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Azusa Iwashimizu
岩清水 梓

Personal information
Full name	Azusa Iwashimizu
Date of birth	(1986-10-14) 14 October 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Takizawa, Iwate, Japan
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Number	33
Youth career
1999–2002	Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–	Tokyo Verdy Beleza	278	(21)
Total		278	(21)
International career
2006–2016	Japan	122	(11)
Medal record Nippon TV Beleza Winner Nadeshiko League 2005 Winner Nadeshiko League 2006 Winner Nadeshiko League 2007 Winner Nadeshiko League 2008 Winner Nadeshiko League 2010 Winner Nadeshiko League 2015 Winner Nadeshiko League 2016 Winner Nadeshiko League 2017 Winner Nadeshiko League 2018 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2003 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2004 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2009 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2011 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2012 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2013 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2014 Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2007 Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2010 Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2012 Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2016 Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2018 Winner Empress's Cup 2004 Winner Empress's Cup 2005 Winner Empress's Cup 2007 Winner Empress's Cup 2008 Winner Empress's Cup 2009 Winner Empress's Cup 2014 Winner Empress's Cup 2017 Winner Empress's Cup 2018 Runner-up Empress's Cup 2003 Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2012 London Team FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 Germany 2015 Canada AFC Women's Asian Cup 2014 Vietnam 2008 Vietnam 2010 China Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team 2006 Doha Team 2014 Incheon Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2018

Azusa Iwashimizu (岩清水 梓, Iwashimizu Azusa, born 14 October 1986) is a Japanese footballer who played as a defender for Tokyo Verdy Beleza in the WE League and the Japan national team.

Club career

Iwashimizu was born in Takizawa on 14 October 1986. In 2003, she was promoted to Nippon TV Beleza after developing in their youth team. She played 260 matches in the L.League until 2017. She was elected to the league's Best XI for 12 years in a row (2006-2017).

National team career

On 18 February 2006, when Iwashimizu was 19 years old, she debuted for Japan national team against Russia. She has played in the 2007, 2011 and 2015 World Cups, winning the 2011 World Cup and winning a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In the final minute of extra time in the 2011 World Cup Final, she was sent off after receiving a red card for slide tackling Alex Morgan. Japan would go on to win the match in the penalty shootout that followed.

Iwashimizu was instrumental in Japan's victory at the 2014 Asian Cup, scoring the winning goal in both the semifinal against China and the final against Australia. She played 122 games and scored 11 goals for Japan until 2016.

Club statistics

As of 11 November 2012

National team statistics

Japan national team Year Apps Goals 2006 10 3 2007 13 2 2008 18 0 2009 3 0 2010 13 3 2011 17 0 2012 11 0 2013 10 0 2014 14 3 2015 10 0 2016 3 0 Total 122 11

International goals # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 7 May 2006 Kumamoto Athletics Stadium, Kumamoto Japan  United States 1–0 1–3 Friendly Match 2. 7 December 2006 Umm-Affai Stadium, Al-Rayyan Qatar  China 0–1 0–1 Football at the 2006 Asian Games 3. 10 December 2006 Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Qatar  South Korea 1–0 3–1 Football at the 2006 Asian Games 4. 4 August 2007 Lạch Tray Stadium, Hai Phong, Vietnam  Vietnam 0–2 0–8 Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification 5. 2 September 2007 Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan  Brazil 1–1 2–1 Friendly Match 6. 15 January 2010 Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo Chile  Chile 1–1 1–1 2010 Bicennteniall Woman's Cup (es) 7. 20 May 2010 Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu China  Myanmar 1–0 8–0 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup 8. 22 November 2010 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou China  North Korea 0–1 0–1 Football at the 2010 Asian Games 9. 22 May 2014 Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam  China 2-1 2–1 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup 10. 25 May 2014 Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam  Australia 1-0 1-0 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup 11. 26 September 2014 Hwaseong Stadium, South Korea  Hong Kong 5-0 9-0 Football at the 2014 Asian Games

Honors and awards

Team

Japan women's national football team

• FIFA Women's World Cup

Champion: 2011

• East Asian Football Championship

Champion: 2010

• East Asian Football Championship

Champions: 2008, 2010

• AFC Women's Asian Cup

Champion: 2014

Nippon TV Beleza

• L.League

Champions (11): 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

• Empress's Cup :

Champions: 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2017, 2018

• Nadeshiko League Cup :

Champions: 2007, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018

Individual

• L.League

Best Eleven (13): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

References

1. ^ Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
2. Azusa Iwashimizu FIFA
3. "Azusa Iwashimizu Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
4. "USA v Japan - as it happened". The Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
5. "Japan Wins Women's Asian Cup". The Wall Street Journal. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
6. List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Archived 11 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine, 2016 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

