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Taishi Brandon Nozawa
野澤 大志 ブランドン

Personal information
Full name	Taishi Brandon Nozawa
Date of birth	(2002-12-25) 25 December 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Okinawa, Japan
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	FC Tokyo
Number	41
Youth career
	Nagata Dragon FC
2014–2017	FC Ryukyu
2018–2019	FC Tokyo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	FC Tokyo U-23	5	(0)
2020–	FC Tokyo	10	(0)
2021–2022	→ Iwate Grulla Morioka (loan)	36	(0)
International career
2017	Japan U15	2	(0)
2018	Japan U16	5	(0)
2019	Japan U17	4	(0)
2019	Japan U18	2	(0)
Medal record Representing  Japan AFC U-23 Asian Cup 2024 Qatar AFC U-16 Championship 2018
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:42, 9 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:42, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

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 J1 League club FC Tokyo.

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.

In December 2023, he was first called up to Japan for the game against Thailand, that was held on New Year’s Day 2024.

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 December 2023

Honours

Japan U16

• AFC U-16 Championship: 2018

Japan U23

• AFC U-23 Asian Cup: 2024

Personal Life

Nozawa is one of the few public Christian sportspeople in Japan, and frequently posts about his faith on social media.

References

1. "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
2. "野澤 大志ブランドン：ＦＣ東京：Ｊリーグ.jp". Ｊリーグ.jp（日本プロサッカーリーグ） (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 February 2023.
3. "U-16 Japan National Team takes home Asian title for the first time in 12 years at the AFC U-16 Championship Malaysia 2018". JFA. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
4. "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" [Japan national football team: Twenty three players, including Ayase Ueda, are called up for the warm-up match on New Year's Day] (in Japanese). NHK. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
5. Taishi Brandon Nozawa at Soccerway
6. "28 Christian Athletes to Cheer On at the Paris 2024 Olympics". Christianity Today. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.

External links

• Taishi Brandon Nozawa at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

Japan squads

v t e Japan squad – 2023 AFC Asian Cup 1 Maekawa 2 Sugawara 3 Taniguchi 4 Itakura 5 Morita 6 Endō (c) 7 Mitoma 8 Minamino 9 Ueda 10 Dōan 11 Hosoya 12 Nozawa 13 Nakamura 14 J. Itō 15 Machida 16 Maikuma 17 Hatate 18 Asano 19 Nakayama 20 Kubo 21 H. Itō 22 Tomiyasu 23 Suzuki 24 Watanabe 25 Maeda 26 Sano Coach: Moriyasu v t e Japan men's football squad – 2024 Summer Olympics 1 Kokubo 2 Suzuki 3 Nishio 4 Sekine 5 Kimura 6 Kawasaki 7 Yamamoto 8 Fujita 9 Fujio 10 Saitō 11 Hosoya 12 Nozawa 13 Araki 14 Mito 15 Takai 16 Ōhata 17 Hirakawa 18 Satō 19 Uenaka 20 Yamada 21 Uchino 22 Sasaki Coach: Ōiwa

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