5.4 Qatar/Doha) AFC U23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024|publisher=Japan Football Association|language=ja|date=4 April 2024}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|9 December 2023}}{{Soccerway|taishi-brandon-nozawa/581211}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||
| colspan=3 | Japan
! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Emperor's Cup ! colspan=2 | J.League Cup ! colspan=2 | Total | |||||||
| FC Tokyo U-23
|2019 |6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="4"|FC Tokyo
|2020 |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021
|J1 League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023
|J1 League |10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!10||0||1||0||7||0||81||0 | |||||||
| rowspan="3"|Iwate Grulla Morioka (loan)
|2021 |J3 League |14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | |
| 2022
|22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!36||0||0||0||0||0||36||0 | |||||||
| colspan=3 | Career total
!52 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
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Honours
Personal life
Nozawa is one of the few public Christian sportspeople in Japan, and frequently posts about his faith on social media.{{cite web|title=28 Christian Athletes to Cheer On at the Paris 2024 Olympics|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2024/july-web-only/christian-athletes-paris-2024-olympics-believers.html|publisher=Christianity Today|date=24 July 2024|access-date=15 August 2024}}
In January 2025, he announced that he had gotten married.{{cite web |title=ニュース｜FC東京オフィシャルホームページ |url=https://www.fctokyo.co.jp/news/16865 |website=www.fctokyo.co.jp |access-date=17 January 2025 |language=ja}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{J.League player}}
{{FC Tokyo squad}}
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Category:Japanese men's footballers
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Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:FC Tokyo U-23 players
category:Iwate Grulla Morioka players
Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen
Category:2023 AFC Asian Cup players
Category:Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic footballers for Japan
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