External links

• Azusa Iwashimizu – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Azusa Iwashimizu at Soccerway
• Azusa Iwashimizu at WorldFootball.net
• Azusa Iwashimizu at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Japan Football Association

Japan squads

v t e Japan squad – 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup fourth place 1 Yamago 2 Isozaki 3 Shimokozuru 4 Shikata 5 Yano 6 Sakai 7 Ando 8 Yanagita 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Fukumoto 13 Nakaoka 14 Iwashimizu 15 Suzuki 18 Miyama 19 Ohno 20 Nagasato 21 Akiyama 29 Sakaguchi Coach: Ohashi v t e Japan squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Fukumoto 2 Isozaki (c) 3 Kinga 4 Yano 5 Yanagita 6 Hara 7 Miyamoto 8 Sakai 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Yamago 13 Ando 14 Toyoda 15 Iwashimizu 16 Miyama 17 Nagasato 18 Ohno 19 Sakaguchi 20 Utsugi 21 Amano Coach: Ohashi v t e Japan squad – 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup third place 1 Fukumoto 2 Kinga 3 Ikeda (C) 4 Iwashimizu 6 Kato 8 Miyama 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Yamago 14 Utsugi 16 Nagasato 17 Ando 18 Yanagita 20 Sakaguchi 22 Kaihori 23 Kitamoto 24 Maruyama 25 Shimokozuru 27 Sameshima 29 Kumagai 36 Kawasumi 43 Goto Coach: Sasaki v t e Japan women's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Fourth place 1 Fukumoto 2 Kinga 3 Ikeda (c) 4 Iwashimizu 5 Yanagita 6 Kato 7 Ando 8 Miyama 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Maruyama 13 Hara 14 Yano 15 Sakaguchi 16 Utsugi 17 Nagasato 18 Kaihori Coach: Sasaki v t e Japan squad – 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup third place 1 Yamago 2 Iwashimizu 3 Yano 4 Kumagai 5 Kinga 6 Sameshima 7 Ando 8 Miyama 9 Nagasato 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Kaihori 13 Yamaguchi 14 Utsugi 15 Toyoda 16 Sudo 17 Kamionobe 18 Nakano 20 Sugasawa 21 Fukumoto 22 Takase 24 Kawasumi 36 Minamiyama Coach: Sasaki v t e Japan squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup winners (1st title) 1 Yamago 2 Kinga 3 Iwashimizu 4 Kumagai 5 Yano 6 Sakaguchi 7 Ando 8 Miyama 9 Kawasumi 10 Sawa (c) 11 Ohno 12 Fukumoto 13 Utsugi 14 Kamionobe 15 Sameshima 16 Tanaka 17 Nagasato 18 Maruyama 19 Takase 20 Iwabuchi 21 Kaihori Coach: Sasaki v t e Japan women's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Silver medalists 1 Fukumoto 2 Kinga 3 Iwashimizu 4 Kumagai 5 Sameshima 6 Sakaguchi 7 Ando 8 Miyama (c) 9 Kawasumi 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Yano 13 Maruyama 14 Tanaka 15 Takase 16 Iwabuchi 17 Ōgimi 18 Kaihori Coach: Sasaki v t e Japan squad – 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup winners (1st title) 1 Fukumoto 2 Ariyoshi 3 Iwashimizu 4 Obara 5 Kamionobe 6 Sakaguchi 7 Maruyama 8 Miyama 9 Kawasumi 10 Sawa 11 Kira 12 Nakajima 13 Takase 14 Kiryu 15 Sugasawa 16 Naomoto 17 Ōgimi 18 Kaihori 19 Utsugi 20 Kawamura 21 Yamane 22 Norimatsu 23 Kohata 24 Sugita 25 Goto Coach: Sasaki v t e Japan squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup runners-up 1 Fukumoto 2 Kinga 3 Iwashimizu 4 Kumagai 5 Sameshima 6 Sakaguchi 7 Ando 8 Miyama (c) 9 Kawasumi 10 Sawa 11 Ohno 12 Kamionobe 13 Utsugi 14 Tanaka 15 Sugasawa 16 Iwabuchi 17 Ōgimi 18 Kaihori 19 Ariyoshi 20 Kawamura 21 Yamane 22 Nagasato 23 Kitahara Coach: Sasaki

• 1986 births
• Living people
• People from Takizawa, Iwate
• Japan Women's College of Physical Education alumni
• Association football people from Iwate Prefecture
• Japanese women's footballers
• Japan women's international footballers
• Nadeshiko League players
• Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza players
• FIFA Women's World Cup–winning players
• 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
• 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
• 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
• Olympic footballers for Japan
• Olympic silver medalists for Japan
• Olympic medalists in football
• Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Asian Games medalists in football
• Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
• Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
• Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
• Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games
• Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games
• Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games
• FIFA Women's Century Club
• Women's association football defenders
• 21st-century Japanese sportswomen